<p class="poetry">You burn them up like a fiery furnace<n id="1" /> when you appear;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> angrily devours them;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the fire consumes them.p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s shout strikes<n id="1" /> with flaming fire.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Fire consumed their<n id="1" /> young men,p> <p class="poetry">and their<n id="2" /> virgins remained unmarried.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Fire goes before him;p> <p class="poetry">on every side<n id="1" /> it burns up his enemies.p>

<p class="poetry">He makes the winds his messengers,p> <p class="poetry">and the flaming fire his attendant.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He sent hail along with the rain;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">there was lightning in their land.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Fire burned their group;p> <p class="poetry">the flames scorched the wicked.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">From the brightness in front of him camep> <p class="poetry">hail and fiery coals.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He led them with a cloud by day,p> <p class="poetry">and with the light of a fire all night long.p>

<p class="poetry">O fire and hail, snow and clouds,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O stormy wind that carries out his orders,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">May the <sc>Lordsc> rain down<n id="1" /> burning coals<n id="2" /> and brimstone<n id="3" /> on the wicked!p> <p class="poetry">A whirlwind is what they deserve!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> thundered<n id="1" /> in<n id="2" /> the sky;p> <p class="poetry">the sovereign One<n id="3" /> shouted.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">my anxiety intensified.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">As I thought about it, I became impatient.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Finally I spoke these words:<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Our God approaches and is not silent;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">consuming fire goes ahead of himp> <p class="poetry">and all around him a storm rages.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">As wax melts before fire,p> <p class="poetry">so the wicked are destroyed before God.p>

<p class="poetry">How long will this go on, O <sc>Lordsc>?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Will you stay angry forever?p> <p class="poetry">How long will your rage<n id="2" /> burn like fire?p>

<p class="poetry">How long, O <sc>Lordsc>, will this last?p> <p class="poetry">Will you remain hidden forever?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Will your anger continue to burn like fire?p>