You must not plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together.

<p class="poetry">But you take notice,<n id="1" /> <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">O Lord, do not remain far away from me!p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director, a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">O God whom I praise, do not ignore me!<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song, a psalm of Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">O God, do not be silent!p> <p class="poetry">Do not ignore us!<n id="2" /> Do not be inactive, O God!p>

<p class="poetry">Do not plot<n id="1" /> evil against your neighborp> <p class="poetry">when<n id="2" /> he dwells by you unsuspectingly.p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore, because of you,<n id="1" /> Zion will be plowed up like<n id="2" /> a field,p> <p class="poetry">Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,p> <p class="poetry">and the Temple Mount<n id="3" /> will become a hill overgrown with brush!<n id="4" />p>

The Israelites said to Samuel, &#8220;Keep<n id="1" /> crying out to the <sc>Lordsc> our<n id="2" /> God so that he may save us<n id="3" /> from the hand of the Philistines!&#8221;

<t /><p class="psasuper">By David.p> <p class="poetry">To you, O <sc>Lordsc>, I cry out!p> <p class="poetry">My protector,<n id="2" /> do not ignore me!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">If you do not respond to me,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I will join<n id="5" /> those who are descending into the grave.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">Hear my prayer, O <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Listen to my cry for help!p> <p class="poetry">Do not ignore my sobbing!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land;p> <p class="poetry">I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.<n id="2" />p>

&#8220;Micah from Moresheth<n id="1" /> prophesied during the time Hezekiah was king of Judah.<n id="2" /> He told all the people of Judah,p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all<n id="3" /> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Zion<n id="4" /> will become a plowed field.p> <p class="poetry">Jerusalem<n id="5" /> will become a pile of rubble.p> <p class="poetry">The temple mount will become a mere wooded ridge.&#8221;&#8217;<n id="6" />p>