<t /><p class="poetry">Although they bring their flocks and herds<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to seek<n id="2" /> the favor of the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They will not find him &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">he has withdrawn himself from them!p>

<p class="poetry">Ephraim boasts,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I am very rich!p> <p class="poetry">I have become wealthy!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">In all that I have done to gain my wealth,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">no one can accuse me of any offense<n id="4" /> that is actually sinful.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>