<p class="poetry">We<n id="1" /> wait for the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">he is our deliverer<n id="2" /> and shield.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The raging waterp> <p class="poetry">would have overwhelmed us.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Do not let them say to themselves,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Aha! We have what we wanted!&#8221;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not let them say, &#8220;We have devoured him!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">For we lie in the dirt,p> <p class="poetry">with our bellies pressed to the ground.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He preserves our lives<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and does not allow our feet to slip.p>

<p class="poetry">We have had our fill<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">of the taunts of the self-assured,p> <p class="poetry">of the contempt of the proud.p>

<p class="poetry">The water would have overpowered us;p> <p class="poetry">the current<n id="1" /> would have overwhelmed<n id="2" /> us.<n id="3" />p>

But now we<n id="1" /> are dried up,<n id="2" /> and there is nothing at all before us<n id="3" /> except this manna!&#8221;

<p class="poetry">We escaped with our lives,<n id="1" /> like a bird from a hunter&#8217;s snare.p> <p class="poetry">The snare broke, and we escaped.p>

<p class="poetry">They lament,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Why don&#8217;t you notice when we fast?p> <p class="poetry">Why don&#8217;t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you oppress your workers.<n id="3" />p>

The men said to her, &#8220;If you<n id="1" /> die, may we die too!<n id="2" /> If you do not report what we&#8217;ve been up to,<n id="3" /> then, when the <sc>Lordsc> hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance<n id="4" /> to you.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>