<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, how long will the wicked,p> <p class="poetry">how long will the wicked celebrate?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">How long, you sluggard, will you lie there?p> <p class="poetry">When will you rise from your sleep?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">When they were few in number,p> <p class="poetry">just a very few, and foreign residents within it,p>

<p class="poetry">Take notice of this,<n id="1" /> you ignorant people!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You fools, when will you ever understand?p>

<p class="poetry">When they were few in number,p> <p class="poetry">just a very few, and resident aliens within it,p>

<p class="poetry">My eyes grow tired as I wait for your promise to be fulfilled.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I say,<n id="2" /> &#8220;When will you comfort me?&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">All my closest friends<n id="1" /> detest me;p> <p class="poetry">and those whom<n id="2" /> I love have turned against me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Will you keep to the old path<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that evil men have walked &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">He says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;How long will you make unjust legal decisionsp> <p class="poetry">and show favoritism to the wicked?<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">Turn back toward us, O <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">How long must this suffering last?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Have pity on your servants!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">How long must your servant endure this?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">When will you judge those who pursue me?p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;How long must I see the enemy&#8217;s battle flagsp> <p class="poetry">and hear the military signals of their bugles?&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

&#8220;I am a temporary settler<n id="1" /> among you. Grant<n id="2" /> me ownership<n id="3" /> of a burial site among you so that I may<n id="4" /> bury my dead.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

So he<n id="1" /> said to her, &#8220;How often do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">If I lie down, I say,<n id="1" /> &#8216;When will I arise?&#8217;,p> <p class="poetry">and the night stretches on<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and I toss and turn restlessly<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">until the day dawns.p>

<p class="poetry">For he<n id="1" /> knows deceitful<n id="2" /> men;p> <p class="poetry">when he sees evil, will he not<n id="3" /> consider it?<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">if<n id="1" /> the members of my household<n id="2" /> have never said,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;If only there were<n id="4" /> someonep> <p class="poetry">who has not been satisfied from Job&#8217;s<n id="5" /> meat!&#8217; &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">I am absolutely terrified,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and you, <sc>Lordsc> &#8211; how long will this continue?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I do not associate<n id="1" /> with deceitful men,p> <p class="poetry">or consort<n id="2" /> with those who are dishonest.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">My enemies ask this cruel question about me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;When will he finally die and be forgotten?&#8217;<n id="2" />p>