3-5You’re my cave to hide …

6-13I hate all this silly religion,

14-18Desperate, I throw myself on you:

7Bravo, God, Bravo!

8,9Bring gifts and celebrate,

7,8"But blessed is the man who trusts me, God,

1-5Ephraim, obsessed with god-fantasies,

6What are you waiting for? Return to your God!

2I’ve kept my feet on …

3Wait, Israel, for God. Wait with hope.

5-8The cuts in my flesh …

9-16Lord, my longings are sitting in plain sight,

17-20I’m on the edge of losing it—