Observing him from a distance, at first they didn't even recognize him, so they raised their voices and burst into tears. They each ripped their robes, threw ashes into the air on their heads,

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight.

The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, Against purest gold, can it not be weighed.

If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,

For I have been full of words, Distressed me hath the spirit of my breast,

Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

because they've abandoned their pursuit of him and had no respect for any of his ways.

And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

Lo! the river becometh insolent - he is not alarmed! He is confident, though a Jordan burst forth to his mouth:

His breath can ignite coal; and flames proceed from his mouth.

If any man draw out a sword at him, it shall not hurt him: there may neither spear, javelin, nor breast plate abide him.