From Jehovah's want of ability to bring in this people unto the land which He hath sworn to them -- He doth slaughter them in the wilderness.

lest the land say from which Thou hast brought us out, Because of Jehovah's want of ability to bring them in unto the land of which He hath spoken to them, and because of His hating them, He brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness;

With want and with famine gloomy, Those fleeing to a dry place, Formerly a desolation and waste,

And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips is only to want.

The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

Also of that which is high they are afraid, And of the low places in the way, And the almond-tree is despised, And the grasshopper is become a burden, And want is increased, For man is going unto his home age-during, And the mourners have gone round through the street.

And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, And are for food to every beast of the field, Yea, they are scattered.