And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Whence comest thou? And the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and wandering about therein.

Hast not, thou thyself, made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? The work of his hands, thou hast blessed, and, his substance, hath broken forth in the land.

And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Whence comest thou? And the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from wandering about therein.

The caravans of Tema looked about, the travelling companies of Sheba, hoped for them:

Who commandeth the sun, and it breaketh not forth, and, about the stars, he putteth a seal;

Thine own hands, shaped me, and made me, all in unison round about, and yet thou hast confounded me.

The fetters of kings, He looseth, or hath bound a slave's waistcloth about their loins:

They grope about in the dark, having no light, and He hath made them to reel, like a drunken man.

Round about, terrors have startled him, and have driven him to his feet.

They send forth - like a flock - their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy;

For this cause, round about thee, are snares, and a dread startleth thee suddenly;

Naked, they go about without clothing, and, famished, they carry the sheaves;

While yet the Almighty was with me, round about me, were my young men;

Most effectually, is my skin disfigured, - Like the collar of my tunic, it girdeth me about:

The lotus-trees cover him with their shade, the willows of the torrent-bed compass him about;