“Or like a miscarriage which is hidden and put away, I would not exist,
Like infants who never saw light.

While I waste away like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

“Why do you persecute me as God does?
Why are you not satisfied with my flesh (anguish)?

“He flies away like a dream and cannot be found;
Yes, he is chased away like a vision of the night.

“They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone;
Moreover, they are brought low and like everything [they are] gathered up and taken out of the way;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.

“Terrors are turned upon me;
They chase away my honor and reputation like the wind,
And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

“For you say, ‘What advantage have you [by living a righteous life]?
What profit will I have, more [by being righteous] than if I had sinned?’