Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.

The blessing of him who was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

He wanders abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

And he has dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is [ready] for me.

His strength shall be weakened by hunger, and calamity shall be ready at his side.

Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent. Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.

To him who is ready to faint, kindness [should be] from his friend, even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for those whose foot slips.

Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

As often as the trumpet [sounds] he says, Aha! And he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Lay thy hand upon him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.