Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?

My days were swift above a weaver's shuttle, and will finish with no more of hope.

"My days are more swift than a runner: they are gone, and have seen no good thing.

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,

“Yet when she lifts herself on high,
[So swift is she that] she laughs at the horse and his rider.

Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

Iron is to him as dry grass, and brass as soft wood.

“Behind him he makes a shining wake;
One would think the deep to be gray-haired [with foam].