Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Yes, may that night be barren;
may no joyful shout be heard in it.

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?

And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

"Look, happy [is the] human being whom God reproves; and you must not despise the discipline of Shaddai,

for the arrows of Shaddai [are] in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

"Loyal love [should come] for the afflicted [from] his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

Does God pervert justice, {or} Shaddai pervert righteousness?

If you yourself would seek God, then you would plead to Shaddai for grace.

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?

No: but before it be shot forth, and before it be gathered, it withereth; before any other herb.

Full of moisture he is, before the sun, and, over his garden, his shoot goeth forth:

Yet he will fill your mouth [with] laughter and your lips [with] a shout of joy.

Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

"Can you find [out] the essence of God, or can you find [out] {the ultimate limits} of Shaddai?

If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

But I would speak to Shaddai, and I desire to argue with God.

If only you would shut up
and let that be your wisdom!

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

"If a tree be cut down, there is some hope yet, that it will sprout and shoot forth the branches again;

My wrongdoing is corded up in a bag, and my sin is shut up safe.

Because he stretched out his hand against God, and he was arrogant to Shaddai;

He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth;

"He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his new shoot, and by the wind of his mouth he shall be removed.

Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms.

God will shut me up to the evil one, and he will cast me into the hands of the unjust

I was some time in wealth, but suddenly hath he brought me to naught. He hath taken me by the neck, he hath rent me, and set me, as it were a mark for him to shoot at.

My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

And, he that voucheth for me is on high. My friends are, they who scorn me, Unto GOD, hath mine eye shed tears: -

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

“A snare seizes him by the heel,
And a trap snaps shut on him.

“Behold, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.

That, the joy-shout of the lawless, is short, and, the rejoicing of the impious, for a moment?

so that if he flee the iron weapons, he shall be shot with the steel bow.

Look at me, be appalled, and then shut up!

They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Who [is] Shaddai that we should serve him, or what would we benefit when we plead with him?'

Let his eyes see his decay, and let him drink from the wrath of Shaddai,

[Is] it a pleasure to Shaddai if you are righteous, or a gain if you make your ways blameless?

[Those] who said to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can Shaddai do to us?'

If you return to Shaddai, you will be restored; [if] you remove wickedness from your tent,

then Shaddai will be your gold ore and {your precious silver}.

Indeed, then you will delight yourself in Shaddai, and {you will expect that God will be good to you}.

I have not forsaken the commandment of his lips; but look, what he charged me with his mouth, that have I shut up in my heart.

Indeed, God has made my heart faint, and Shaddai has terrified me.

"Why are not times kept by Shaddai, and [why] do not [those who] know him see his days?

In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

High they were for a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all others they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

"{As God lives}, he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter.

Or, in Shaddai will he find delight? Will he call upon God at all times?

"I will teach you about God's hand; I will not conceal that [which is] with Shaddai.

"This [is the] portion of [the] wicked human being with God, and they receive from Shaddai [the] inheritance of [the] ruthless.

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Shut up gold shall not be given for it, and silver shall not be weighed its price

when Shaddai[was] still with me, my children [were] all around me,

From the midst they are cast out, (They shout against them as a thief),

And what [is] the portion of God from above or the heritage of Shaddai from on high?

{O that} {I had} someone hearing me! Here is my signature; let Shaddai answer me! {As for} [the] written communication [that] {my adversary} has written,

"Truly, it [is] a spirit in a human being, and the breath of Shaddai teaches them.

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of Shaddai gives life to me.

He prays to God, then he accepts him, and he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he repays to the human being his righteousness.

"Therefore, listen to me, {people who have sense}: far be it from God {that he should commit wickedness} and that Shaddai {should do wrong}.

What's more, God truly does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice.

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

People cry out because of severe oppression;
they shout for help because of the arm of the mighty.

"Surely God does not hear an empty plea, and Shaddai does not regard it.

By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.

[As for] Shaddai, we cannot attain him; [he is] exalted [in] power, and he does not oppress justice and abundant righteousness.

In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

To satisfy a desolate and waste place, And to cause to shoot up The produce of the tender grass?

"Shall a faultfinder contend with Shaddai? Anyone who argues with God must answer it."

“[Crush and] hide them in the dust together;
Shut them up in the hidden place [the house of death].

He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.

The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

Torches go from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out.