"Why did I not die at birth? [Why] did I [not] come forth from [the] womb and expire?

[Why does he give light] to a man whose way is hidden, and God has fenced him in [all] around?

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they come to an end.

"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end {without hope}.

God delivers me to an evil one, and he casts me into the hands of [the] wicked.

If my steps have turned aside from the way, and my heart has walked after my eyes, and my hand has clung to a spot,

"If there is a messenger beside him, a mediator, one of a thousand, to declare to a human being his uprightness

Indeed, he will repay [according to] a human being's deeds, and according to a man's way he will let [it] happen [to] him.

the one who says to a king, 'You worthless man,' to noblemen, 'You wicked man,'

Can you tie [the] wild ox [with] its rope to a furrow, or will it harrow [the] valleys after you?