(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.)

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

And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain -- He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.

Only two things, O God, do with me: Then from Thy face I am not hidden.

For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.

Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out to light.

It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden.

Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen -- they stood up.

The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

As a stone waters are hidden, And the face of the deep is captured.