As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If it be not he , who then is it?

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?

The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly .

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.

They change the night into day: The light,'say they , is near unto the darkness.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?

Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.

He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.

Then the beasts go into coverts, And remain in their dens.

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.