When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.

and become darkened because of ice,
and the snow melts into them.

Caravans turn away from their routes,
go up into the desert, and perish.

He reveals mysteries from the darkness
and brings the deepest darkness into the light.

Do You really take notice of one like this?
Will You bring me into judgment against You?

God hands me over to unjust men;
He throws me into the hands of the wicked.

They turned night into day
and made light seem near in the face of darkness.

For his own feet lead him into a net,
and he strays into its mesh.

yet the food in his stomach turns
into cobras’ venom inside him.

They push the needy off the road;
the poor of the land are forced into hiding.

In the dark they break into houses;
by day they lock themselves in,
never experiencing the light.

He throws me into the mud,
and I have become like dust and ashes.

For He makes waterdrops evaporate;
they distill the rain into its mist,

He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
He charges into battle.