Then the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, Skin for skin, and so, all that a man hath, will he give for his life.

And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Behold him! in thy hand, - only, his life, preserve thou!

Wherefore give, to the wretched, light? Or, life, to the embittered in soul? -

At destruction and at hunger, shalt thou laugh, and, of the wild beast of the earth, be not thou afraid;

Remember thou, that, a wind, is my life, not again shall mine eye see blessing:

I am wasted away, Not, to times age-abiding, can I live, Let me alone, for, a breath, are my days.

I blameless? I should not know my own soul, I should despise my own life!

My soul doth loathe my life, - I let loose my complaint, I speak, in the bitterness of my soul.

Life and lovingkindness, thou didst bestow upon me, - and, thy watchful care, preserved my breath.

Above high noon, shall rise life's continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,

But, the eyes of the lawless, shall fail, - and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.

In any case, I will take up my flesh in my teeth, and, my life, will I put in my hand:

A driven leaf, wilt thou cause to tremble? Or, dry stubble, wilt thou pursue?

If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come: -

Wherefore do, lawless men, live, advance in years, even wax mighty in power?

The righteous shall see and rejoice, and, the innocent, shall laugh them to scorn:

Maternal love shall forget him, the worm shall find him sweet, No more shall he be remembered, but perversity shall be shivered like a tree.

Yea he draggeth along the mighty by his strength, He riseth up, and none hath assurance of life;

Neither did I suffer my palate to sin, by asking, with a curse, for his life:

The spirit of GOD, hath made me, and, the inspiration of the Almighty, giveth me life.

He keepeth back his said from the pit, and his life from passing away by a weapon.

So that his life maketh loathsome his food, and his soul, dainty meat;

So doth his soul draw near to the pit, and his life to the inflicters of death:

He hath ransomed my soul from passing away into the pit, - and, my life, in the light, shall have vision.

Their soul should die in youth, and their life, among the unclean.

Will he solemnise a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a life-long servant?