“Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be,
As infants that never saw light.

“For you will be in league with the stones of the field,
And the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

“How long will you say these things,
And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

Who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were washed away by a river?

“Yield now and be at peace with Him;
Thereby good will come to you.

“May my enemy be as the wicked
And my opponent as the unjust.

“Oh that I were as in months gone by,
As in the days when God watched over me;

“By a great force my garment is distorted;
It binds me about as the collar of my coat.

“If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
Or I have lurked at my neighbor’s doorway,

“For that would be a lustful crime;
Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.