“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a brook,
Like the torrents of brooks that vanish,

“For you would forget your trouble;
You would remember it as waters that have passed by.

“Oh, that you would be completely silent,
And that silence would be your wisdom!

“Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You [in Your control],
And You have made his limits so he cannot pass [his allotted time].

“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has set darkness upon my paths.

“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is cursed on the earth;
They do not turn toward the vineyards.

“In a moment they die, even at midnight
The people are shaken and pass away,
And the powerful are taken away without a [human] hand.