“Oh that my request might come to pass,
And that God would grant my longing!

“Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him;
Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.

“Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You;
And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.

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

“He puts his hand on the flint;
He overturns the mountains at the base.

“In a moment they die, and at midnight
People are shaken and pass away,
And the mighty are taken away without a hand.