Let that day be darkness. Let not God from above seek for it, nor let the light shine upon it.

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?

But as for me, I would seek to God. And to God I would commit my cause,

And why do thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lay down in the dust, and thou will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

if thou would seek diligently to God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who does not know such things as these?

And do thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bring me into judgment with thee?

I have heard many such things. Miserable comforters are ye all.

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, and this is the place of him who does not know God.

His sons shall seek the favor of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth.

He shall suck the poison of asps. The viper's tongue shall kill him.

For he performs that which is appointed for me. And many such things are with him.

Can thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror?

Her young ones also suck up blood. And where the slain are, there is she.