And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

because the dread that I {feel} has come upon me, and what I feared befalls me.

dread met me, and trembling, and it made many of my bones shake.

Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt.
My skin forms scabs and then oozes.

Wise in heart and strong in power -- Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?

He alone spread out the heavens and he trod upon the heights of the sea.

then I still dread all of my suffering; I know you still won't acquit me.

May he remove his rod from me, and let his dread not terrify me;

‘You renew Your witnesses against me
And increase Your indignation and anger toward me;
Hardship after hardship is with me [attacking me time after time].

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

Are the consolations of God too small for thee, Even the word that is gentle toward thee?

His wrath has torn, and he has been hostile toward me; he gnashed at me with his teeth. My foe sharpens his eyes against me.

A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking."

Those who live in my house and my maidservants, too! treat me like a stranger; they think I'm a foreigner.

Returning [the] products of [his] toil, he will not swallow; according to the profit of his trade, {he will not enjoy},

Their houses, are at peace, without dread, neither is, the rod of GOD, upon them;

The dirt on his grave is sweet to him.
Everyone follows behind him,
and those who go before him are without number.

Therefore snares surround you,
and sudden dread terrifies you,

“Will you keep to the ancient path
That wicked men walked [in the time of Noah],

"Then you'll take delight in the Almighty; and will turn your face toward God.

“Therefore I would be terrified at His presence;
When I consider [all of this], I tremble in dread of Him.

Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

"He himself [is] swift on [the] water's surface; their portion is cursed in the land. {No one turns toward the path of their vineyards}.

He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

"Domination and dread [are] with him who makes peace in his high heavens.

but it will clap its hands over him, hissing at him as it lunges toward him."

Its stones [are the] place of sapphire, and [the] earthen dirt {has} gold.

The sons of pride trod it not, and the lion passed not by upon it.

He has cast me into the dirt, and I have become like dust and ashes.

You changed toward me, and now you're cruel to me; with your mighty hand you are persecuting me;

For a dread unto me is calamity from God, And because of His excellency I am not able.

let him not direct a rebuke toward me. I won't be responding to him with your arguments.

Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.

Look, dread of me should not terrify you, and my hand will not be heavy upon you.

He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.

‘For he adds rebellion [in his unsubmissive, defiant attitude toward God] to his [unacknowledged] sin;
He claps his hands among us [in open mockery and contempt of God],
And he multiplies his words [of accusation] against God.’”

And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.

when the dust hardens like cast metal
and the clods of dirt stick together?

And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.

Dealing hardly with her young, as none-of hers, In vain, her labour, without dread.

He laugheth at dread, and is not dismayed, neither turneth he back, from the face of the sword;

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

“Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]?
Or will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]?

Out of his mouth, torches dart forth, sparks of fire, escape;

The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.