“Let those curse it who curse the day,
Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble harvest it.

‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!

So that He sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.

“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tent of the wicked will be no longer.”

“He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt,
As prepared for those whose feet slip.

“The tents of the destroyers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure,
Whom God brings into their power.

“Those in the west are appalled at his fate,
And those in the east are seized with horror.

“Those who live in my house and my maids consider me a stranger.
I am a foreigner in their sight.

“All my associates abhor me,
And those I love have turned against me.

He perishes forever like his refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

“Can anyone teach God knowledge,
In that He judges those on high?

“Why are times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not see His days?

“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.

“Drought and heat consume the snow waters,
So does Sheol those who have sinned.

“But now those younger than I mock me,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

“Fools, even those without a name,
They were scourged from the land.

“Therefore my harp is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.

“Is it not calamity to the unjust
And disaster to those who work iniquity?

“Then his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.