I sigh when food is put before me,
and my groans pour out like water.

He gives rain to the earth
and sends water to the fields.

They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water.
When they arrive there, they are frustrated.

Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
Do reeds flourish without water?

Their measure is longer than the earth
and wider than the sea.

the smell of water makes it thrive
and produce twigs like a sapling.

As water disappears from the sea
and a river becomes parched and dry,

as water wears away stones
and torrents wash away the soil from the land,
so You destroy a man’s hope.

how much less one who is revolting and corrupt,
who drinks injustice like water?

You gave no water to the thirsty
and withheld food from the famished,

or darkness, so you cannot see,
and a flood of water covers you.

They float on the surface of the water.
Their section of the land is cursed,
so that they never go to their vineyards.

my lips will not speak unjustly,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.

When God fixed the weight of the wind
and limited the water by measure,

My roots will have access to water,
and the dew will rest on my branches all night.

What man is like Job?
He drinks derision like water.

when water becomes as hard as stone,
and the surface of the watery depths is frozen?

Can you command the clouds
so that a flood of water covers you?

Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?
Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven

Who can strip off his outer covering?
Who can penetrate his double layer of armor?