And they waited for me as [for] the rain, and they opened their mouth wide [as] for [the] spring rain.

As [through] a wide breach they come; amid a crash they rush on.

[He] ties up [the] water in its clouds, and [the] cloud is not torn open beneath it.

But, {O that} God might speak, and [that] he would open his lips to you,

His archers surround me; he slashes open my kidneys, and he does not have compassion; he pours out my gall on the ground.

"Who has cut open a channel for the torrents and a way for [the] {thunder bolts},

Their young ones grow strong; they grow up in the open; they go forth and do not return to them.

He breaks open a mine shaft {away from where people dwell}; [those] who are forgotten {by travelers}, they dangle, they sway [far away] from human beings.

My roots [were] open to water, and dew spent the night on my branches;

"Look, my internal organs [are] like unopened wine, like new wineskins it is [ready] to burst open.

Let me speak {that I may find relief}; let me open my lips, and let me answer.

Please look, I open my mouth; my tongue in my mouth speaks.

Who can open [the] doors of its face? Its teeth all around [are] fearsome.