Thou hast been snared by the sayings of thy mouth, - thou hast been caught by the sayings of thy mouth.

At the outset of the ages, had I been established, in advance of the antiquities of the earth;

When there was no resounding deep, I had been brought forth, when there were no fountains, abounding with water;

Ere yet the mountains had been settled, before the hills, had I been brought forth;

Hand to hand, the wicked man shall not be held innocent, but, the seed of the righteous, hath been delivered.

Thou hast been slothful in the day of straitness, Strait, is thy strength.

And lo! there had come up all over it - thorns, there had covered the face thereof - thistles, and, the stone fence thereof, had been thrown down.

A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,