Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.

Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.

Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.

So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.

For I am more like a beast than any man, I have no power of reasoning like a man:

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters: the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.

The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.