You [Lord] called as in the day of an appointed feast
My terrors (dangers) on every side;
And there was no one who escaped or survived
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Those I have cared for and brought up with tenderness,
My enemy annihilated them.

He walled me in so that I cannot get out;
He has weighted down my chain.

My soul has been cast far away from peace;
I have forgotten happiness.

The Lord is good to those who wait [confidently] for Him,
To those who seek Him [on the authority of God’s word].

It is good that one waits quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.

It is good for a man that he should bear
The yoke [of godly discipline] in his youth.

Let him sit alone [in hope] and keep quiet,
Because God has laid it on him [for his benefit].

To deprive a man of justice
In the presence of the Most High,

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That both adversity (misfortune) and good (prosperity, happiness) proceed?

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands [in prayer]
Toward God in heaven;

Her princes were purer than snow,
They were whiter than milk [in appearance];
They were more ruddy in body than rubies,
Their polishing was like lapis lazuli (sapphire).

Rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom,
Who lives in the land of Uz.
But the cup [of the wine of God’s wrath] will pass to you as well;
You will become drunk and make yourself naked.

We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

We get our bread at the risk of our lives
Because of the sword [of the Arabs] in the wilderness [who may attack if we go out to harvest the crop].

Elders are gone from the gate;
Young men from their music.