Wherefore shouldst thou let me see iniquity, and, wrong, shouldst let me behold, and, force and violence, be straight before me, - and there should have ever been someone who, contention and strife, would uphold?

Then, hath he become arrogant in spirit, and hath committed excess, and so is guilty, - this his violence, is due to his god.

So wouldst thou have made Men, like the fishes of the sea, - like the creeping thing that hath no ruler over it:

Upon my watch-tower, will I stand, and will station myself upon the bulwark, - so will I keep outlook, to see - what he will speak with me, and what I shall reply, when I am reproved.

Shall not, these, all of them, against him, take up - a taunt, a mocking poem, enigmatical sentences - concerning him? And say - Alas! for him who maketh abundance in what is not his own, How long? that he should be burdening himself with heavy debts?

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh, - as, the waters, cover the sea.

Under distress, saw I the tents of Ethiopia, - tremble, do the curtains of the land of Midian.

Against the rivers, is Yahweh wroth? Against the rivers, is thine anger? Against the sea, is thine indignation? For thou wilt ride on Thy horses, Thy chariots, shall be salvation!

Thou hast driven, into the sea, thy chariot-horses. Foaming are the mighty waters!