and he hath turned aside its crop with its feathers, and hath cast it near the altar, eastward, unto the place of ashes;

Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, and rams, sons of Bashan, And he-goats, with fat of kidneys of wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou dost drink wine!

Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

And also those near unto them, unto Issachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, are bringing in bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen -- food of fine flour, fig-cakes and grape-cakes, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep, in abundance, for joy is in Israel.

and giveth a portion to every man of Israel, both man and woman: to each a cake of bread, and a measure of wine, and a grape-cake.

By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon.

From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.

From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.

How much less man -- a grub, And the son of man -- a worm!

Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?

Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.

To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.'

Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.

Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I am sick with love.

An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.

Therefore howl doth Moab for Moab, all of it doth howl, For the grape-cakes of Kir-Hareseth it meditateth, Surely they are smitten.

And gone out again hath the measuring line Over-against it, unto the height of Gareb, And it hath compassed to Goah.

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set it, From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I -- I have planted it on a mountain high and lofty.

And Jehovah saith unto me: 'Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of Jehovah, the sons of Israel, and they are turning unto other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.'