"Indeed, there is hope for a tree: if it is cut down, then it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not cease;

"He will shake off his unripe fruit like the vine, and he will cast off his blossom like the olive tree;

He has broken me down all around, and I am gone. And he has uprooted my hope like a tree,

[The] womb forgets him. [The] maggot feasts on him [until] he is no longer remembered, and wickedness is broken like a tree.

"If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and at my neighbor's doorway I have lain in wait,

An alien has not lodged in the street; I have opened my door to the traveler.

because I dreaded [the] great multitude, and [the] contempt of clans terrified me, so that I kept quiet, I did not go out of [the] doorway?

"Teach us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of [the] presence of darkness.

"Do you know [the] time when [the] goats of [the] rocks give birth? Do you observe [the] doe deer's giving birth?

Under [the] lotus tree it lies, in [the] hiding place of [the] reeds and [in the] marsh.

"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or {can you tie down its mouth with a cord}?

And so, he is like a tree planted by streams of water that gives its fruit in its season; its leaf also does not wither. Therefore all that he does prospers.

"Let us tear off their bonds, and cast their cords from us!"

Or else he will tear me apart like a lion, ripping to pieces, with none [to] deliver.

{He is like} a lion; he longs to tear apart, and like a strong lion crouching in hiding places.

He reached from on high; he seized me. He drew me from many waters.

he made my feet like the deer's, and on my high places he makes me stand.

The fear of Yahweh [is] pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of Yahweh [are] true; they are righteous altogether,

When evildoers drew near against me to eat my flesh-- my adversaries and my enemies [who drew near] to me-- they themselves stumbled and fell.

The voice of Yahweh causes deer to give birth and strips [the] forests bare. And at his temple all in it say, "Glory!"

And draw [the] spear and javelin to meet [those who] pursue me. Say to my soul, "I [am] your salvation."

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease.

I have seen [the] wicked acting violently and spreading himself out like a luxuriant native tree.

As a deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.

Even the daughter of Tyre [will come] with a gift. [The] rich from among people will seek your {favor}.

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear [you] apart, and there [will be] none to deliver.

but God will pull you down forever. He will snatch you and tear you away from [your] tent, and [he] will uproot you from [the] land of [the] living. Selah

But I [am] like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God. I trust the loyal love of God forever and ever.

For you have been my refuge, a strong tower from the enemy.

Draw near to my soul; redeem it. Because of my enemies, ransom me.

Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? [Take it] from your bosom; destroy [them]!

Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre.

They were destroyed at En-dor; they became dung for the ground.

I will record those who know me [in] Rahab and Babylon, behold [in] Philistia and Tyre with Cush, "This one was born there."

He brought them out of darkness and gloom, and tore off their bonds.

[Those who] pursue a [wicked] purpose draw near; they are far from your law.

Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.

She is a tree of life for those who seize her; those who take hold of her are considered happy.

Keep your paths far from her, and do not go near to the door of her house,

[She is] a deer of love and a doe of grace; may her breasts satisfy you {always}; by her love may you be intoxicated continually.

{when he established} the heavens, there I [was], {when he drew} a circle upon the face of the deep,

She sits at the door of her house, upon a throne [at the] high places of town,

The wicked earns {deceptive gain}, but he who sows righteousness, a {true reward}.

The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, and he who captures souls [is] wise.

Hope that is deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled [is] a tree of life.

Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it [causes] a break in spirit.

The house of the proud, Yahweh will tear [it] down, but he will maintain the {property line} of the widow.

A tower of strength is the name of Yahweh; into him the righteous will run and be safe.

Deep waters [are like] purpose in the heart of a man, and a man of understanding will draw it out.

[In order] to show you what is right--sayings of truth-- [in order] to return a true saying to him who sent you.

Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist

The door turns on its hinge, and a lazy person on his bed.

He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.

a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak;

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; draw near to listen [rather] than to offer a sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.

When the clouds are full, they empty rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or whether it falls to the north, the place where the tree falls--there it will be.

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth-- before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them!"

They are afraid of heights, and terrors [are] on the road. The almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper draws itself along, and desire fails because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets.

Draw me after you, let us run! May the king bring me into his chambers! Let us be joyful and let us rejoice in you; let us extol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you!

As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so [is] my beloved among the young men. In his shade {I sat down with delight}, and his fruit [was] sweet to my palate.

The fig tree puts forth her figs, and the vines [are in] blossom; they give fragrance. {Arise}, my beloved! {Come, my beauty}!"

Your neck [is] like the tower of David, built in courses; a thousand {ornaments} are hung on it, all the shields of the warriors.

His cheeks [are] like beds of spice, a tower of fragrances; his lips [are] lilies dripping liquid myrrh.

Your neck [is] like a tower of ivory; your eyes [are] pools in Heshbon at the gate of Beth Rabbim. Your nose [is] like the tower of Lebanon {looking out over Damascus}.

{Your stature} [is] like the palm tree, and your breasts [are] like clusters.

I say, "I will climb up the palm tree; I will lay hold of its fruit clusters." Let your breasts [be pleasing] like clusters of the vine and the scent of your breath like the apples.

The mandrakes give [off their] fragrance, and {over our doorway is every kind of delicious fruit}; both {fresh and dried fruit I have stored up} for you, O my beloved.

Who [is] this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you; there your mother {conceived you}; there she who was in labor gave birth to you.

If she [is] a wall, {we will adorn her with a turret of silver}; but if she [is] a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar.

and against every kind of high tower, and against every kind of fortified wall,

those who say, "Let him make haste; let him hurry his work so that we may see it and let it draw near and let the plan of the holy one of Israel come so that we may know [it]!"

And {even if only a tenth part remain}, {again she will be destroyed} like terebinth or like [an] oak, which although felled, a tree stump [remains] in them. [The] seed of holiness [will be] her tree stump."

"Let us go up against Judah and let us tear her apart, {and let us lay it open and so bring it unto ourselves}, and let us install the son of Tabeel [as] king in her midst."

And you will draw water from the wells of salvation in joy.

We have heard [of] the pride of Moab--exceedingly proud-- [of] his arrogance, pride, and insolence; {his boasting is not true}.

And gleanings will be left over in it, as {when an olive tree is beaten}, two [or] three ripe olive berries in [the] top of a branch, four [or] five on its fruitful branches," {declares} Yahweh, the God of Israel.

The oracle of Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, for {the house is destroyed so that no one can enter}; it is announced to them from the land of Cyprus.

When [the] report [comes] to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report {about} Tyre.

Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants [were] princes, her traders [the] honored ones of [the] earth?

And this will happen on that day: And Tyre [will] be forgotten seventy years, like the days of one king. At [the] end of seventy years, it will be for Tyre like the song of the prostitute:

And this shall happen: at [the] end of seventy years, Yahweh will visit Tyre, and she will return to her harlot's wages, and she will commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

For it shall be like this in the midst of the earth, among the nations, like [the] beating of an olive tree, like gleanings when a grape harvest is at an end.

And the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with its mouth, and with its lips it honors me, and its heart is far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men that has been taught,

and all the host of heaven shall rot. And the skies shall roll up like scroll, and all their host shall wither like the withering of a leaf from a vine, or like [the] withering from a fig tree.

Then [the] lame shall leap like the deer, and [the] tongue of [the] dumb shall sing for joy, for waters shall break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

You must not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: "Make a blessing with me, and come out to me, and each one will eat [from] his vine and [from] his fig tree and drink water from his cistern,

And this happened: When King Hezekiah heard, he tore his garments, covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the temple of Yahweh.

Listen to me in silence, coastlands, and let nations renew [their] strength. Let them approach, then let them speak; let us draw near together for judgment.

I will {put} [the] cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive oil tree in the wilderness; I will set [the] cypress, elm, and box tree together in the desert

Let all the nations gather together, and let [the] peoples assemble. Who among them has declared this, and {declared} [the] former things to us? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be in the right, and let them hear and say, "[It is] true!"

Cutting down cedars for himself, he {chooses} a holm tree and an oak, and he lets it grow strong for him among [the] trees of [the] forest. He plants a cedar, and [the] rain makes [it] grow.

Sing for joy, heavens, for Yahweh has done [it]! Shout, depths of [the] earth! Break forth, mountains, [in] rejoicing, forest and every tree in it, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and he will show his glory in Israel!

Assemble and come; draw near together, survivors of the nations! They do not know, those who carry {their wooden idols} and pray to a god who cannot save.

Draw near to me; hear this! I have not spoken in secrecy from [the] {beginning}; from [the] time {it came to be}, there I [have been]; And now the Lord Yahweh has sent me and his Spirit."

And do not let the {foreigner} [who] joins himself to Yahweh say, "Surely Yahweh will separate me from his people." And do not let the eunuch say, "Look! I [am] a dry tree!"

who burn with lust among the oaks, under every leafy tree, who slaughter children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

And you have set your symbol behind the door and the doorpost; for you depart from me, and you go up; you make your bed wide, and you {make a deal with} them, you have loved their bed; you have seen [their] {genitals}.

Is this not [the] fast I choose: to release [the] bonds of injustice, to untie [the] ropes of [the] yoke, and to let [the] oppressed go free, and {tear} every yoke to pieces?

Would that you would tear [the] heavens [and] come down; [the] mountains would quake before you,

They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat. For the days of my people [shall be] like the days of tree, and my chosen ones shall enjoy the work of their hands.