And, he that voucheth for me is on high. My friends are, they who scorn me, Unto GOD, hath mine eye shed tears: -

Shew thyself to be one with him - I pray thee - and prosper, thereby, shall there come on thee blessing.

So then Elihu, son of Barachel, the Buzite, responded and said: - Young, am I, whereas, ye, are aged, For this cause, I faltered, and feared - to shew my knowledge unto you:

I will respond, even I - on my part, I will shew my knowledge, even I!

What I see not, do, thou, shew me, If, perverseness, I have wrought, I will do it no more?

Restrain thyself for me a little, and I will shew thee, that, yet - for GOD, there is justification,

For she leaveth - to the earth - her eggs, and, on the dust, she letteth them be warmed;

What time, on high, she vibrateth her wings, she laugheth at the horse and his rider.

And, Yahweh, blessed the latter end of Job, more than his beginning, - and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

In embroidered raiment, shall she be brought unto the king - The virgins that follow her, her companions, are to be conducted unto thee:

God, is in the midst of her, she shall not be shaken, God will help her, by the turnings of the morning.

Rescue me from shed-blood, O God, the God of my salvation, My tongue should shout thy righteousness;

A bounteous rain, dost thou shed abroad, O God, upon thine inheritance, When exhausted, thou thyself, hast supported it:

Kings of armies, they flee! they flee! And, she that stayeth at home, shall share the spoil.

Wherefore should the nations say - Where is their God? Let him be known among the nations before our eyes! Yea! By the avenging of the blood of thy servants which hath been shed!

Even the sparrow, hath found a home, And, the swallow, a nest for herself, where she hath laid her young, Thine altars, O Yahweh of hosts, My king and my God!

And poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, And the land was polluted with blood-shed;

Yahweh is GOD, and hath shed on us light, - Bind ye the festal sacrifice with cords, Up to the horns of the altar.

Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice;

At the head of bustling streets, she crieth aloud, - at the openings of the gates in the city - her sayings, she doth utter: -

For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;

More precious, is she, than corals, yea, none of thy delightful things, doth equal her:

A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her, - and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.

Do not forsake her, and she will guard thee, - love her and she will keep thee.

Exalt her, and she will set thee on high, she will bring thee to honour, when thou dust embrace her:

She will give for thy head, a wreath of beauty, A crown of adorning, will she bestow upon thee.

Take fast hold of correction, let her not go, - keep her, for, she, is thy life.

Lest, the path of life, she should ponder, her tracks have wandered she knoweth not whither .

Boisterous, is she, and rebellious, In her house, abide not her feet;

Now outside, now in the broadways, and, near every corner, she lieth in wait:

So she caught him, and kissed him, and, embolding her face, she said to him:

She turneth him aside, with her great persuasiveness, - with the flattery of her lips, she compelleth him:

For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fail, - yea strong men, slain wholly by her:

At the top of the high places above the way, at the place where paths meet, she taketh her stand:

Beside the gates, at the entrance of the city, - at the going in of the openings, she shouteth: -

hath sent forth her maidens, She crieth aloud, upon the tops of the heights of the city:

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither, as for him that lacketh sense, she saith to him -

The woman Stupidity, is boisterous, so simple that she knoweth not what she would do;

So she sitteth at the entrance of her house, upon a seat, in the heights of the city;

Whoso is simple, let him turn aside hither, and, as for him that lacketh sense, she saith to him:

A virtuous woman, is the crown of her husband, but, a veritable decay in his bones, is she that causeth shame.

Hearken to thy father here, who begat thee, and despise not, when she is old, thy mother.

Rejoice shall thy father and thy mother, yea she, shall exult, who bare thee.

Yea, she, as for prey, lieth in wait, and, the treacherous among mankind, she causeth to abound.

So, is the way of a woman committing adultery, - she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no iniquity!

Under three things, a land is stirred, yea, under four, she cannot bear up:

Under a hateful woman, when she is married, and a handmaid when she driveth out her mistress.

She doeth him good and not evil, all the days of her life:

She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands:

She is like the ships of the merchant, from afar, she bringeth in her food;

And she riseth, while yet it is night, and giveth food to her household, and a task to her maidens:

She considereth a field, and procureth it, Out of the fruit of her hands, she planteth a vineyard:

She girdeth, with strength her loins, and putteth vigour into her arms:

She tasteth, whether, good, be her merchandise, and her lamp, goeth not out by night:

Her hands, she putteth forth to the distaff, and, her palms, lay hold of the spindle:

Her palm, she spreadeth out to the oppressed, and, her hands, she extendeth to the needy:

She feareth not, for her household, because of the snow, for, all her household, are clothed with crimson:

Coverlets, she maketh for herself, Of white linen and of purple, is her clothing:

Fine linen wraps, she maketh and selleth, and, girdles, doth she deliver to the trader:

Strength and dignity, are her clothing, and she laugheth at the time to come:

Her mouth, she openeth with wisdom, and, the instruction of kindness, is on her tongue:

She looketh well to the goings of her household, and, the bread of idleness, will she not eat.

Deceitful is loveliness and vain is beauty, The woman that revereth Yahweh, she, shall be praised:

SHEI am The meadow-saffron of Sharon, The lily of the valleys.

HEI adjure you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, - That ye wake not, nor arouse, the dear love until she please! ****

HEI adjure you ye, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, - That ye wake not, nor arouse, the dear love until she please. ****

SHEI, was sleeping, but, my heart, was awake, - The voice of my beloved - knocking! Open to me, my sister, my fair one, my dove, my perfect one, for, my head, is filled with dew, my locks, with the moisture of the night.

SHE.My beloved, is white and ruddy, conspicuous beyond ten thousand:

One alone, is my dove, my perfect one, one alone, was she to her mother, Pure, was she to her that bare her, - The daughters, have seen her, and pronounced her happy, Queens and concubines, and they have praised her.

I HEadjure you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, - Why will ye wake, and why will ye arouse the dear love until she please! ****

THEYWho is this, coming up out of the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? HEUnder the apple-tree, I roused thee, where thy mother, was in pain with thee, where she was in pain who gave thee birth!

THEYA sister, have we, a little one, and, breasts, hath she none, What shall we do for our sister, in the day when she may be spoken for?

If, a wall, she is, we will build upon it a battlement of silver, - but if, a door, she is, we will close it up with a plank of cedar.

SHEI, was a wall, and, my breasts, like towers, - Then, became I, in his eyes, one who did indeed find good content.

How hath she become unchaste! - The city that was Faithful, - Full of justice, Righteousness lodged in her, But, now, murderers!

And her gates shall mourn and lament, - And forsaken, on the ground, shah she sit.

Then approached I unto the prophetess, and she conceived and bare a son, - and Yahweh said unto me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

For the stars of the heavens and their constellations, shall not flash forth their light, - Obscured shall be the sun in his going forth, And the moon, shall not shed her light.

So hath, a grievous vision, been told me: - the deceiver, is deceiving. And the spoiler, is spoiling, Go up, O Elam Besiege O Media, All the sighing she hath caused, have I made to cease.

Yea on mighty waters, was the grain of Shihor, The harvest of the Nile, was her increase, - And so she became a mart of nations.

His hand, hath he stretched out over the sea, He hath shaken kingdoms, - Yahweh, hath given command against she Phoenician coast, To destroy her fortresses.

So shall it be, at the end of seventy years, That Yahweh will visit Tyre, And she will return to her hire, - Yea she will play the harlot - with all the kingdoms of the earth, upon the face of the ground.

The earth staggereth - staggereth like a drunken man, And rocketh to and fro like a night-hut, - So shall be heavy upon her, her transgression, And she shall fall and not again rise.

For lo! Yahweh, is coming forth out of his place, To visit the iniquity of earths inhabitant upon him, - Therefore shall the earth unveil her shed-blood, And throw a covering, no longer over her slain.

When the cut-off boughs thereof are dry, they shall be broken to pieces, Women, coming, are kindling it! For it is not a people of understanding, For this cause, Will he that made him, not have compassion upon him, And, he that formed him, will shew him no favour.

Yet will I bring Ariel into straits, - And she shall become a bewailing and wailing, Yea she shall become to me a veritable Hearth of God.

O Yahweh! shew us favour, - For thee, have we waited, - Be thou their arm every morning, Yea our salvation in the time of distress.

Then shall come up, in her palaces thorns Nettles and thistles in her fortresses, - And she shall become A home for wild dogs, An enclosure for ostriches;

Speak ye unto the heart of Jerusalem, And cry unto her, - That accomplished is her warfare, That accepted is her punishment, - That she hath received, at the hand of Yahweh, According to the full measure of all her sins.

Establishing the word of his Servant, And the counsel of his Messengers, he maketh good, - Who saith of Jerusalem - She shall be inhabited! And of the cities of Judah - They shall be built! And the ruins thereof, will I set up!

Who saith of Cyrus - My Shepherd! and All my pleasure, shall he make good Even saying of Jerusalem - She shall be built! And of the temple - Be her foundation laid!

Remember ye this and shew yourselves men, - Bring it back, ye transgressors, to your minds;

Saying To them who are hound Go forth, To them who are in darkness, Shew yourselves, - By the roads, shall they graze, And on all bare places, shall be their pasture:

There is none to guide her, Among all the sons she hath borne, - There is none to grasp her hand, Among all the sons she hath brought up.

Their feet, to mischief, do run, And they speed to shed innocent blood, - Their devices, are devices of iniquity, Wasting and destruction, are in their high roads;

Before she travaileth, she hath brought forth, - Before her pains come to her, she hath given birth to a man-child!

Who hath heard the like of this? Who hath seen the like of these things? Can a land, be made to bring forth in one day? Or a nation, be born, at one time? As soon as she travaileth, Zion hath also given birth to her children.

How canst thou say, I have not defiled myself, After the Baalim, have I not gone? See thy way, in the valley, Own what thou hast done, - A nimble young she-camel, crossing her own ways;

A wild ass, taught of the desert, In the desire of her soul, she snuffeth the wind, In her occasion, who can turn her back? None who seek her, will weary themselves, In her month, they shall find her!

He hath said, If a man send away his wife, and she go from him and become another man's, will he return unto her, again? would not that land be, utterly defiled? And, thou, hast been unchaste with many neighbours, and yet thinkest to return unto me! Declareth Yahweh.