In want and hunger, they were lean, - who used to gnaw the dry ground, a dark night of desolation!

Out of the midst, were they driven, men shouted after them, as after a thief;

Among the bushes, used they to shriek, Under the bramble, were they huddled together:

Sons of the base, yea sons of the nameless, they were scourged out of the land.

But, Elihu, had waited for Job with words, because the others were older than he.

They were dismayed, they responded no more, they suffered speech to forsake them;

Then hath he declared to them their deed, and their transgressions - that they were wont to behave themselves proudly;

Shall it be declared to him - that I would speak? Were any man to say aught, he might he destroyed?

Whereon were the pedestals thereof sunk? Or who laid the corner stone thereof; -

And there were found no women so fair as the daughters of Job, in all the land, - and their father gave them an inheritance, in the midst of their brethren.

Oh that, out of Zion, were granted the salvation of Israel! When Yahweh bringeth back the captives of his people, Jacob, shall exult, Israel, be glad.

Then did the earth shake and quake, Even, the foundations of the mountains, were deeply moved, Yea they did shake, because he was angry.

There went up smoke in his nostrils, and, a fire out of his mouth, devoured, Live coals, were kindled from it:

Then appeared the channels of waters, were uncovered the foundations of the world, - At thy rebuke O Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

He rescued me from my foe, in his might, and from them who hated me, because they were too strong for me:

For, all his regulations, were before me, and, his statutes, did I not put from me:

For, as for thee, an oppressed people, thou didst save, but, looks that were lofty, layedst thou low;

I pursued my foes, and overtook them, and returned not, till they were consumed:

I crushed them, and they were unable to rise, They fell under my feet.

O Yahweh! thou hast lifted, out of hades, my soul, Thou hast brought me back to life, from among those who were going down to the pit.

By the word of Yahweh, the heavens were made, and, by the spirit of his mouth, all their host:

They looked unto him and were radiant, And, as for their faces, let them not be abashed.

But, as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth, I humbled, with fasting, my soul, though, my prayer, unto mine own bosom, might return:

For I said, Lest they rejoice over me! When my feet were tottering, against me, have they magnified themselves:

They themselves, saw, So, were they amazed, Dismayed - they hurried way!

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, For, mine, is the world, and the fulness thereof.

Oh that, out of Zion, were granted the salvations of Israel! When God bringeth back the captives of his people, Jacob, shall exult, Israel, shall be glad.

Then I said - Oh that there were given me a pinion, like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest:

He hath completely redeemed my soul, out of the attack upon me, For, in multitudes, were they in conflict with me.

Smoother than curds, were the words of his mouth, But, war, was in his heart, - Softer his words than oil, Yet, they, were drawn swords!

When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.

Even my tongue, all the day, shall softly utter thy righteousness, For they have turned pale - for they have blushed, Who were seeking my hurt.

The waters saw thee, O God, The waters saw thee, They were in birth-throes, Yea the resounding deeps were stirred;

So they did eat and were abundantly filled, When, what they longed for, he had brought them: -

But, their heart, was not fixed with him, Nor were they trusty in his covenant:

So then he remembered, That, Flesh, they were, A Wind departing, that returneth not.

His young men, were devoured by fire, And, his virgins, were not praised in song;

His priests, by the sword, did fall, And, his widows, were not able to bewail.

Covered were the mountains with its shade, And, with its boughs, the mighty cedars.

I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free.

If, my people, were hearkening unto me, If, Israel, in my ways, would walk,

But, of Zion, it shall be said - This man and that were born in her, And the Highest himself shall establish her.

So hath mine eye descried them who were lying in wait for me, - Of my wicked assailants, mine ears, shall hear.

Moses and Aaron, were among his priests, And, Samuel, was among them who were calling upon his Name, Who were calling upon Yahweh, and, he, used to answer them:

To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free, them who were appointed to death.

While as yet they were men easily counted, - A very few, and sojourners therein;

And their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down under their hand.

I was glad, when they were saying unto me, Unto the house of Yahweh, let us go!

When Yahweh brought back the captives of Zion, we were like them who dream:

Mine unfinished substance, thine eyes beheld, and, in thy book, all the parts thereof were written, - the days they should be fashioned! while yet there was not one among them.

Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for, he, commanded, and they were created;

By his knowledge, the resounding deeps were burst open, and, the skies, drop down dew.

When there was no resounding deep, I had been brought forth, when there were no fountains, abounding with water;

An abandoned man, diggeth up mischief, - and, upon his lips, as it were a fire is scorching.

I saw all the works which were done under the sun, - and lo! all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

I acquired, men-servants and women-servants, and, the children of the household, were mine, - also possessions, herds and flocks in abundance, were mine, beyond all who had been before me in Jerusalem;

Said, I, in my heart, as concerning the sons of men, That God was minded to prove them, - and that they might see, that they were beasts, of themselves.

For, as regardeth the destiny of the sons of men and the destiny of beasts, one fate, have they, as dieth the one, so, dieth the other, and, one spirit, have they all, - and, the pre-eminence of man over beast, is nothing, for, all, were vanity:

Then again, I, considered all the oppressive deeds which were done under the sun, - and lo! the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter, and, on the side of their oppressing, is power, and they have no comforter.

So, I, pronounced happy the dead, who were, already, dead, - more than the living, who were living, still;

I saw all the living, who were going hither and thither under the sun, - that they were with the boy who was to be the second, who was to stand in the other's place: -

Do not say, What hath happened, that, the former days, were better than these? for, not wisely, askest thou concerning this.

Here was a vain thing which was done upon the earth - that there were righteous men unto whom it happened according to the work of the lawless, and there were lawless men, unto whom it happened according to the work of the righteous, - I said, that, even this, was vanity.

For, unto all this, I applied my heart, and, my heart, considered all this, that, the righteous and the wise and their servants, were in the hand of God, - neither love nor hatred, could any man know, every one, was before Him.

For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap, - like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.

SHEDo not look on me, because, I, am so swarthy, because the sun hath scorched me, - My mother's sons, were angry with me, they set me to keep the vineyards, Mine own vineyard, have I not kept. --

My beloved, thrust in his hand, at the window, and, my feelings, were deeply moved for him:

The watchmen who were going round in the city, found me, they smote me, wounded me, - The watchmen of the walls, took away my cloak from off me.

THEYReturn, return, O Shulamite, Return, return, that we may look on thee! SHEWhat would ye look on in the Shulamite? THEYAs it were the dance of a double camp --

Seraphim, were standing above him; six wings severally, had each one, - With twain, he covered his face And with twain, he covered his feet And with twain, he did fly.

And the foundations of the porch, were moved at the voice of him that cried, - and the house, was filled with smoke.

the people who were walking in darkness, Have seen a great light, - The dwellers in a land death-shadowed, A light, hath shined upon them.

And the breaches in the city of David, ye beheld for they were many, - So ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool;

Like as a woman with child - Draweth near to giving birth, Is in pain, Crieth out in her pangs So, were we before thee, O Yahweh; -

We were with child - We were in pain, As it were we brought forth wind, - Salvation, we could not accomplish for the earth, Neither were horn the inhabitants of the world.

Come my people, enter into thy chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, - Hide thee as it were a little moment Till the indignation pass over.

Fury, have I none, - Oh that there were delivered to me briars and thorns, in battle! I would march in among them I would set fire to them one and all.

To whom he said - This, is the rest - give ye rest to the weary, and This, is the quietness, - But they were unwilling to hear.

At the noise of a tumult, the peoples retreated, - When thou didst lift thyself up, nations were scattered.

Did the gods of the nations, deliver them, whom my fathers destroyed, - Gozan, and Haran, - and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who were in Telassar?

and have put their gods in the fire, - for, no-gods, were they, but the work of the hands of men wood and stone and so they destroyed them.

And their inhabitants, being powerless, were overthrown and put to shame - They became - Grass of the field and Young herbage, Grass on housetops, and Seed parched before it came up.

Then went forth the messenger of Yahweh, and smote - in the camp of the Assyrians - a hundred and eighty-five thousand, - and when men arose early in the morning, lo! they were all, dead bodies!

Let them advance them, and tell us, What shall happen, - Things known in advance - what they were, tell ye, That we may lay them to our heart and mark the after-story of them, Or, things yet to come, let us hear:

I have roused up one from the North, and he hath come, From the rising of the sun, calleth he on my Name, - And he hath come, on deputies, as though they were mortar, And as a potter treadeth clay.

Who gave, as a booty, Jacob. And, Israel, to them who were ready to take prey? Was it not Yahweh I? He against whom we have sinned, And they were not willing, in his ways, to walk, Neither hearkened they to his instruction?

Then shalt thou say in thy heart, - Who hath borne me, these, Seeing, I, have been bereaved and unfruitful, a captive and banished, These, therefore, who hath brought them up? Lo! I, was left, alone, These, where were they.

And, kings, shall be, thy foster-fathers. And their queens, thy nursing mothers, With face to the ground, shall they bow down to thee, The dust of thy feet, shall they lick, - So shalt thou know that, I, am Yahweh, In that, they shall not be put to shame, Who were waiting for me.

Hearken unto me, Ye that pursue righteousness, Ye that seek Yahweh, - Look well unto the rock whence ye were hewn, And unto the quarry whence ye were digged:

But I will put it into the hand of thy tormentors, Who said to thy soul, Bow down thus we may pass over, - And so thou didst place as the ground, thy back, Yea as the street to such as were passing along.

The more that Many, were amazed at thee, So marred, beyond any man's, was his appearance, - And his form, beyond the sons of men,

Yet, he, was pierced for transgressions that were ours, was crushed for iniquities that were ours, - the chastisement for our well-being, was upon him, And by his stripes, there is healing for us.

We grope, as blind men for a wall, Yea, as men without eyes, do we grope, - We have stumbled at broad noon as though it were twilight, In desolate places like the dead!

Then were recalled the days of the age-past time Moses - his people: - Where is he that led them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he that put within him his Holy Spirit?

But we have become as one unclean all of us, And, as a garment polluted, were all our righteous doings, - And so we faded like a leaf all of us, And, our iniquity, as a wind, carried us away;

The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, - of the priests who were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin:

Holiness, was Israel unto Yahweh, The first-fruit of his increase, - All that devoured it, were held guilty, Calamity used to come upon them, - Declareth Yahweh.

Hath a nation, changed gods, although they were No-gods? Yet my people have changed my glory for that which could not profit!

I beheld, The mountains, and lo! they were trembling, - And all the hills, had been violently moved:

Were they led to turn pale because an abominable thing, they had done! Nay! they did not, at all turn pale, Nay! they did not so much as know how, to exhibit shame, Therefore, shall they fall among them who are falling, In the time when I punish them, shall they be overthrown, Saith Yahweh.