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Nothing escaped his devouring greed, - For this cause, shall his prosperity not continue:

It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain it upon him for his punishment.

Every misfortune, is laid up for his treasures, - There shall consume, a fire, not blown up, - it shall destroy what remaineth in his tent:

They send forth - like a flock - their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy;

Shall, GOD, reserve, for his children, his sorrow? Let him recompense him so that he may know it;

For what shall be his pleasure in his house after him, when, the number of his months, is cut in twain?

For ye say, Where is the house of the noble-minded? And where the dwelling-tent of the lawless?

How then should ye comfort me with vanity, since, as for your replies, there lurketh, in them treachery?

Is it, for thy reverence, that he will accuse thee? will enter with thee into judgment?

Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:

For this cause, round about thee, are snares, and a dread startleth thee suddenly;

Who had been saying unto GOD, Depart from us! and - What can the Almighty do for himself?

For, then, in the Almighty, shalt thou take exquisite delight, and shalt lift up - unto GOD - thy face;

Surely he will accomplish what is decreed for me, and, many such things, hath he in store.

For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:

Lo! as wild asses in the wilderness, they go forth with their work, eager seekers for prey, the waste plain, yieldeth them food for their young;

Out of the city - out of the houses, they make outcry. and, the soul of the wounded, calleth for help, and, GOD, doth not regard it as foolish.

And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on;

For, in the case of all such, morning to them is the death-shade, For, to be recognised, is a death-shade terror.

For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?