Study Desk

And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, ‘No eye can see me,' and covers his face with a mask.

For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone, they are brought low like all others, and gathered in, and like a head of grain they are cut off.'

for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,

I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

If his children increase—it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.

Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them.

"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.

Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphires.

For it has been hidden from the eyes of every living creature, and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed.

For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.

When he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,

when my steps were bathed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil!

for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;

"People listened to me and waited silently; they kept silent for my advice.

They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.