so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.

He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.

They die in their youth, and their life ends among the male cultic prostitutes.

The wild animals go to their lairs, and in their dens they remain.

“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,

“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

You will laugh at destruction and famine and need not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life.

You gave me life and favor, and your intervention watched over my spirit.

As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.

But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter –

Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

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

I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.

He spares a person’s life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.

He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’

to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

She forgets that a foot might crush them, or that a wild animal might trample them.

For you will have a pact with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.