They press out the olive oil between the rows of olive trees; they tread the winepresses while they are thirsty.

They brayed like animals among the bushes and were huddled together under the nettles.

Nor is there an arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both,

Let us evaluate for ourselves what is right; let us come to know among ourselves what is good.

Will partners bargain for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants?

each one is so close to the next that no air can come between them.

For he adds transgression to his sin; in our midst he claps his hands, and multiplies his words against God.”