He causes everyone to stop working, so that all people may know his work.

in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.

It looks on every haughty being; it is king over all that are proud.”

Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.

He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’

While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,

I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.

“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.

In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. the full force of misery will come upon him.

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

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

Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?

all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.

Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.

Therefore people fear him, for he does not regard all the wise in heart.”

when the morning stars sang in chorus, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.