Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

“With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his.

Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.

The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.

a place whose stones are sapphires and which contains dust of gold;

And he also had seven sons and three daughters.

“Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too!

For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.

If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food?

Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.

I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth.

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

Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it,

Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.’

“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways.

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

Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!