To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth?

My words come from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will utter knowledge sincerely.

to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.

Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?

you asked, ‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

“I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?

Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?

Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?

Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!