But now the same thing comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are terrified.

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

“How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.

who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.

You bring new witnesses against me, and increase your anger against me; relief troops come against me.

Will your idle talk reduce people to silence, and will no one rebuke you when you mock?

If he comes by and confines you and convenes a court, then who can prevent him?

Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you.

If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.

He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.

He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.

Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms.

You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

“O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.

If I cry to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My Mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying,

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.