Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom – for true wisdom has two sides – so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.

because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!

Why did the knees welcome me, and why were there two breasts that I might nurse at them?

For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace

who rejoice even to jubilation, and are exultant when they find the grave?

For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.

For the very thing I dreaded has happened to me, and what I feared has come upon me.

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

For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.

but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.

For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal.

You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes.

And you will know that your home will be secure, and when you inspect your domains, you will not be missing anything.

You will also know that your children will be numerous, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.

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

“Have I ever said, ‘Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’?

Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

If I say, “My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,”

“For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;