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

On what were its bases set, or who laid its cornerstone –

Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high?

Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!

he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.

to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,

he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,

“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,

My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.

“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?

The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm on it, immovable.

He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing.

In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.

Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.

Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?

He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like one uproots a tree.