<p class="poetry">He causes everyone to stop working,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so that all people<n id="2" /> may know<n id="3" /> his work.p>

<p class="poetry">in whose hand<n id="1" /> is the life<n id="2" /> of every creaturep> <p class="poetry">and the breath of all the human race.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">It looks on every haughty being;p> <p class="poetry">it is king over all that are proud.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I have heard many things like these before.p> <p class="poetry">What miserable comforters<n id="1" /> are you all!p>

<p class="poetry">Surely now he<n id="1" /> has worn me out,p> <p class="poetry">you have devastated my entire household.p>

<p class="poetry">My eyes have grown dim<n id="1" /> with grief;p> <p class="poetry">my whole frame<n id="2" /> is but a shadow.p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">He puts my feet in shackles;p> <p class="poetry">he watches closely all my paths.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">While they are still beginning to flower<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and not ripe for cutting,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they can wither away<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">faster<n id="4" /> than any grass!<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Such is the destiny<n id="1" /> of all who forget God;p> <p class="poetry">the hope of the godless<n id="2" /> perishes,p>

<p class="poetry">I dread<n id="1" /> all my sufferings,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="3" /> I know that you do not hold me blameless.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Indeed, my eyes have seen all this,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">my ears have heard and understood it.p>

<p class="poetry">But you, however, are inventors of lies;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">all of you are worthless physicians!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All my closest friends<n id="1" /> detest me;p> <p class="poetry">and those whom<n id="2" /> I love have turned against me.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">In the fullness of his sufficiency,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">distress<n id="2" /> overtakes him.p> <p class="poetry">the full force of misery will come upon him.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;One man dies in his full vigor,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">completely secure and prosperous,p>

<p class="poetry">for while<n id="1" /> my spirit<n id="2" /> is still in me,p> <p class="poetry">and the breath from God is in my nostrils,p>

<p class="poetry">Will he find delight<n id="1" /> in the Almighty?p> <p class="poetry">Will he call out to God at all times?p>

<p class="poetry">If you yourselves have all seen this,p> <p class="poetry">Why in the world<n id="1" /> do you continue this meaningless talk?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He has cut out channels<n id="1" /> through the rocks;p> <p class="poetry">his eyes have spotted<n id="2" /> every precious thing.p>

<p class="poetry">For<n id="1" /> it has been hiddenp> <p class="poetry">from the eyes of every living creature,p> <p class="poetry">and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed.p>