<p class="poetry">I have no ease,<n id="1" /> I have no quietness;p> <p class="poetry">I cannot rest;<n id="2" /> turmoil has come upon me.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Before his time<n id="1" /> he will be paid in full,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and his branches will not flourish.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">so man lies down and does not rise;p> <p class="poetry">until the heavens are no more,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they<n id="2" /> will not awakep> <p class="poetry">nor arise from their sleep.p>

<p class="poetry">He will not grow rich,p> <p class="poetry">and his wealth will not endure,p> <p class="poetry">nor will his possessions<n id="1" /> spread over the land.p>

<p class="poetry">Is not their excess wealth<n id="1" /> taken away from them?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They die,<n id="3" /> yet without attaining wisdom.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He returns no more to his house,p> <p class="poetry">nor does his place of residence<n id="1" /> know him<n id="2" /> any more.p>

<p class="poetry">Then<n id="1" /> would I speak and not fear him,p> <p class="poetry">but it is not so with me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If<n id="1" /> his sons are honored,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he does not know it;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">if they are brought low,p> <p class="poetry">he does not see<n id="4" /> it.p>

<p class="poetry">Does he argue<n id="1" /> with useless<n id="2" /> talk,p> <p class="poetry">with words that have no value in them?p>

<p class="poetry">What do you know that we don&#8217;t know?p> <p class="poetry">What do you understand that we don&#8217;t understand?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">If God places no trust in his holy ones,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">if even the heavens<n id="2" /> are not pure in his eyes,p>

<p class="poetry">People<n id="1" /> who had seen him will not see him again,p> <p class="poetry">and the place where he wasp> <p class="poetry">will recognize him no longer.p>

<p class="poetry">He gives back the ill-gotten gain<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">without assimilating it;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he does not let anything he desires<n id="2" /> escape.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Their bulls<n id="1" /> breed<n id="2" /> without fail;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">their cows calve and do not miscarry.p>

<p class="poetry">Have you never questioned those who travel the roads?p> <p class="poetry">Do you not recognize their accounts<n id="1" /> &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">In the north<n id="1" /> when he is at work,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I do not see him;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">when he turns<n id="4" /> to the south,p> <p class="poetry">I see no trace of him.p>

<p class="poetry">He preys on<n id="1" /> the barren and childless woman,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and does not treat the widow well.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;How you have helped<n id="1" /> the powerless!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">How you have saved the person who has no strength!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will maintain my righteousnessp> <p class="poetry">and never let it go;p> <p class="poetry">my conscience<n id="1" /> will not reproach mep> <p class="poetry">for as long as I live.<n id="2" />p>