<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Do you have eyes of flesh,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or do you see<n id="2" /> as a human being sees?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">he will perish forever, like his own excrement;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who used to see him will say, &#8216;Where is he?&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Let his own eyes see his destruction;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.p>

<p class="poetry">The righteous see their destruction<n id="1" /> and rejoice;p> <p class="poetry">the innocent mock them scornfully,<n id="2" /> saying,p>

<p class="poetry">then he looked at wisdom<n id="1" /> and assessed its value;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he established<n id="3" /> it and examined it closely.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">the young men would see me and step aside,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the old men would get up and remain standing;p>

<p class="poetry">He strikes them for their wickedness,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in a place where people can see,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,p> <p class="poetry">but now my eye has seen you.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even as I have seen,<n id="1" /> those who plow<n id="2" /> iniquity<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and those who sow trouble reap the same.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I myself<n id="1" /> have seen the fool<n id="2" /> taking root,p> <p class="poetry">but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For now<n id="1" /> you have become like these streams that are no help;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you see a terror,<n id="3" /> and are afraid.p>

<p class="poetry">If he is uprooted<n id="1" /> from his place,p> <p class="poetry">then that place<n id="2" /> will disown him, saying,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;I have never seen you!&#8217;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;My days<n id="1" /> are swifter than a runner,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they speed by without seeing happiness.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Why then did you bring me out from the womb?p> <p class="poetry">I should have died<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and no eye would have seen me!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">He will not look on the streams,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the rivers, which are the torrents<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">of honey and butter.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">why it is so dark you cannot see,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and why a flood<n id="2" /> of water covers you.p>

<p class="poetry">Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as he goes back and forthp> <p class="poetry">in the vault<n id="2" /> of heaven.&#8217;<n id="3" />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 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>