<p class="poetry">By the breath<n id="1" /> of God they perish,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and by the blast<n id="3" /> of his anger they are consumed.p>

<p class="poetry">Do you intend to criticize mere words,p> <p class="poetry">and treat<n id="1" /> the words of a despairing man as wind?p>

<p class="poetry">My spirit is broken,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my days have faded out,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the grave<n id="3" /> awaits me.p>

<p class="poetry">My breath is repulsive<n id="1" /> to my wife;p> <p class="poetry">I am loathsome<n id="2" /> to my brothers.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">When<n id="1" /> I hear a reproof that dishonors<n id="2" /> me,p> <p class="poetry">then my understanding<n id="3" /> prompts me to answer.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">When he made<n id="1" /> the force of the windp> <p class="poetry">and measured<n id="2" /> the waters with a gauge.p>

<p class="poetry">You pick me up on the wind and make me ride on it;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you toss me about<n id="2" /> in the storm.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I am full of words,p> <p class="poetry">and the spirit within me<n id="1" /> constrains me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The Spirit of God has made me,p> <p class="poetry">and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Then a breath of air<n id="1" /> passes<n id="2" /> by my face;p> <p class="poetry">it makes<n id="3" /> the hair of my flesh stand up.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;How long will you speak these things,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">seeing<n id="2" /> that the words of your mouthp> <p class="poetry">are like a great<n id="3" /> wind?<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He does not allow<n id="1" /> me to recover<n id="2" /> my breath,p> <p class="poetry">for he fills<n id="3" /> me with bitterness.p>

<p class="poetry">You gave me<n id="1" /> life and favor,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and your intervention<n id="3" /> watched over my spirit.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or fill his belly<n id="2" /> with the east wind?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">when you turn your rage<n id="1" /> against Godp> <p class="poetry">and allow such words to escape<n id="2" /> from your mouth?p>

<p class="poetry">Will<n id="1" /> there be an end to your<n id="2" /> windy words?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Or what provokes<n id="4" /> you that you answer?<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">Is my<n id="1" /> complaint against a man?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">If so,<n id="3" /> why should I not be impatient?<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">How often<n id="1" /> are they like straw before the wind,p> <p class="poetry">and like chaff swept away<n id="2" /> by a whirlwind?p>

<p class="poetry">By his breath<n id="1" /> the skies became fair;p> <p class="poetry">his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.<n id="2" />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>