But some men from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

<p class="bodytext">The men of Bethlehem<n id="1" /> and Netophah, 188;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Does not humanity have hard service<n id="1" /> on earth?p> <p class="poetry">Are not their days alsop> <p class="poetry">like the days of a hired man?<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;What is mankind<n id="1" /> that you make so much of them,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and that you pay attention<n id="3" /> to them?p>

<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">Are your days like the days of a mortal,p> <p class="poetry">or your years like the years<n id="1" /> of a mortal,p>

<p class="poetry">What is man that he should be pure,p> <p class="poetry">or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?p>

<p class="poetry">how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">a son of man, who is only a worm!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Mankind does not know its place;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">it cannot be found in the land of the living.p>

<p class="poetry">But it is a spirit in people,p> <p class="poetry">the breath<n id="1" /> of the Almighty,p> <p class="poetry">that makes them understand.p>

<p class="poetry">Men of understanding say to me &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">any wise man listening to me says &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">All humanity has seen it;p> <p class="poetry">people gaze on it from afar.p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore people fear him,p> <p class="poetry">for he does not regard all the wise in heart.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Deliver me from evildoers!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Rescue me from violent men!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You allowed men to ride over our heads;p> <p class="poetry">we passed through fire and water,p> <p class="poetry">but you brought us out into a wide open place.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They are immune to the trouble common to men;p> <p class="poetry">they do not suffer as other men do.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You make mankind return<n id="1" /> to the dust,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and say, &#8220;Return, O people!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">If only<n id="1" /> you would kill the wicked, O God!p> <p class="poetry">Get away from me, you violent men!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Bloodthirsty people<n id="1" /> hate someone with integrity;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as for the upright, they seek his life.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who are champions<n id="1" /> at drinking wine are as good as dead,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.p>