So I ¹  waste away like something rotten, ²  like a garment eaten by moths.

Is my ¹  complaint against a man? ²  If so, ³  why should I not be impatient? ⁴ 

“What is mankind ¹  that you make so much of them, ²  and that you pay attention ³  to them?

So the Lord said to Satan, “All right then, ¹  everything he has is ²  in your power. ³  Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” ⁴  So Satan went out ⁵  from the presence of the Lord. ⁶ 

They were distressed, ¹  because each one had been ²  so confident; they arrived there, ³  but were disappointed.

“Therefore, ¹  blessed ²  is the man whom God corrects, ³  so do not despise the discipline ⁴  of the Almighty. ⁵ 

Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, ¹  and apply it for your own ²  good.” ³ 

He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. ¹  When he opens his eyes, it is all gone. ² 

As ¹  a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, ²  so the one who goes down to the grave ³  does not come up again. ⁴ 

The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; ¹  so the grave ²  takes away those who have sinned. ³ 

So do not say, ¹  ‘We have found wisdom! God will refute ²  him, not man!’

Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, ¹  as he goes back and forth in the vault ²  of heaven.’ ³ 

Would your wealth ¹  sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, ²  even all your mighty efforts? ³ 

Will it make a pact ¹  with you, so you could take it ²  as your slave for life?

“Refrain from talking ¹  with me so that ²  I may speak; then let come to me ³  what may. ⁴ 

so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth, ¹ 

so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, ¹  they ²  will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

because I was terrified ¹  of the great multitude, ²  and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors – ³ 

So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, ¹  he is ²  in your power; ³  only preserve ⁴  his life.”

who ¹  would take his ²  rod ³  away from me so that his terror ⁴  would not make me afraid.