<p class="poetry">know<n id="1" /> then that God has wronged me<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and encircled<n id="3" /> me with his net.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;If<n id="1" /> I cry out,<n id="2" /> &#8216;Violence!&#8217;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I receive no answer;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I cry for help,p> <p class="poetry">but there is no justice.p>

<p class="poetry">I summon<n id="1" /> my servant, but he does not respond,p> <p class="poetry">even though I implore<n id="2" /> him with my own mouth.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">If you say, &#8216;How we will pursue him,p> <p class="poetry">since the root of the trouble is found in him!&#8217;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">His bones<n id="1" /> were full of his youthful vigor,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.p>

<p class="poetry">his food is turned sour<n id="1" /> in his stomach;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">it becomes the venom of serpents<n id="3" /> within him.p>

<p class="poetry">In the fullness of his sufficiency,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">distress<n id="2" /> overtakes him.p> <p class="poetry">the full force of misery will come upon him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For what is his interest<n id="1" /> in his homep> <p class="poetry">after his death,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">when the number of his monthsp> <p class="poetry">has been broken off?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Reconcile yourself<n id="1" /> with God,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and be at peace<n id="3" /> with him;p> <p class="poetry">in this way your prosperity will be good.p>

<p class="poetry">Would he contend<n id="1" /> with me with great power?p> <p class="poetry">No, he would only pay attention to me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But he knows the pathway that I take;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They turn the needy from the pathway,p> <p class="poetry">and the poor of the land hide themselves together.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">If his children increase &#8211; it is for the sword!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">His offspring never have enough to eat.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who survive him are buried by the plague,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and their<n id="2" /> widows do not mourn for them.p>

<p class="poetry">The east wind carries him away, and he is gone;p> <p class="poetry">it sweeps him out of his place.p>

<p class="poetry">Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it,p> <p class="poetry">nor can its price be weighed out in silver.p>

<p class="poetry">for I rescued the poor who cried out for help,p> <p class="poetry">and the orphan who<n id="1" /> had no one to assist him;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Then I thought, &#8216;I will die in my own home,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my days as numerous as the grains of sand.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">My roots reach the water,p> <p class="poetry">and the dew lies on my branches all night long.p>