<p class="poetry">Because he covered his face with fat,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and made<n id="2" /> his hips bulge with fat,<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let him not trust in what is worthless,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">deceiving himself;p> <p class="poetry">for worthlessness will be his reward.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the company of the godless is barren,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and fire<n id="2" /> consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.<n id="3" />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">For the years that lie ahead are few,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and then I will go on the way of no return.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Because<n id="1" /> you have closed their<n id="2" /> minds to understanding,p> <p class="poetry">therefore you will not exalt them.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he has been thrown into a net by his feet<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and he wanders into a mesh.<n id="2" />p>

<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>

<p class="poetry">that the elation of the wicked is brief,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the joy of the godless<n id="2" /> lasts but a moment.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he has seized a house which he did not build.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he does not let anything he desires<n id="2" /> escape.<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">that the evil man is sparedp> <p class="poetry">from the day of his misfortune,p> <p class="poetry">that he is delivered<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from the day of God&#8217;s wrath?p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit?p> <p class="poetry">Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;For you took pledges<n id="1" /> from your brothersp> <p class="poetry">for no reason,p> <p class="poetry">and you stripped the clothing from the naked.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When people are brought low<n id="1" /> and you sayp> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Lift them up!&#8217;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">then he will save the downcast;<n id="3" />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">Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness,p> <p class="poetry">because of the thick darknessp> <p class="poetry">that covered my face.<n id="1" />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">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>