<p class="poetry">My days have passed, my plans<n id="1" /> are shattered,p> <p class="poetry">even<n id="2" /> the desires<n id="3" /> of my heart.p>

<p class="poetry">My brothers<n id="1" /> have been as treacherous<n id="2" /> as a seasonal stream,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">that flow away.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you<n id="1" /> will forget your trouble;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you will remember itp> <p class="poetry">like water that<n id="3" /> has flowed away.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Refrain from talking<n id="1" /> with me so that<n id="2" /> I may speak;p> <p class="poetry">then let come to me<n id="3" /> what may.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">to whom alone the land was givenp> <p class="poetry">when no foreigner passed among them.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He has blocked<n id="1" /> my way so I cannot pass,p> <p class="poetry">and has set darkness<n id="2" /> over my paths.p>

<p class="poetry">Their bulls<n id="1" /> breed<n id="2" /> without fail;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">their cows calve and do not miscarry.p>

<p class="poetry">Have you never questioned those who travel the roads?p> <p class="poetry">Do you not recognize their accounts<n id="1" /> &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">He spares a person&#8217;s life from corruption,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">his very life from crossing over<n id="2" /> the river.p>

<p class="poetry">He redeemed my life<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from going down to the place of corruption,p> <p class="poetry">and my life sees the light!&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">But if they refuse to listen,p> <p class="poetry">they pass over the river of death,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and expire without knowledge.p>

<p class="poetry">If<n id="1" /> he passes by me, I cannot see<n id="2" /> him,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Since man&#8217;s days<n id="1" /> are determined,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the number of his months is under your control;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you have set his limit<n id="4" /> and he cannot pass it.p>

<p class="poetry">Terrors are turned loose<n id="1" /> on me;p> <p class="poetry">they drive away<n id="2" /> my honor like the wind,p> <p class="poetry">and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away.p>

<p class="poetry">In a moment they die, in the middle of the night,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">people<n id="2" /> are shaken<n id="3" /> and they pass away.p> <p class="poetry">The mighty are removed effortlessly.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">But now, the sun<n id="1" /> cannot be looked at<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">it is bright in the skies &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">And why do you not pardon my transgression,p> <p class="poetry">and take away my iniquity?p> <p class="poetry">For now I will lie down in the dust,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and you will seek me diligently,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but I will be gone.&#8221;p>