<p class="poetry">I have no ease,<n id="1" /> I have no quietness;p> <p class="poetry">I cannot rest;<n id="2" /> turmoil has come upon me.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">If<n id="1" /> his sons are honored,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he does not know it;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">if they are brought low,p> <p class="poetry">he does not see<n id="4" /> it.p>

<p class="poetry">What do you know that we don&#8217;t know?p> <p class="poetry">What do you understand that we don&#8217;t understand?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">People<n id="1" /> who had seen him will not see him again,p> <p class="poetry">and the place where he wasp> <p class="poetry">will recognize him no longer.p>

<p class="poetry">He gives back the ill-gotten gain<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">without assimilating it;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.<n id="3" />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">In the north<n id="1" /> when he is at work,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I do not see him;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">when he turns<n id="4" /> to the south,p> <p class="poetry">I see no trace of him.p>

<p class="poetry">It laughs at fear and is not dismayed;p> <p class="poetry">it does not shy away from the sword.p>

<p class="poetry">I have spoken once, but I cannot answer;p> <p class="poetry">twice, but I will say no more.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He leans against his house but it does not hold up,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he takes hold<n id="2" /> of it but it does not stand.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">If<n id="1" /> he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt;p> <p class="poetry">if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">so man lies down and does not rise;p> <p class="poetry">until the heavens are no more,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they<n id="2" /> will not awakep> <p class="poetry">nor arise from their sleep.p>

<p class="poetry">He will not grow rich,p> <p class="poetry">and his wealth will not endure,p> <p class="poetry">nor will his possessions<n id="1" /> spread over the land.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Yes, God is great &#8211; beyond our knowledge!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The number of his years is unsearchable.p>

<p class="poetry">They grope about in darkness<n id="1" /> without light;p> <p class="poetry">he makes them stagger<n id="2" /> like drunkards.p>

<p class="poetry">what wise men declare,p> <p class="poetry">hiding nothing,p> <p class="poetry">from the tradition of<n id="1" /> their ancestors,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">you asked,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Who is this who darkens counselp> <p class="poetry">without knowledge?&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">But<n id="2" /> I have declared without understanding<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">things too wonderful for me to know.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Is not their excess wealth<n id="1" /> taken away from them?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They die,<n id="3" /> yet without attaining wisdom.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He frustrates<n id="1" /> the plans<n id="2" /> of the crafty<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so that<n id="4" /> their hands cannot accomplishp> <p class="poetry">what they had planned!<n id="5" />p>