⁴ It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:

²⁵ As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me.

⁷ I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

¹⁵ All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

¹⁶ Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.

²¹ This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

²⁶ And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.

¹⁵ Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.

³⁹ And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,

⁴⁰ You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

¹² All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

¹⁵ This is the town which was full of joy, living without fear of danger, saying in her heart, I am, and there is no other: how has she been made waste, a place for beasts to take their rest in! everyone who goes by her will make hisses, waving his hand.

¹⁴ The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?

¹⁹ Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.

¹⁴ Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

¹⁶ And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

² Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

¹⁴ He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.

² If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!

³ For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.

⁴ For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.

⁵ Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?