¹² At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.

²⁰ I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself -- and what?

¹¹ My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.

¹² He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.

⁴ He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.

⁴ who for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations --

⁴⁴ and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'

⁷ In their taking hold of thee by thy hand, -- thou art crushed, And hast rent to them all the shoulder, And in their leaning on thee thou art broken, And hast caused all their thighs to stand.

¹⁹ But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

¹⁸ And I say, `With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'

¹⁹ My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.

³ In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk `through' darkness.

²⁶ He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.

¹⁷ Because with a tempest He bruiseth me, And hath multiplied my wounds for nought.

¹² A sea-`monster' am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?

¹⁰ The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.

²⁶ I was not safe -- nor was I quiet -- Nor was I at rest -- and trouble cometh!

² And there are borne to him seven sons and three daughters,

³ and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.