⁵ Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.

²⁷ A habitation `is' the eternal God, And beneath `are' arms age-during. And He casteth out from thy presence the enemy, and saith, `Destroy!'

¹¹ and unto those of the sons of Israel who are near He hath not put forth His hand, and they see God, and eat and drink.

³³ If there were between us an umpire, He doth place his hand on us both.

⁸ Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.

⁹ `To' the left in His working -- and I see not, He is covered `on' the right, and I behold not.

⁷ A messenger of Jehovah is encamping, Round about those who fear Him, And He armeth them.

¹⁷ And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, `Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last,