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A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.
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Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
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The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
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“Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.
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You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.
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But the witless can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.
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“Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble.
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“Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
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“What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?
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My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.
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How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
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Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
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if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
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But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.
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For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me;
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The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
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If it were his intention and he withdrew his spirit and breath,
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Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years!
