121And Job answereth and saith: --+2Truly--ye are the people, And with you doth wisdom die.+3I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?+4A laughter to his friend I am: `He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter is the perfect righteous one.+5A torch--despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.+6At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.+7And yet, ask, I pray thee, One of the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee.+8Or talk to the earth, and it sheweth thee, And fishes of the sea recount to thee:+9`Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this?+10In whose hand is the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'+11Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself?+12With the very aged is wisdom, And with length of days understanding.+13With Him are wisdom and might, To him are counsel and understanding.+14Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.+15Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.+16With Him are strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver.+17Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.+18The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins.+19Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth.+20Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.+21Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble.+22Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.+23Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.+24Turning aside the heart Of the heads of the people of the land, And he causeth them to wander In vacancy--no way!+25They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.+
Young's Literal Translation
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