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to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure,
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‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
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how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!
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“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.
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so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine.
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While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.
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it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.
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“My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.
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They are higher than the heavens above—what can you do? They are deeper than the depths below—what can you know?
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Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
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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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Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.
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“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,
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The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.
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You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place?
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that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever!
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and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
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I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
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They are drenched by mountain rains and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
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lapis lazuli comes from its rocks, and its dust contains nuggets of gold.
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People assault the flinty rock with their hands and lay bare the roots of the mountains.
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They tunnel through the rock; their eyes see all its treasures.
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when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.
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“But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
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They were forced to live in the dry stream beds, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
