He let no one oppress them, he disciplined kings for their sake,

For calamity, ¹  there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate ² ) – a fate ³  for those whose feet slip!

But ¹  Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men.

“Who shut up ¹  the sea with doors when it burst forth, ²  coming out of the womb,

All who see me taunt ¹  me; they mock me ²  and shake their heads. ³ 

Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless! ¹ 

You led us into a trap; ¹  you caused us to suffer. ² 

He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind.

as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down – to the place you appointed for them. ¹ 

In my distress ¹  I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place. ² 

All the nations surrounded me. ¹  Indeed, in the name of the Lord ²  I pushed them away. ³ 

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

The Lord severely ¹  punished me, but he did not hand me over to death.

They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. ¹  They ²  will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

From the fruit of his speech ¹  a person eats good things, ²  but the faithless ³  desire ⁴  the fruit of violence. ⁵ 

At the fords of the Arnon ¹  the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest. ² 

I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, ¹  but you establish a reign of violence. ² 

When Jesus entered the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,

By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.