God

Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.

Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.

By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.

By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand the fleeing serpent.

Lo, these are the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?

God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty--He made my soul bitter.

For all the while my breath is in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.

Pollution to me--if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.

For what is the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?

On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?

I shew you by the hand of God, That which is with the Mighty I hide not.

This is the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.

And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.

Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.

Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen.

From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out to light.

God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place.

For He to the ends of the earth doth look, Under the whole heavens He doth see,

To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.

In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,

Then He hath seen and declareth it, He hath prepared it, and also searched it out,

And He saith to man: --`Lo, fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to turn from evil is understanding.'

Who doth make me as in months past, As in the days of God's preserving me?

In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk through darkness.