I went forth mourning, without anger, and rising up, I cried out in confusion.
Behold, I will cry out, enduring violence, and no one will hear. I will announce loudly, but there is no one who may judge.
My harp has been turned into mourning, and my pipes have been turned into a voice of weeping.
Behold, you have made my days measurable, and, before you, my substance is as nothing. Yet truly, all things are vanity: every living man.
We have heard, O God, with our own ears. Our fathers have announced to us the work that you wrought in their days and in the days of antiquity.