"I toocould speaklike you, IfI were in your place.I could composewordsagainstyou And shakemy headat you.
"Thisis the wordthat the LORDhas spokenagainsthim: 'She has despisedyou and mockedyou, The virgindaughterof Zion;She has shaken[her] headbehindyou, The daughterof Jerusalem!
"Shall a multitudeof wordsgounanswered,And a talkativemanbe acquitted?
"I could strengthenyou with my mouth,And the solaceof my lipscould lessen[your pain].
So Jobopenshis mouthemptily;He multiplieswordswithoutknowledge."
"For the despairingman[there should be] kindnessfrom his friend;So that he does not forsakethe fearof the Almighty.
I also have becomea reproachto them; When they seeme, they wagtheir head.
Allwho seeme sneerat me; They separatewith the lip,they wagthe head,[saying],
"Commit[yourself] to the LORD;let Him deliverhim; Let Him rescuehim, becauseHe delightsin him."
You makeus a bywordamong the nations,A laughingstockamong the peoples.
When there are manywords,transgressionis unavoidable,But he who restrainshis lipsis wise.
Yet the foolmultiplieswords.Nomanknowswhatwill happen,and whocan tellhim whatwill comeafterhim?
thisis the wordthat the LORDhas spokenagainsthim: "She has despisedyou and mockedyou, The virgindaughterof Zion;She has shaken[her] headbehindyou, The daughterof Jerusalem!
To maketheir landa desolation,[An object of] perpetualhissing;Everyonewho passesby it will be astonishedAnd shakehis head.
"Now was not Israela laughingstockto you? Orwas he caughtamong thieves?For eachtimeyou speakabout him you shake[your head in scorn].
Allwho passalongthe wayClaptheir hands[in derision] at you; They hissand shaketheir headsAt the daughterof Jerusalem,"Is thisthe cityof whichthey said,The perfectionof beauty,A joyto allthe earth'?"
Thisis the exultantcityWhich dwellssecurely,Who saysin her heart,"I am, and thereis noonebesidesme." Howshe has becomea desolation,A restingplacefor beasts!Everyonewho passesby her will hiss[And] wavehis hand[in contempt].
"In everything,therefore,treatpeoplethe same wayyou wantthem to treatyou, for thisis the Lawand the Prophets.
Rejoicewith those who rejoice,and weepwith those who weep.
And ifonemembersuffers,allthe memberssufferwith it; if[one] memberis honored,allthe membersrejoicewith it.
