"Surelymockersare with me, And my eyegazeson their provocation.
"Shall your boastssilencemen?And shall you scoffand nonerebuke?
"I ama joketo my friends,The one who calledon Godand He answeredhim; The just[and] blameless[man] is a joke.
"Will it be wellwhenHe examinesyou? Orwill you deceiveHim as one deceivesa man?
"My friendsare my scoffers;My eyeweepsto God.
"But He has mademe a bywordof the people,And I amone at whom men spit.
"Bearwith me that I may speak;Then afterI have spoken,you may mock.
"Behold,allof you have seen[it]; Whythendo you actfoolishly?
His soulwill abidein prosperity,And his descendantswill inheritthe land.
He who dwellsin the shelterof the MostHighWill abidein the shadowof the Almighty.
