Then I thought I would die in my nest, and increase my days as the sand,
“For You said, ‘I shall certainly do good to you, and shall make your seed as the sand of the sea, which are too numerous to count.’ ”
Thus Yosĕ
And I broke the jaws of the perverse, and snatched the prey from his teeth.
my root reaching out to the waters, and dew lying all night on my branch,
You shall come to the grave in ripe old age, like the stacking of grain in its season.
“With long life I satisfy him, And show him My deliverance.”
“You who dwell in Leḇ
“The dread for you, the pride of your heart, has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, holding the height of the hill! Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, from there I bring you down,” declares the Master.
“Though you rise high as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I shall bring you down,” declares יהוה.
“Woe to him who is getting evil gain for his house, in order to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of evil!