For that which I greatly feared has come upon me, and that which I dreaded has overtaken me.
And it came to be, when the days of feasting had gone round, that Iyoḇ
Destructions are turned upon me; they pursue my life as the wind, and my welfare has passed like a cloud.
For I am in dread of destruction from Ě
I shall be afraid of all my sufferings. I know that You do not hold me innocent.
When I looked for good, then evil came to me. And when I waited for light, darkness came.
“You have feared the sword, and I bring a sword upon you,” declares the Master יהוה.