שִׁיתּ

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.