¹Respondens autem Baldad Suhites, dixit:But Baldad the Suhite responded by saying:

¹Respondens autem Baldad Suhites, dixit:But Baldad the Suhite responded by saying:

²Usque ad quem finem verba jactabitis?How long will you throw around words?intelligite prius,Understand first,et sic loquamur.and then let us speak.

²Usque ad quem finem verba jactabitis?How long will you throw around words?intelligite prius,Understand first,et sic loquamur.and then let us speak.

³Quare reputati sumus ut jumenta,Why have we been treated like mules,et sorduimus coram vobis?as if we were unworthy before you?

³Quare reputati sumus ut jumenta,Why have we been treated like mules,et sorduimus coram vobis?as if we were unworthy before you?

⁴Qui perdis animam tuam in furore tuo,You, who ruins your own soul in your fury,numquid propter te derelinquetur terra,will the earth be forsaken because of you,et transferentur rupes de loco suo?and will the cliffs be moved from their place?

⁴Qui perdis animam tuam in furore tuo,You, who ruins your own soul in your fury,numquid propter te derelinquetur terra,will the earth be forsaken because of you,et transferentur rupes de loco suo?and will the cliffs be moved from their place?

⁵Nonne lux impii extinguetur,Will not the light of the impious be put out,nec splendebit flamma ignis ejus?and the flame of his fire refuse to shine?

⁵Nonne lux impii extinguetur,Will not the light of the impious be put out,nec splendebit flamma ignis ejus?and the flame of his fire refuse to shine?

⁶Lux obtenebrescet in tabernaculo illius,Light will become darkness in his tabernacle,et lucerna quæ super eum est extinguetur.and the lamp that is over him will be extinguished.

⁶Lux obtenebrescet in tabernaculo illius,Light will become darkness in his tabernacle,et lucerna quæ super eum est extinguetur.and the lamp that is over him will be extinguished.

⁷Arctabuntur gressus virtutis ejus,His strong steps will be constrained,et præcipitabit eum consilium suum.and his own counsel will cast him down uncontrollably.

⁷Arctabuntur gressus virtutis ejus,His strong steps will be constrained,et præcipitabit eum consilium suum.and his own counsel will cast him down uncontrollably.

⁸Immisit enim in rete pedes suos,For he has caused his own feet to go into a net,et in maculis ejus ambulat.and he has walked into its web.

⁸Immisit enim in rete pedes suos,For he has caused his own feet to go into a net,et in maculis ejus ambulat.and he has walked into its web.

⁹Tenebitur planta illius laqueo,His heel will be held in a snare,et exardescet contra eum sitis.and thirst will rage against him.

⁹Tenebitur planta illius laqueo,His heel will be held in a snare,et exardescet contra eum sitis.and thirst will rage against him.

¹⁰Abscondita est in terra pedica ejus,A trap has been hidden for him in the earth,et decipula illius super semitam.and a decoy, along his path.

¹⁰Abscondita est in terra pedica ejus,A trap has been hidden for him in the earth,et decipula illius super semitam.and a decoy, along his path.

¹¹Undique terrebunt eum formidines,Horrifying things will terrify him everywhereet involvent pedes ejus.and will entangle his feet.

¹¹Undique terrebunt eum formidines,Horrifying things will terrify him everywhereet involvent pedes ejus.and will entangle his feet.

¹²Attenuetur fame robur ejus,Let his strength be diminished by famine,et inedia invadat costas illius.and let starvation invade his ribs.

¹²Attenuetur fame robur ejus,Let his strength be diminished by famine,et inedia invadat costas illius.and let starvation invade his ribs.

¹³Devoret pulchritudinem cutis ejus;Let it devour the beauty of his skin;consumat brachia illius primogenita mors.let the ancient death consume his arms.

¹³Devoret pulchritudinem cutis ejus;Let it devour the beauty of his skin;consumat brachia illius primogenita mors.let the ancient death consume his arms.

¹⁴Avellatur de tabernaculo suo fiducia ejus,Let his confidence be torn away from his tabernacle,et calcet super eum, quasi rex, interitus.and let ruin trample over him like a king.

¹⁴Avellatur de tabernaculo suo fiducia ejus,Let his confidence be torn away from his tabernacle,et calcet super eum, quasi rex, interitus.and let ruin trample over him like a king.

¹⁵Habitent in tabernaculo illius socii ejus qui non est;Let the companions of he who is not, dwell in his tabernacle;aspergatur in tabernaculo ejus sulphur.let brimstone rain down upon his tabernacle.

¹⁵Habitent in tabernaculo illius socii ejus qui non est;Let the companions of he who is not, dwell in his tabernacle;aspergatur in tabernaculo ejus sulphur.let brimstone rain down upon his tabernacle.

¹⁶Deorsum radices ejus siccentur:Let his roots be dried up from beneath him,sursum autem atteratur messis ejus.and his harvest be crushed from above.

¹⁶Deorsum radices ejus siccentur:Let his roots be dried up from beneath him,sursum autem atteratur messis ejus.and his harvest be crushed from above.

¹⁷Memoria illius pereat de terra,Let the memory of him perish from the earth,et non celebretur nomen ejus in plateis.and let not his name be celebrated in the streets.

¹⁷Memoria illius pereat de terra,Let the memory of him perish from the earth,et non celebretur nomen ejus in plateis.and let not his name be celebrated in the streets.

¹⁸Expellet eum de luce in tenebras,He will expel him from light into darkness,et de orbe transferet eum.and he will remove him from the world.

¹⁸Expellet eum de luce in tenebras,He will expel him from light into darkness,et de orbe transferet eum.and he will remove him from the world.

¹⁹Non erit semen ejus,Neither his offspring,neque progenies in populo suo,nor his descendants, will exist among his people,nec ullæ reliquiæ in regionibus ejus.nor will there be any remnants in his country.

¹⁹Non erit semen ejus,Neither his offspring,neque progenies in populo suo,nor his descendants, will exist among his people,nec ullæ reliquiæ in regionibus ejus.nor will there be any remnants in his country.

²⁰In die ejus stupebunt novissimi,The last will be astonished at his day,et primos invadet horror.and the first will be overcome with horror.

²⁰In die ejus stupebunt novissimi,The last will be astonished at his day,et primos invadet horror.and the first will be overcome with horror.

²¹Hæc sunt ergo tabernacula iniqui,And so, these are the tabernacles of the sinful,et iste locus ejus qui ignorat Deum.and this the place of he who does not know God.

²¹Hæc sunt ergo tabernacula iniqui,And so, these are the tabernacles of the sinful,et iste locus ejus qui ignorat Deum.and this the place of he who does not know God.