8 And behind the door and the post hast thou set thy memorial; for away from me hast thou uncovered, and gone up, hast enlarged thy bed, and gotten thee a covenant from them; thou hast loved their bed, hast looked on a hand.

9 And thou hast travelled to the king with oil, and hast multiplied thy perfumes, and hast sent thine envoys far off, and hast brought (thyself )1 down, even to hell.

10 Thou hast wearied thyself with the abundance of thy travel; thou saidst not, It is hopeless; thou hast found revival of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.

11 And of whom hast thou been afraid, and feared, that thou shouldest lie, and hast not remembered me, hast not laid it to thine heart? Have I not held my peace, and that from of old, and thou fearest not me?

12 I will declare thy righteousness; and thy works, and they shall not profit thee.

13 When thou criest, let thy gatherings deliver thee; and a wind shall lift them all up, a breath shall take them away; and he that trusteth in me shall inherit the land, and shall. possess my holy mountain:

14 And (one) saith, Cast up, cast up, clear a. way; take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people.

15 For thus saith he. that is high and lifted up, that dwelleth for ever, and. holy 15 ms name ; I dwell in the high andholy place, and with him that is crushed and humble of spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the crushed ones.

16 For I will not contend forever, and not always I be, wroth; for the spirit would fail from before me, and the souls which I have made.