1 Great travail is created for every man.
A heavy yoke is upon the sons of
Adam, from the day of their coming forth
from their mother’s womb, until the day
for their burial in the mother of all things.

2 The expectation of things to come, and
the day of death, trouble their thoughts,
and cause fear in their hearts.

3 From him who sits on a throne of glory,
even to him who is humbled in earth
and ashes,

4 from him who wears purple and a crown,
even to him who is clothed in burlap,

5 there is wrath, jealousy, trouble, unrest,
fear of death, anger, and strife.
In the time of rest upon his bed,
his night sleep changes his knowledge.

6 He gets little or no rest,
and afterward in his sleep, as in a day
of keeping watch, he is troubled inthe vision
of his heart, as one who has escaped from
the front of battle.

7 In the very time of his deliverance, he
awakens, and marvels that the fear is nothing.

8 To all creatures, human and animal,
and upon sinners sevenfold more,

9 come death, bloodshed, strife, sword,
calamities, famine, suffering, and plague.

10 All these things were created for the
wicked, and because of them the flood came.

11 All things that are ofthe earth turn to the
earth again. All things that are of the waters
return into the sea.

12 All bribery and injustice will be blotted
out. Good faith will stand forever.

13 The goods of the unjust will be dried up
like a river, and like a great thunder in
rain will go off in noise.

14 In opening his hands, a man will be
made glad; so lawbreakers will utterly fail.

15 The children of the ungodly won’t grow
many branches, and are as unhealthy roots
on a sheer rock.