Lexicon :: Strong's H1097 - bᵊlî

“Now this is the case of the offender (manslayer) who may escape there and live [protected from vengeance]: when he kills his neighbor unintentionally, not having hated him previously—

“[fn]O mountains of Gilboa,

Let not dew or rain be upon you, nor fields with offerings;

For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,

The shield of Saul, [dry, cracked] not [fn]anointed with oil.

“The lion perishes for lack of prey,

And the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

‘Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces and destroyed;

Unobserved and unnoticed, they perish forever.

“Can something that has no taste to it be eaten without salt?

Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg?

“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?

Can the rushes or reed grass grow without water?

“Nothing of his dwells in his tent;

Brimstone (burning sulfur) is scattered over his dwelling [to purify it].

“They spend the night naked, without clothing,

And have no covering against the cold.

“They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,

And they take away the sheaves [of grain] from the hungry.

“They are the sons of [worthless and nameless] fools,

They have been driven out of the land.

If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,

Or any poor person without covering,

If I have eaten its fruits without paying for them,

Or have caused its [rightful] owners to lose their lives,

‘I am pure, without transgression;

I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.

Although I am right, I am accounted a liar.

My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’

Job uselessly opens his mouth

And multiplies words without knowledge [drawing the worthless conclusion that the righteous have no more advantage than the wicked].”

“But if they do not hear and obey, they will die by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments]

And they will die [in ignorance] without [true] knowledge.

“Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning my authority and wisdom]

By words without knowledge?

“Who provides prey for the raven

When its young cry to God

And wander about without food?

“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;

Though her labor is in vain because she is unconcerned [for the safety of her brood],

“The sword that reaches him cannot avail,

Nor [does] the spear, the dart, or the javelin.

“Upon earth there is nothing like him—no equal exists,

A creature made without fear.

“[You said to me] ‘Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge?’

Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered that which I did not understand,

Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

There is no speech, nor are there [spoken] words [from the stars];

Their voice is not heard.

They run and set themselves against me though there is no guilt in me;

Stir Yourself to meet and help me, and see [what they are doing]!

A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You;

My [fn]soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You,

In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

In his days may the righteous flourish,

And peace abound until the moon is no more.

Therefore My people go into exile because they lack knowledge [of God];

And their honorable men are famished,

And their common people are parched with thirst.

Which used to strike the peoples in anger with incessant blows,

Which subdued and ruled the nations in wrath with unrelenting persecution.

For all the tables are full of filthy vomit, so that there is no place [that is clean.]

In little more than a year

You will tremble [with anxiety], you unsuspecting and complacent women;

For the vintage has ended,

And the harvest will not come.

“Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such bitterness;

But You have loved back my life from the pit of nothingness (destruction),

For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

“The young lions have roared at him,

They have made their voices heard and roared loudly.

And they have made his land a waste;

His cities have been destroyed and are burned ruins, without inhabitant.

“I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains,

And a [funeral] dirge for the pastures of the wilderness,

Because they are burned up and desolated so that no one passes through [them];

Nor can anyone hear the lowing of cattle.

Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they are gone.

The roads to Zion are in mourning

Because no one comes to the appointed feasts.

All her gates are desolate;

Her priests are groaning,

Her virgins are grieved and suffering,

And she suffers bitterly.