And when they saw him from a distance they did not know him; and they cried with a loud voice, and wept, and everyone tore his garment, and sprinkled dust upon their heads,

Wonder has seized true men upon this, and let the just rise up against the transgressor.

My flesh is corrupt under my skin, and my bones are held in my teeth.

Pity me, pity me, O my friends; for it is the hand of the Lord that has touched me.

And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth.

[ 39:34] Why do I yet plead? Being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these [arguments]? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

And they said to him, Be silent, lay your hand upon your mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be the priest of the house of one man, or to be the priest of a tribe and house for a family of Israel?

I was dumb, and opened not my mouth; for You are He that made me.

If you abandon yourself to mirth, and stretch forth your hand in a quarrel, you shall be disgraced.

Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.

The nations shall see and be ashamed; and at all their might they shall lay their hands upon their mouth, their ears shall be deafened.

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable [are] His judgments and untraceable [are] His ways!