"He poureth contempt upon princes,
And looseth the belt of the strong;
He discovereth deep things out of darkness,
And bringeth out to light the shadow of death."
This "bringeth out to light the shadow of death" appears to me as bold and transfiguring a figure as is to be found in literature. It is majesty itself.
"They grope in the dark without light,
And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man."
"Wilt thou harass a driven leaf,
And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?"
"I am like a garment that is moth-eaten."
"He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down;
He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not."
"He breaketh me with breach upon breach;
He runneth upon me like a giant."
"Aforetime I was as a tabret."
"His strength shall be hunger-bitten,
And calamity shall be ready at his side."
"My purposes are broken off."