For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.