Harkavy’s edition No. 15; Brody’s edition No. 36. It is an excellent specimen of the Fakhr (self-glorification) poems of the Arabs. Footnote 84: Comp. Exodus 21. 6. Footnote 85: Harkavy’s edition, No. 23; Brody’s edition, No. 39. Some lines are missing in the place indicated by the asterisks. Then follows a graphic description of the tunny fish. Footnote 86: Comp. 1 Samuel 2. 22, 34. Footnote 87: Numbers 25. 6, 14. Footnote 88: Genesis 38. 9, 10. Footnote 89: Comp. 2 Kings 17. 30. Footnote 90: Comp. Daniel 9. 24–27. Footnote 91: Dukes’ edition, No. 1. The poet complains of his uncongenial surroundings. He is misunderstood by his neighbors, because he strives to attain to knowledge. Footnote 92: Dukes’ edition, No. 7. The poet declares that, in spite of all obstacles and discouragement, he will seek wisdom and strive to make himself as perfect as possible. Footnote 93: This seems to be an allusion to those who adopted false doctrines. Footnote 94: This is the first part of that beautiful composition in rhymed prose. It has been incorporated in the Sephardic ritual for the eve of the Day of Atonement. The biblical verses are introduced with wonderfully artistic skill. Footnote 95: This beautiful prose poem has been frequently printed in some Hebrew prayer-books. Footnote 96: Comp. Job 21. 14, 15. Footnote 97: Ecclesiastes 12. 13, 14. Footnote 98: Comp. Job 37. 7. Footnote 99: Comp. Job 34. 22. Footnote 100: Neubauer, _Mediæval Jewish Chronicles_, vol. II., p. 123, _seq._ Footnote 101: Comp. Isaiah 44. 25. Footnote 102: Comp. Genesis 3. Footnote 103: Basil I, known as the Macedonian (died 886). Footnote 104: Town in Italy. Footnote 105: That is, Judah; comp. Genesis 49. 9. Footnote 106: Brody, in _Steinschneider’s Festschrift_ (1896), p. 43 (Hebrew part). Footnote 107: _Ibid._, p. 44. Footnote 108: The poet describes his own plight. Footnote 109: That is, _thou spendest money freely_. Footnote 110: That is, Time. Footnote 111: Brody and Albrecht, _Sha’ar ha-Shir_, No. 59. Footnote 112: Four lines have been omitted in this translation. Footnote 113: Harkavy’s edition, vol. I., p. 10; Brody’s edition, vol. II., p. 155. Footnote 114: That is, Thummim and Urim. Footnote 115: Harkavy, vol. I., p. 28; Brody, vol. II., p. 160. Footnote 116: Levitic families; comp. Exodus 6. 19. Footnote 117: Harkavy, vol. I., p. 158; Brody, vol. I., p. 214. It is written in rhymed prose, and is an excellent specimen of the rhetorical and florid style in which the Arabs and their Jewish imitators delighted. Footnote 118: That is, Babylon. Footnote 119: In the original this word represents also Nathan. Footnote 120: Egers’ edition, p. 50. This poem is complicated in its structure. It consists of seven stanzas, and the initial letters of stanzas 1, 2, 4, and 6 are the author’s name ‏אברם‎.