It's on very steep ground.

Yet he attempteth not the steep,

Yet he attempteth not the steep,

The path zigzagged up the steep slope.

The path zigzagged up the steep slope.

Yet he has not assaulted the steep

Yet he has not assaulted the steep

But he could not scale the steep ascent.

But he could not scale the steep ascent.

How will you comprehend what the Steep ascent is?

How will you comprehend what the Steep ascent is?

So he did not quickly enter the steep valley.

So he did not quickly enter the steep valley.

and what shall teach thee what is the steep?

and what shall teach thee what is the steep?

But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep.

And what do you know what that difficult steep is?

But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep.

And what do you know what that difficult steep is?

And what shall make thee understand that which the steep is?

And what shall make thee understand that which the steep is?

And what will make you know the path that is steep?

And what will make you know the path that is steep?

And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?

And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?

But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.

But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.

When I reach the summit of a steep mountain in the middle of nowhere, I feel young, invincible, eternal.

And how about stock market declines that are accompanied by a steep and persistent collapse in earnings by depressions?

But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep.

But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep.

We have less than we had before, and most of them are in fairly steep decline.

But that basic math accounts both for the steep slope and for the long, flat tail.

The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.

The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.

But stock market declines that are not accompanied by steep and persistent collapses in earnings are by their nature temporary they are provoked by steep rises in perceived risk, and if those risks turn out to be overblown, stocks rebound when the perception of risk falls.

Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.

Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.

Optimists see it differently. Encouraged by sharp reductions in households debt service costs and a surprisingly steep fall in unemployment, they argue that the long nightmare has finally ended.

According to non governmental organizations that keep such statistics, since 1945, in Europe and the Americas, there has been a steep decline in interstate wars, in deadly ethnic riots or pogroms, and in military coups, even in South America. Worldwide, there's been a steep decline in deaths in interstate wars. The yellow bars here show the number of deaths per war per year from 1950 to the present.

And you'll notice that on the left, on the left, on the west, it's very steep, and on the right it's gentle.

And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

True, a steep and persistent collapse in earnings will erode wealth invested in stocks. But the inflation that accompanies it will produce a steeper and larger erosion of real wealth invested in nominal bonds.

I'm working in Kigali, Rwanda, jogging through the steep slopes, when I see, 10 feet in front of me, a little boy 11 years old running toward me, wearing my sweater.