Such creatures when they approach civilized dwellings are driven forth and pursued with cries as men do a thief.

They are driven forth from among men,

They cry after them as after a thief,

And they must dwell in the clefts of the valleys, &c.

The word "cliffs" in the ordinary texts here is either a misprint for "clifts" or clefts, or is used in that sense.

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