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verily, while my breath is yet in me, and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,

Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty.

Yet I wept over every helpless man; I groaned when I saw a man in distress.

And he was also very angry with his three friends, because they were not able to return answers to Job, yet set him down for an ungodly man.

Yet he has discovered a charge against me, and he has reckoned me as an adversary.

For how sayest thou, I am righteous, yet he has not hearkened to me? for he that is above mortals is eternal.

Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.

Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach thee: for there is yet speech in me.

The ancient heavens shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. Yet by all these things thy understanding is not astonished, neither is thy mind disturbed in thy body.

After him shall be a cry with a loud voice; he shall thunder with the voice of his excellency, yet he shall not cause men to pass away, for one shall hear his voice.

And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, saying,

Yet one shall take him in his sight; one shall catch him with a cord, and pierce his nose.

Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew it not: they were scattered, but repented not.

And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, and thou shalt seek for his place, and shalt not find it.

I was once young, indeed I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.

Yet I passed by, and lo! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found.

This their way is an offence to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. Pause.

Yet he shall go in to the generation of his fathers; he shall never see light.

They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew nigh them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts.

O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us.