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Yet even then, if he lets me speak, I can't believe he would listen to me.

You have no troubles, and yet you make fun of me; you hit someone who is about to fall.

And yet you ask, "What does God know? He is hidden by clouds—how can he judge us?"

And yet it was God who made them prosperous— I can't understand the thoughts of the wicked.

Yet God knows every step I take; if he tests me, he will find me pure.

Yet you made them inferior only to yourself; you crowned them with glory and honor.

yet their message goes out to all the world and is heard to the ends of the earth. God made a home in the sky for the sun;

People not yet born will be told: "The Lord saved his people."

Yet you left us helpless among wild animals; you abandoned us in deepest darkness.

And yet I do not need bulls from your farms or goats from your flocks;

Listen to their insults and threats. Their tongues are like swords in their mouths, yet they think that no one hears them.

Yet I always stay close to you, and you hold me by the hand.

But they had not yet satisfied their craving and were still eating,

Seventy years is all we have— eighty years, if we are strong; yet all they bring us is trouble and sorrow; life is soon over, and we are gone.

the wicked may grow like weeds, those who do wrong may prosper; yet they will be totally destroyed,

Write down for the coming generation what the Lord has done, so that people not yet born will praise him.

Yet the Lord heard them when they cried out, and he took notice of their distress.

I am as useless as a discarded wineskin; yet I have not forgotten your commands.

Some people spend their money freely and still grow richer. Others are cautious, and yet grow poorer.

Every river flows into the sea, but the sea is not yet full. The water returns to where the rivers began, and starts all over again.