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For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, cometh lifting up.

Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,

Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;

The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh him families like a flock.

The proud have had me greatly in derision: Yet have I not swerved from thy law.

For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.

My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.

The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.

I am small and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; Yet thy commandments are my delight.

Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; Yet have I not swerved from thy testimonies.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.

For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.

Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Even the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was none of them.

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.