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So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro to the dawning of the day.

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thy eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.

[Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

I have sinned; what shall I do to thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

If I justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, that also will prove me perverse.

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

[If] I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain?

For [he is] not a man, as I [am], [that] I should answer him, [and] we should come together in judgment.

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thy hand.

If I be wicked, woe to me; and [if] I be righteous, [yet] will I not lift up my head. [I am] full of confusion; therefore see thou my affliction;

For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thy eyes.

But I have understanding as well as you; I [am] not inferior to you: yes, who knoweth not such things as these?

I am [as] one mocked by his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] derided.

What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I [am] not inferior to you.

Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and my hope hath he removed like a tree.

They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.