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For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me.

For him that is fainting kindness [is meet] from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.

Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig [a pit] for your friend.

I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.

Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?

And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.

If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;

For we are [but] of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.

He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.

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

For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when [man] doth not consider it;

For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;

For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit?

Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire.

Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy?