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Is it, for God, ye would speak perversely? And, for him, would ye speak deceit:

Even, for him, would ye be partial? Or, for GOD, would ye so plead?

Lo! he may slay me, yet , for him, will I wait, - Nevertheless, my ways - unto his face, will I show to be right:

Even he, will be on my side - unto salvation, For, not before his face, shall any impious person come.

Who is it that shall contend with me? For, now, if I should hold my peace, why! I should breathe my last!

For thou writest, against me, bitter things, and dost make me inherit the iniquities of my youth;

If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond.

Though there is - for a tree - hope, - if it should be cut down, that, again, it will grow, and, the tender branch thereof, will not cease;

Oh that, in hades, thou wouldst hide me! that thou wouldst keep me secret, until the turn of thine anger, that thou wouldst set for me a fixed time, and remember me:

Thou shouldst call, and, I, would answer thee, - For the work of thine own hand, thou shouldst long.

For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin:

But, his flesh, for himself, is in pain, and, his soul, for himself, doth mourn.

For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty.

In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom?

Too small for thee, are the consolations of GOD? or a word spoken gently with thee?

For thy spirit, replieth against GOD, and thou bringest forth - out of thy mouth - words!

A wanderer, he, for bread, saying Where is it ? He knoweth that, prepared by his own hand, is the day of darkness;

Distress and anguish shall startle him, It shall overpower him, like a king ready for the onset:

For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;

Let no one trust in him that - by vanity - is deceived, for, vanity, shall be his recompense;