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You overpower him once for all, and he departs; you change his appearance and send him away.

Only his flesh has pain for himself, and he mourns for himself."

Are God's consolations too trivial for you; or a word spoken in gentleness to you?

All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.

He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;

he wanders about—food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

for he stretches out his hand against God, and vaunts himself against the Almighty,

Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.

For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

"O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.

and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.

Make then my pledge with you. Who else will put up security for me?

If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.

If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?

For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.

Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side.

"If I cry out, ‘Violence!' I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.