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Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?

For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them].

He that betrayeth friends for a prey—even the eyes of his children shall fail.

But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.

How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.

Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?

For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;

A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of +God hath touched me.

That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!

And [as for] me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth;

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another:—my reins are consumed within me.

Be ye yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me.

The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?

Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

That which he laboured for shall he restore, and not swallow down; its restitution shall be according to the value, and he shall not rejoice [therein].

For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.

All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.

As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?