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For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them.

For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.

Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?

Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.

As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:

I loathe my life; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);

For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.