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For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like water.

For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, and that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

For vexation killeth the foolish man, and jealousy slayeth the silly one.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

For affliction cometh not forth of 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.

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain that spareth not: for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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 an hireling that looketh for his wages: