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"For he is not merely human like me; there is no answer that I could give him if we were to come together in court.

then I would speak without fear of him; for when I'm alone, I'm not afraid.

If he passes through, puts in prison and assembles [for judgment], who can prevent him?

For he knows when people are worthless; so if he sees iniquity, won't he look into it?

"For you will forget your misery; you'll remember it like a flood that passed through long ago;

Those at ease have contempt for misfortune, for the blow that strikes somebody already staggering.

I wish you would just stay silent; for you, that would be wisdom!

Is it for God's sake that you speak so wickedly? for him that you talk deceitfully?

Do you need to take his side and plead God's case for him?

Is this why you draw up bitter charges against me and punish me for the faults of my youth?

"For a tree, there is hope that if cut down, it will sprout again, that its shoots will continue to grow.

If a man dies, will he live again? I will wait all the days of my life for my change to come.

Whereas now you count each step of mine, then you will not keep watch for my sin.

He feels pain only for his own flesh; he laments only for himself."

Are the comfortings of God not enough for you, or a word that deals gently with you?

"The wicked is in torment all his life, for all the years allotted to the tyrant.

He wanders and looks for food, which isn't there. He knows the day of darkness is ready, at hand.

Let him not rely on futile methods, thereby deceiving himself; for what he will receive in exchange will be only futility.

"For the community of the ungodly is sterile; fire consumes the tents of bribery.

that he would arbitrate between a man and God, just as one does for his fellow human being.