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And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

+God layeth up [the punishment of] his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it]:

For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

For ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?

That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.

Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?

For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.

There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.

For he will perform [what] is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.

For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;

Lo, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] them food for [their] children.

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock …

And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on [his] face.

For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all [other] are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

For whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

For what is the hope of the ungodly, when [God] cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul?

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;

Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;