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Let not him that is deceiued, trust in vanitie: for vanitie shalbe his recompence.

For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of briberie.

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my necke, and shaken me to pieces, and set me vp for his marke.

Not for any iniustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour.

My breath is corrupt, my dayes are extinct, the graues are ready for me.

For thou hast hid their heart from vnderstanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

But as for you all, doe you returne, and come now, for I cannot find one wise man among you.

And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

He teareth himselfe in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rocke bee remooued out of his place?

For hee is cast into a net by his owne feete, & he walketh vpon a snare.

The snare is laide for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

They that dwell in mine house, and my maides count me for a stranger: I am an aliant in their sight.

My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the childrens sake of mine owne body.

Haue pity vpon me, haue pitie vpon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

That they were grauen with an iron pen and lead, in the rocke for euer.

For I know that my Redeemer liueth, and that he shall stand at the latter day, vpon the earth:

Whom I shal see for my selfe, and mine eyes shall beholde, and not another, though my reines bee consumed within me.

Bee ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that yee may know there is a iudgement.

Therefore doe my thoughts cause mee to answere, and for this I make haste.