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For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

With kings and counselors of the earth, who built desolate places for themselves;

Who long for death, but it [cometh] not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

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

For the thing which I greatly feared hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.

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

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding [it].

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

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 sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

For the arrows of the Almighty [are] within me, the poison of which drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God 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; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

For now ye are nothing: ye see [my] casting down, and are afraid.

Did I say, Bring to me? or Give a reward for me of your substance?

Yes, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.

Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident to you if I lie.