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I loathe my life; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust; and thou shall seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.

Then would I speak, and not fear him; for I am not so in myself.

For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

For he knoweth vain men: he seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.

For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away:

In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

Will ye respect his person? will ye contend for God?

Though he slay me, yet will I wait for him: nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

This also shall be my salvation; for a godless man shall not come before him.

Who is he that will contend with me? for now shall I hold my peace and give up the ghost.

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth: