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Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me.

And I wish that God would speak with thee, and would open his lips to thee,

That he might shew thee the secrets of wisdom, and that his law is manifold, and thou mightest understand that he exacteth much less of thee, than thy iniquity deserveth.

He that is mocked by his friends as I, shall call upon God and he will hear him: for the simplicity of the just man is laughed to scorn.

He shall reprove you, because in secret you accept his person.

As soon as he shall move himself, he shall trouble you: and his dread shall fall upon you.

Although he should kill me, I will trust in him: but yet I will reprove my ways in his sight.

And he shall be my saviour: for no hypocrite shall come before his presence.

The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds which cannot be passed.

Depart a little from him, that he may rest until his wished for day come, as that of the hireling.

So man when he is fallen asleep shall not rise again; till the heavens be broken, he shall not awake, nor rise up out of his sleep.

Thou hast strengthened him for a little while, that he may pass away for ever: thou shalt change his face, and shalt send him away.

Whether his children come to honour or dishonour, he shall not understand.

But yet his flesh, while he shall live, shall have pain, and his soul shall mourn over him.

Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?

Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?

Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.

The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.

The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.

When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.