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For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Are the consolations of God too small for thee, and the word that dealeth gently with thee?

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword:

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand:

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself: for vanity shall be his recompence.

For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: he hath also set me up for his mark.

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he that coucheth for me is on high.

For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.

Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; who is there that will strike hands with me?

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

He that denounceth his friends for a prey, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

If I look for Sheol as mine house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;

Where then is my hope? and as for my hope, who shall see it?

How long will ye lay snares for words? consider, and afterwards we will speak.

Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? or shall the rock be removed out of its place?