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

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

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

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

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

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

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense.

For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

Not for [any] injustice in my hands: also my prayer [is] pure.

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbor!

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.

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

But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.

And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who will see it?

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

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