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

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause;

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 seas; therefore are my words broken.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of God do 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!

The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them--

For now ye are become His; ye see a terror, and are afraid.

Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?

Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.

Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face.

As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;

I loathe it; I shall not live alway; let me alone; for my days are vanity.

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 generation, 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--