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For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

Behold, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] food for them [and] for [their] children.

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth [his] face.

In the dark they dig through houses, [which] they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.

For the morning [is] to them even as the shades of death: if [one] knoweth [them], [they are in] the terrors of the shades of death.

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [others], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

If his children are multiplied, [it is] for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold [where] they fine [it].

[As for] the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

It cannot be obtained for gold, neither shall silver be weighed [for] the price of it.

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it [shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.

For he looketh to the ends of the earth, [and] seeth under the whole heaven;