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A rope is hid for them in the ground, a trap for them in the path.

Their strength is consumed by hunger, and calamity is ready for their stumbling.

Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me!

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth;

be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment."

that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?

For they have crushed and abandoned the poor, they have seized a house that they did not build.

Utter darkness is laid up for their treasures; a fire fanned by no one will devour them; what is left in their tent will be consumed.

This is the portion of the wicked from God, the heritage decreed for them by God."

As for me, is my complaint addressed to mortals? Why should I not be impatient?

You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their children.' Let it be paid back to them, so that they may know it.

For what do they care for their household after them, when the number of their months is cut off?

For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'

Who declares their way to their face, and who repays them for what they have done?

Is it for your piety that he reproves you, and enters into judgment with you?

For you have exacted pledges from your family for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.

When others are humiliated, you say it is pride; for he saves the humble.

For he will complete what he appoints for me; and many such things are in his mind.

They drive away the donkey of the orphan; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.