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A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path.

His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling.

Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.

I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer; I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy.

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

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

whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!

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

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

For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build.

Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not fanned will devour him; what is left in his tent will be consumed.

This is the wicked man's portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God."

As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient?

You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their children.' Let him pay it out to them, that they may know it.

For what do they care for their houses 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 his way to his face, and who repays him for what he has done?

Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you and enters into judgment with you?

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing.

For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.