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For though I be righteous, he will not hearken to me: I will intreat his judgment.

For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgment?

Let him remove his rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, and open his lips to thee!

For it had been ordained that he should fall under others at the appointed time, and that his houses should be spoiled by transgressors: let not however any one trust that, being evil, he shall be held guiltless,

Whereas the life of all living things is in his hand, and the breath of every man.

shall not his whirlpool sweep you round, and terror from him fall upon you?

if even his life should be but one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed him for a time, and he shall by no means exceed it.

Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, though as a hireling.

For if a man should die, shall he live again, having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?

and though his children be multiplied, he knows it not; and if they be few, he is not aware.

But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.

Will a wise man give for answer a mere breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly,

Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as his counsellor? and has wisdom come only to thee?

Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him.

And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.

For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord.

And he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield.

For he has covered his face with his fat, and made layers of fat upon his thighs.

Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth.