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Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.

Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity.

His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish.

And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.

In his anger he has cast me down; he has gnashed his teeth upon me: the weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me.

He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; with his sharp spear he has smitten me down upon my knees; and they have run upon me with one accord.

Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even as the son of man with his neighbor!

He shall promise mischief to his companions: but their eyes have failed for their children.

But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.

His light shall be darkness in his habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive him.

His foot also has been caught in a snare, and let it be entangled in a net.

And let snares come upon him: he shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction.

His snare is hid in the earth, and that which shall take him is by the path.

Let the soles of his feet be devoured: and death shall consume his beauty.

And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, and let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king.

It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: his excellency shall be sown with brimstone.

His roots shall be dried up from beneath, and his crop shall fall away from above.

Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out.

He shall not be known among his people, nor his house preserved on the earth.