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As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work;

He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones.

If he shall destroy him from his place, then [it] shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.

Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

Who removeth the mountains, and they know not: who overturneth them in his anger.

[If] God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

Neither is there any judge between us, [that] might lay his hand upon us both.

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

But Oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

I am [as] one mocked by his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] derided.

He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are] his.

Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

Shall not his excellence make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [is] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yes, man yieldeth his breath, and where [is] he?