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Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

His sons come to honor, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them.

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

Should a wise men utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

He runneth upon him, [even] on [his] neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense.

It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

His archers encompass me; he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbor!