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I loathe my life; I would not live forever; depart from me, for my days are a breath.

If I have sinned, what have I done to you, watcher of humanity? Why have you made me as a target for yourself, so that I have become a burden to myself?

And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my guilt? For now I shall lie in the dust, and you will seek me, but I will be no more."

If you yourself would seek God, then you would plead to Shaddai for grace.

If you are pure and upright, indeed, now he will rouse himself for you, and he will restore your righteous abode.

for we are of yesterday, and we do not know, for our days on earth are a shadow.

"For he is not a mortal like me that I can answer him, that we can come to trial together.

then I would speak and not fear him, for in myself I am not fearful.

Is it good for you that you oppress, that you despise the labor of your hands, and you smile over the schemes of the wicked?

that you seek out my iniquity, and you search for my sin

For you say, ‘My teaching is pure, and I am clean in your sight.'

and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom, for insight has many sides. And know that God on your behalf has forgotten some of your guilt.

For he knows those who are worthless; when he sees iniquity, he will not consider it.

For you yourself will forget your misery; you will remember it as water that has flowed past.

Those at ease have contempt for the thought of disaster, but it is ready for those unstable of foot.

The tents of the destroyers are at peace, and there is security for those who provoke God, for those whom God brings into his hand.

Does not the ear test words and the palate taste food for itself?

O that you would keep completely silent, and that it would become wisdom for you.

"Will you speak falsely for God? And will you speak deceitfully for him?

Will you show partiality for him? Or do you want to plead God's case?