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And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, [Some] of thine iniquity.

For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!

For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.

For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.

A torch -- despised in the thoughts of the secure Is prepared for those sliding with the feet.

Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself?

Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.

O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.

For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?

His face do ye accept, if for God ye strive?

Your remembrances [are] similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights.

Also -- He [is] to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.

Who [is] he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.

Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?

For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:

For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.

O that in Sheol Thou wouldst conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me.

Thou prevailest [over] him for ever, and he goeth, He is changing his countenance, And Thou sendest him away.

Only -- his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.'

For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.