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He hath drawn it out, and it hath come forth out of his back, - yea the flashing arrow-head, out of his gall, There shall march on him - terrors:

Every misfortune, is laid up for his treasures, - There shall consume, a fire, not blown up, - it shall destroy what remaineth in his tent:

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and, the earth, be rising up against him:

The increase of his house shall vanish, melting away in the day of his anger.

His bull, covereth, and causeth not aversion, His cow safely calveth, and casteth not her young;

How oft, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out, and their calamity, cometh upon them, Sorrows, apportioneth he in his anger;

Shall, GOD, reserve, for his children, his sorrow? Let him recompense him so that he may know it;

His own eyes, shall see his misfortune, and, the wrath of the Almighty, shall he drink.

For what shall be his pleasure in his house after him, when, the number of his months, is cut in twain?

This, man dieth, in the very perfection of his prosperity, wholly tranquil and secure;

His veins, are filled with nourishment, and, the marrow of his bones, is fresh;

Who can declare - to his face - his way? And, what, he, hath done, who shall recompense to him?

Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth - instruction, - and lay up his sayings in thy heart.

Even to-day, is my complaint rebellion? His hand, is heavier than my groaning.

Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling-place;

Of his steps, my foot taketh hold, His way, have I kept, and not swerved;

The command of his lips, and would not go back, and, in my bosom, have I treasured the words of his lips.

But, he, is one, and who can turn him? What his soul desired, he hath done.

For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:

Wherefore, since from the Almighty times are not hid, have, his knowing ones, no vision of his days?