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For then you will delight in the AlmightyAnd lift up your face to God.

You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you;And light will shine on your ways.

He will provide escape for one who is not innocent,And he will escape through the cleanness of your hands."

I would arrange my case for justice before HimAnd fill my mouth with arguments.

For He performs what is apportioned for me,And many such decrees are with Him.

They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;They take the widow's ox for a pledge.

Behold, as wild donkeys in the wildernessThey go forth seeking food earnestly in their work,The desert becomes for him a place of bread for his young ones.

They are wet with the mountain rainsAnd hug the rock for want of a shelter.

The eye of the adulterer keeps watch for the twilight,Saying, ‘No eye will see me.'And he keeps his face hidden.

For the morning is the same to him as the shadow of death,For he recognizes the terrors of the shadow of death.

He feeds on the barren woman who does not give birthAnd does no good for the widow.

For as long as breath is in me,And the spirit from God is in my nostrils,

For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,When God requires his soul?

Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;And his offspring will not be satisfied with bread.

For it will hurl at him without sparing;He will surely try to flee from its power.

"Surely there is a mine for silver,And a place where they refine for gold.

Gold or glass cannot meet its worth,Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.

For He looks to the ends of the earthAnd sees everything under the heavens.

When He set a limit for the rainAnd a course for the thunderbolt,

When my steps were bathed in butter,And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!