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For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.

There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me -- as gold I go forth.

For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.

For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself -- food for young ones.

High they were [for] a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all [others] they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.

For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

If his sons multiply -- for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.

Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;

Gold is not given for it, Nor is silver weighed -- its price.

For He to the ends of the earth doth look, Under the whole heavens He doth see,

To make for the wind a weight, And the waters He meted out in measure.

In His making for the rain a limit, And a way for the brightness of the voices,

For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me.

For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

And they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide [As] for the latter rain.

And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword.