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And show you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets part of your guilt.

"For He knows false people, And He sees injustice without investigating.

"For you would forget your trouble; Like waters that have passed by, you would remember it.

"But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last."

"He who is at ease holds disaster in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.

"Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?

"Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God?

"This also will be my salvation, For a godless person cannot come before His presence.

"Who could contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.

"For You write bitter things against me And make me inherit the guilty deeds of my youth.

"You put my feet in the stocks And watch all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet,

"For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.

"Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You, That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

"You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands.

"For now You number my steps, You do not observe my sin.

"However, his body pains him, And his soul mourns for himself."

"For your wrongdoing teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the cunning.

"Are the consolations of God too little for you, Or the word spoken gently to you?

"The wicked person writhes in pain all his days, And the years reserved for the ruthless are numbered.

"He does not believe that he will return from darkness, And he is destined for the sword.