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"Yet as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last, He will take His stand on the earth.

Whom I, on my part, shall behold for myself, And whom my eyes will see, and not another. My heart faints within me!

"If you say, 'How shall we persecute him?' And 'What pretext for a case against him can we find?'

"Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves, For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, So that you may know there is judgment."

"For he has oppressed and neglected the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built.

"Nothing remains for him to devour, Therefore his prosperity does not endure.

Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures, And unfanned fire will devour him; It will consume the survivor in his tent.

"As for me, is my complaint to a mortal? Or why should I not be impatient?

"You say, 'God saves up a person's wrongdoing for his sons.' Let God repay him so that he may know it.

"For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is at an end?

"For you say, 'Where is the house of the nobleman, And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?'

"For the wicked person is spared a day of disaster; They are led away from a day of fury.

"Who confronts him with his actions, And who repays him for what he has done?

"So how dare you give me empty comfort? For your answers remain nothing but falsehood!"

"For you have seized pledges from your brothers without cause, And stripped people naked.

'Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see; And He walks on the vault of heaven.'

"For then you will take pleasure in the Almighty And lift up your face to God.

"You will also decide something, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways.

"For He carries out what is destined for me, And many such destinies are with Him.

"Behold, like wild donkeys in the wilderness They go out scavenging for food in their activity, As bread for their children in the desert.