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And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.

He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.

His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green.

I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;

Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.

His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.

So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.

Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.

As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.

Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.

For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.

His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.

The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.