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For you will be in agreement with the stones of the field. And the animals of the field will be at peace with you.

See, this is what we have found, and it is true. Hear it, and know for yourself."

For the arrows of the All-powerful are in me. My spirit drinks their poison. The hard things from God are like an army against me.

"If only I might get what I ask for, and that God would give me what I desire!

The people and camels of Tema looked. The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.

They were troubled for they had trusted. They came there and their hope goes.

Have I said, ‘Take me out from under the power of the one who hates me,' or, ‘Save me from those who make it hard for me'?

I ask that you change your minds and let no wrong be done. Stop now, for I am still right and good.

Like a servant who desires to be out of the sun, and like a working man who waits for his pay,

I am given months of pain and nights of suffering for no reason.

I hate my life. I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are only a breath.

Why then do You not forgive my wrong-doing and take away my sin? For now I will lie down in the dust. You will look for me, but I will not be."

If you will look for God and pray to the All-powerful,

if you are pure and right and good, for sure He will help you. Because you are right and good He will put you back where you should be.

For we are only of yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as a shadow.

He does things too great for us to understand, and more wonderful works than we can number.

For He crushes me with a storm, and hurts me more and more without a reason.

I am still afraid of all my pains for I know You will not take away my guilt.

Because I am already guilty, why should I try for nothing?

For He is not a man, as I am, that I may answer Him, that we might go to trial together.