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Why do you make it hard for me as God does? Have I not suffered enough to please you?

But as for me, I know that the One Who bought me and made me free from sin lives, and that He will stand upon the earth in the end.

If you say, ‘How will we make it hard for him?' and, ‘The root of the problem is in him,'

you should be afraid of the sword for yourselves. For anger is punished by the sword, that you may know there is punishment for wrong-doing."

His sons will look for the favor of the poor. And his hands will give back his riches.

He must return what he has worked for, and can not eat it. He will not have joy from the riches of his trading.

For he has taken from the poor and left them with nothing. He has taken houses which he has not built.

There was nothing more for him to get, so his having everything will not last.

Complete darkness is stored up for his riches. A fire not kept going by man will burn him up. It will destroy all that is left in his tent.

This is what God has for sinful men. It is what God chooses to give to them."

As for me, am I complaining against man? Why should my spirit not be troubled?

You say, ‘God stores up a man's punishment for his sons.' Let God punish him so that he may know it.

For what does he care for his house and family after he is dead, when the number of his months is over?

For you say, ‘Where is the house of the leader? Where are the tents where the sinful men live?'

For the sinful are kept for the day of trouble. They will be brought out on the day of anger.

Who will talk to him about his way to his face? And who will punish him for what he has done?

For you have taken things from your brothers when they did not owe you anything. You have taken all their clothing and they have had nothing to wear.

saying, ‘For sure those who hate us are destroyed, and fire has destroyed what they owned.'

You will decide something, and it will be done for you. Light will shine on your path.

For God puts down the man who is filled with pride. But He saves the one who is not proud.