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Even when I remember, I am dismayed,And horror seizes my flesh.

Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence;I carefully consider, and I am in dread of Him.

But I am not silenced by the darkness,Nor thick darkness which covers me.

I am boiling within and cannot be silent;Days of affliction confront me.

So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said,"I am young in years and you are old;Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell you my knowledge.

For I am full of words;The spirit within my belly presses me.

‘I am pure, without transgression;I am innocent, and there is no guilt in me.

For Job has said, ‘I am righteous,But God has removed my justice;

Should I lie concerning my justice?My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'

"Behold, I am insignificant; what can I respond to You?I place my hand over my mouth.

Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, for I am pining away;Heal me, O Yahweh, for my bones are dismayed.

I am weary with my sighing;Every night I make my bed swim,I flood my couch with my tears.

Lest my enemy says, "I have overcome him,"And my adversaries rejoice that I am shaken.

I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised,And I am saved from my enemies.

But I am a worm and not a man,A reproach of men and despised by the people.

I am poured out like water,And all my bones are out of joint;My heart is like wax;It is melted within me.

Turn to me and be gracious to me,For I am alone and afflicted.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield;My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped;Therefore my heart exults,And with my song I shall thank Him.

Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, for I am in distress;My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.

I am forgotten like a dead man—out of mind—I am like a broken vessel.