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He hath ruined me on every side, and I am gone, and he hath taken away - like a tree - my hope;

My breath, is strange to my wife, and I am loathsome to the sons of my own mother;

When I call to mind, then am I dismayed, and there seizeth my flesh a shuddering: -

For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:

So then Elihu, son of Barachel, the Buzite, responded and said: - Young, am I, whereas, ye, are aged, For this cause, I faltered, and feared - to shew my knowledge unto you:

For I am full of discourse, The spirit in my bosom, presseth me on.

Lo! I am like thyself toward GOD, From clay, have I been nipped off, even I!

Pure am, I, without transgression, - Clean am, I, and have no iniquity;

For Job hath said - I am righteous, But, GOD, hath turned away my right;

Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth:

Show me favour, O Yahweh, for languishing am I: Heal me, O Yahweh, - for dismayed are my bones:

I am weary with my sighing, I flood, through the whole night, my couch, - With my tears, I cause, my bed, to dissolve:

But, I, am a worm and no one, a reproach of men, and despised of a people;

Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones, - My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body;

Turn thou unto me, and show me favour, for, alone and oppressed, I am.

Though there pitch against me - a camp, my heart shall not fear, - Though there come up against me - a battle, still, am I confident.

Show me favour, O Yahweh, for in distress am I, - Wasted with vexation, is mine eye - my soul and my body;

But, I, had said in mine alarm, I am cut off from before thine eyes, - But, indeed, thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, when I cried for help unto thee.

Then draw the spear, and close up against my pursuers, Say to my soul, Thy salvation, I am!

Young, have I been, moreover am old, - Yet have I not seen, A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread: