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At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.

For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.

You overcome him for ever, and he is gone; his face is changed in death, and you send him away.

For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

Are the comforts of God not enough for you, and the gentle word which was said to you?

For only to them was the land given, and no strange people were among them:)

The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:

Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight,

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.

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

For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.

Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.

It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:

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.

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

For in a short time I will take the journey from which I will not come back.

My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me.

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