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Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk.

Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;

Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?

Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.

Is not God as high as heaven? and see the stars, how high they are!

Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.

I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;

I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.

Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?

And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;

See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes:

See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.

Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?

(Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.

See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth.

See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters;

Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;