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But it is still my comfort,And I rejoice in unsparing pain,That I have not at all hidden away the words of the Holy One.

"For the despairing man lovingkindness should be from his friend;But he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

How painful are upright words!But what does your reproof prove?

If I lie down I say,‘When shall I arise?'But the twilight continues,And I am saturated with tossing until dawn.

"Remember that my life is but wind;My eye will not again see good.

The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer;Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.

I have rejected everything; I will not live forever.Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Why then do You not forgive my transgressionAnd take away my iniquity?For now I will lie down in the dust;And You will seek me earnestly, but I will not be."

For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,Because our days on earth are but a shadow.

He relies on his house, but it does not stand;He holds fast to it, but it is not established.

"In truth I know that this is so;But how can a man be in the right before God?

He will not allow me to get my breath,But saturates me with bitterness.

Then I would speak and not fear Him;But I am not like that in myself.

But would that God might speak,And open His lips against you,

But the eyes of the wicked will come to an end,And escape will perish from them;And their hope is the expiring of their soul."

But I have a heart of wisdom as well as you;I do not fall short of you.And who does not know such things as these?

As for upheaval, there is only contempt by the one who acts at ease,But it is prepared for those whose feet slip.

"But now ask the beasts, and let them instruct you;And the birds of the sky, and let them tell you.

"But I would speak to the Almighty,And I desire to argue with God.

But you cover me with lies;You are all worthless physicians.