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he may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.

As for the earth, out of it comes bread; but underneath it is turned up as by fire.

"But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

"But now they make sport of me, men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

But when I looked for good, evil came; and when I waited for light, darkness came.

I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.

"But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.

But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.

He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings upon the throne he sets them for ever, and they are exalted.

But if they do not hearken, they perish by the sword, and die without knowledge.

"But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.

"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the pinions and plumage of love?

I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further."

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee;

but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.