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A man who is in honor, yet does not understand, Is like the beasts that perish.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, But war was in his heart; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.

But I will hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more.

Yet He had commanded the clouds above, And opened the doors of heaven,

Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God, And did not keep His testimonies,

The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Yet they say, "The LORD does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob understand."

This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD.

Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction, And makes their families like a flock.

The proud have me in great derision, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.

For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, Yet I do not forget Your statutes.

My life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Your law.

The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.

I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Your precepts.

Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, Yet Your commandments are my delights.

Many are my persecutors and my enemies, Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.

"Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; Yet they have not prevailed against me.

Though the LORD is on high, Yet He regards the lowly; But the proud He knows from afar.

Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.

Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold; He may have to give up all the substance of his house.