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They float on the surface of the water. Their section of the land is cursed, so that they never go to their vineyards.

As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

The womb forgets them; worms feed on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.

He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it, but His eyes watch over their ways.

He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is gone.

He dams up the streams from flowing so that he may bring to light what is hidden.

So I thought: I will die in my own nest and multiply my days as the sand.

if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great or because my own hand has acquired so much,

so that my heart was secretly enticed and I threw them a kiss,

because I greatly feared the crowds, and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so I grew silent and would not go outside?

So these three men quit answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied: I am young in years, while you are old; therefore I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.

So do not claim, "We have found wisdom; let God deal with him, not man."

I must speak so that I can find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

so that he detests bread, and his soul despises his favorite food.

in order to turn him back from the Pit, so he may shine with the light of life.

so that godless men should not rule or ensnare the people.

Should God repay you on your terms when you have rejected His? You must choose, not I! So declare what you know.

serve as His sign to all mankind, so that all men may know His work.

so it may seize the edges of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?