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As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.

so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.

"What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?

Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.

"Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?

he who shakes the earth out of its place so that its pillars tremble;

who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.

Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.

and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom— for true wisdom has two sides— so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.

"Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.

So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope.

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.

Fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment by the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment."

Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

So they say to God, ‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.

You may say, ‘God stores up a man's punishment for his children!' Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may know it!

So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!"

why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.