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"Then indeed, He induced you away from the mouth of distress, And instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And your table was full of rich food.

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

"But you were full of judgment on the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you.

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

"Beware that wrath does not entice you to mockery; And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

"Will your cry for help keep you from distress, Or all the exertions of your strength?

Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

"Do not long for the night, When people vanish in their places.

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

"Be careful, do not turn to evil, For you preferred this to misery.

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.