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He speaks to God for me, like someone presenting an argument for a friend.

My spirit is broken; I am ready to give up. My life is almost gone; the grave is waiting for me.

"I might hope for the grave to be my new home. I might hope to make my bed in the dark grave.

But you can't really call that hope, can you? Does anyone see any hope for me?

Your anger is hurting no one but you. Do you think this world was made for you alone? Do you think God should move mountains just to satisfy you?

Disaster is hungry for them. Ruin stands close by, waiting for them to fall.

I want you to know it was God who did this. He set this trap for me.

I shout, ‘He hurt me!' but get no answer. No one hears my cry for fairness.

I call for my servant, but he does not answer. Even if I beg for help, he will not answer.

But you need to worry about your own punishment. God might use the sword against you! Then you will know there is a time for judgment."

"You know that the joy of the wicked does not last long. That has been true a long time, ever since Adam was put on earth. Those who don't know God are happy for only a short time. <

He will be forced to give back his profits. He will not be allowed to enjoy what he worked for,

But you say, ‘God is saving their punishment for their children.' No! Let God punish the evil people themselves so that they will know what they have done!

No one criticizes them to their faces for how they lived. No one punishes them for the evil they have done.

So even the soil in the valley will be pleasant for them, and thousands of people will join their funeral procession.

Maybe to guarantee loans you took things from people for no reason. Maybe you took a poor man's clothes to make sure he paid you back.

He will do to me what he planned, and he has many other plans for me.

"Why doesn't God All-Powerful set times for judgment? And why can't his followers know when those times will be?

"The poor are like wild donkeys that go out to the desert to find food. From morning to night they work to gather food for their children.

They have to work in the fields, harvesting grain. They work for the rich, gathering grapes in their vineyards.