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They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.

Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.

My justification, which I have begun to hold, I will not forsake: for my heart doth not reprehend me in all my life.

For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?

If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.

He hath set a time for darkness, and the end of all things he considereth, the stone also that is in the dark and the shadow of death.

The finest gold shall not purchase it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

Gold or crystal cannot equal it, neither shall any vessels of gold be changed for it.

For he beholdeth the ends of the world: and looketh on all things that are under heaven.

Who made a weight for the winds, and weighed the waters by measure.

When he gave a law for the rain, and a way for the sounding storms.

They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel.

They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower.

For he hath opened his quiver, and hath afflicted me, and hath put a bridle into my mouth.

I know that thou wilt deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that liveth.

I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.

I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.

For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?

For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.

For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?