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It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form was before my eyes; there was a hush, and I heard a voice:

Is not their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, but not in wisdom.'

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.

But a human being is born to trouble, and they soar aloft like sparks.

"But I myself will seek God, and to God I would commit my cause.

for he himself wounds, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands heal.

But it will still be my consolation, and I would recoil in unrelenting pain, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

How painful are upright words! But what does your reproof reprove?

When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I rise?' But the night is long, and I have my fill of tossing until dawn.

The eye of the one seeing me will not see me; your eyes are upon me, but I will be gone.

And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my guilt? For now I shall lie in the dust, and you will seek me, but I will be no more."

He will lean himself against his house, but it will not stand; he will take hold of it, but it will not endure.

"Truly I know that it is so, but how can a human being be just before God?

If it is a matter of strength, look, he is mighty. But if it is a matter of justice, who can summon me?

Please remember that you made me like clay, but you turn me into dust again?

If I am guilty, woe to me! But if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head; I am filled with shame, and just look at my misery!

But, O that God might speak, and that he would open his lips to you,

But an empty-headed person will get understanding when a wild donkey's colt is born as a human being.

But the eyes of the wicked will fail; and refuge will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last breath."

Those at ease have contempt for the thought of disaster, but it is ready for those unstable of foot.