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There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken.

It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence.

but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.

"But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.

For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal.

But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.

They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.

How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove?

Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.

The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone."

But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

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

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

"Your hands have shaped me and made me, but now you destroy me completely.

"But these things you have concealed in your heart; I know that this is with you:

But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you,