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I have seen a fool taking root, but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.

But mankind is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

For He crushes but also binds up; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

How painful honest words can be! But what does your rebuke prove?

But now, please look at me; would I lie to your face?

When I lie down I think: When will I get up? But the evening drags on endlessly, and I toss and turn until dawn.

Remember that my life is but a breath. My eye will never again see anything good.

The eye of anyone who looks on me will no longer see me. Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

Why not forgive my sin and pardon my transgression? For soon I will lie down in the grave. You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.

But if you earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are but a shadow.

He leans on his web, but it doesn't stand firm. He grabs it, but it does not hold up.

Yes, I know what you've said is true, but how can a person be justified before God?

He doesn't let me catch my breath but soaks me with bitter experiences.

Then I would speak and not fear Him. But that is not the case; I am on my own.

I wish I had never existed but had been carried from the womb to the grave.

But if only God would speak and declare His case against you,

But a stupid man will gain understanding as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!

But the sight of the wicked will fail. Their way of escape will be cut off, and their only hope is their last breath.

But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who doesn't know the things you are talking about?