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I have seen the foolish taking root, But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.

"But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause--

But He saves the needy from the sword, From the mouth of the mighty, And from their hand.

For He bruises, but He binds up; He wounds, but His hands make whole.

How forceful are right words! But what does your arguing prove?

I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, For my days are but a breath.

Why then 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 no longer be."

He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not endure.

"Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?

He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.

Then I would speak and not fear Him, But it is not so with me.

But oh, that God would speak, And open His lips against you,

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And they shall not escape, And their hope--loss of life!"

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these?

"But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;

But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

But you forgers of lies, You are all worthless physicians.

But man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last And where is he?

For now You number my steps, But do not watch over my sin.

"But as a mountain falls and crumbles away, And as a rock is moved from its place;