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But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God.

But man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.

Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.

"But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,

He feels but the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself."

But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.

But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;

My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.

"But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you.

I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth.

I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.

that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.

"So how can you console me with your nonsense? Nothing is left of your answers but falsehood!"

"But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

"But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.

Lacking clothes, they go about naked; they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.