Study Desk

"If one speaks with you, will you want him to stop? But who can keep from speaking?

But now it has come to you, and you are not happy. It touches you, and you are troubled and sad.

The spirit stood still, but I could not understand what I saw. Something was in front of my eyes. All was quiet, then I heard a voice:

I have seen the fool taking root, but right away his house was cursed.

But man is born to trouble, as fire goes up.

"But as for me, I would look to God. I would put my troubles before God.

But He saves from the sword those in need. He saves the poor from the power of the strong.

He punishes, but He gives comfort. He hurts, but His hands heal.

But this gives me comfort even though I suffer much pain because I have not turned away from the words of the Holy One.

Honest words give pain. But what does your arguing prove?

When I lie down I say, ‘When will I get up?' But the night is long, and I am always turning from side to side until morning.

The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will be gone.

Why then do You not forgive my wrong-doing and take away my sin? For now I will lie down in the dust. You will look for me, but I will not be."

The spider trusts in his house, but it falls apart. He holds on to it, but it does not hold.

"Yes, I know this is true. But how can a man be right and good before God?

He will not let me get my breath, but fills me with much that is bitter.

Then I would speak and not be afraid of Him. But I am not like that in myself.

But the eyes of the sinful will waste away. There will be no way for them to get away. And their hope is to breathe their last."

But I have understanding as well as you. I am not less than you. Who does not know such things as these?

"But ask the wild animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.