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Everything was fine with me, but God broke me into pieces; he held me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;

People might speak against their friends for money, but if they do, the eyes of their children go blind.

But those who do right will continue to do right, and those whose hands are not dirty with sin will grow stronger.

"But, all of you, come and try again! I do not find a wise person among you.

"I shout, ‘I have been wronged!' But I get no answer. I scream for help but I get no justice.

I call for my servant, but he does not answer, even when I beg him with my own mouth.

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

You correct me and I am insulted, but I understand how to answer you.

but they will be gone forever, like their own dung. People who knew them will say, ‘Where are they?'

They had the strength of their youth in their bones, but it will lie with them in the dust of death.

But their food will turn sour in their stomachs, like the poison of a snake inside them.

They have swallowed riches, but they will spit them out; God will make them vomit their riches up.

But nothing will be left for them to eat; their riches will not continue.

The wicked may run away from an iron weapon, but a bronze arrow will stab them.

It is said, ‘God saves up a person's punishment for his children.' But God should punish the wicked themselves so they will know it.

But another person dies with an unhappy heart, never enjoying any happiness.

But you sent widows away empty-handed, and you mistreated orphans.

But you ask, ‘What does God know? Can he judge us through the dark clouds?

But it was God who filled their houses with good things. Their way of thinking is different from mine.

But God knows the way that I take, and when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.