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That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.