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Rh :Surely I am brutish, unlike a man,
 * And have not the understanding of a man;
 * And I have not learned wisdom,
 * That I should have the knowledge of the Holy One.
 * Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended?
 * Who hath gathered the wind in his fists?
 * Who hath bound the waters in his garment?
 * Who hath established all the ends of the earth?
 * What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?


 * Every word of God is tried;
 * He is a shield unto them that take refuge in Him.
 * Add thou not unto His words,
 * Lest He reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.


 * Two things have I asked of Thee;
 * Deny me them not before I die:
 * Remove far from me falsehood and lies;
 * Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread;
 * Lest I be full, and deny, and say: 'Who is the ?'
 * Or lest I be poor, and steal,
 * And profane the name of my God.


 * Slander not a servant unto his master,
 * Lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.


 * There is a generation that curse their father,
 * And do not bless their mother.
 * There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,
 * And yet are not washed from their filthiness.
 * There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes!
 * And their eyelids are lifted up.
 * There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their great teeth as knives,
 * To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.


 * The horseleech hath two daughters: 'Give, give.'
 * There are three things that are never satisfied,
 * Yea, four that say not: 'Enough':
 * The grave; and the barren womb;
 * The earth that is not satisfied with water;
 * And the fire that saith not: 'Enough.'


 * The eye that mocketh at his father,
 * And despiseth to obey his mother,
 * The ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
 * And the young vultures shall eat it.


 * There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
 * Yea, four which I know not:
 * The way of an eagle in the air;
 * The way of a serpent upon a rock;
 * The way of a ship in the midst of the sea;
 * And the way of a man with a young woman.
 * So is the way of an adulterous woman;
 * She eateth, and wipeth her mouth,
 * And saith: 'I have done no wickedness.'


 * For three things the earth doth quake,
 * And for four it cannot endure: