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Rh :Is it good unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress,
 * That Thou shouldest despise the work of Thy hands,
 * And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
 * Hast Thou eyes of flesh?
 * Or seest Thou as man seeth?
 * Are Thy days as the days of man,
 * Or Thy years as a man's days,
 * That Thou inquirest after mine iniquity,
 * And searchest after my sin,
 * Although Thou knowest that I shall not be condemned;
 * And there is none that can deliver out of Thy hand?
 * Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me
 * Together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me!
 * Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou hast fashioned me as clay;
 * And wilt Thou bring me into dust again?
 * Hast Thou not poured me out as milk,
 * And curdled me like cheese?
 * Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh,
 * And knit me together with bones and sinews.
 * Thou hast granted me life and favour,
 * And Thy providence hath preserved my spirit.
 * Yet these things Thou didst hide in Thy heart;
 * I know that this is with Thee;
 * If I sin, then Thou markest me,
 * And Thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
 * If I be wicked, woe unto me;
 * And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head—
 * Being filled with ignominy
 * And looking upon mine affliction.
 * And if it exalt itself, Thou huntest me as a lion;
 * And again Thou showest Thyself marvellous upon me.
 * Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me,
 * And increasest Thine indignation upon me;
 * Host succeeding host against me.


 * Wherefore then hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb?
 * Would that I had perished, and no eye had seen me!
 * I should have been as though I had not been;
 * I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
 * Are not my days few? Cease then,
 * And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
 * Before I go whence I shall not return,
 * Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
 * A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself;
 * A land of the shadow of death, without any order,
 * And where the light is as darkness.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:


 * Should not the multitude of words be answered?
 * And should a man full of talk be accounted right?
 * Thy boastings have made men hold their peace,
 * And thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;
 * And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in Thine eyes.'
 * But oh that God would speak,
 * And open His lips against thee;
 * And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom,