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IV] :And life unto the bitter in soul;
 * Which long for death, but it cometh not;
 * And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
 * Which rejoice exceedingly,
 * And are glad, when they can find the grave?
 * Why is light given to a man whose way is hid,
 * And whom God hath hedged in?
 * For my sighing cometh before I eat,
 * And my roarings are poured out like the waters.
 * For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me.
 * And that which I was afraid of is come unto me,
 * I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet;
 * Yet trouble came.

Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said.


 * If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved?
 * But who can withhold himself from speaking?
 * Behold, thou hast instructed many,
 * And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
 * Thy words have upholden him that was falling.
 * And thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
 * But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest;
 * It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
 * Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope,