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VI] :But he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
 * My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook,
 * And as the stream of brooks they pass away;
 * Which are blackish by reason of the ice,
 * And wherein the snow is hid:
 * What time they wax warm, they vanish:
 * When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
 * The paths of their way are turned aside;
 * They go to nothing, and perish.
 * The troops of Tema looked,
 * The companies of Sheba waited for them.
 * They were confounded because they had hoped;
 * They came thither, and were ashamed.
 * For now ye are nothing;
 * Ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
 * Did I say, Bring unto me?
 * Or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
 * Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand?
 * Or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
 * Teach me, and I will hold my tongue:
 * And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
 * How forcible are right words!
 * But what doth your arguing reprove?
 * Do ye imagine to reprove words,
 * And the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
 * Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless,