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Rh :It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
 * He hath cast me into the mire,
 * And I am become like dust and ashes.
 * I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me:
 * I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
 * Thou art become cruel to me:
 * With thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
 * Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it,
 * And dissolvest my substance.
 * For I know that thou wilt bring me to death,
 * And to the house appointed for all living.
 * Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave,
 * Though they cry in his destruction.
 * Did not I weep for him that was in trouble?
 * Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
 * When I looked for good, then evil came unto me:
 * And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
 * My bowels boiled, and rested not:
 * The days of affliction prevented me.
 * I went mourning without the sun:
 * I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
 * I am a brother to dragons,
 * And a companion to owls.
 * My skin is black upon me,
 * And my bones are burned with heat.