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XXXIII] :Behold, he findeth occasions against me,
 * He counteth me for his enemy,
 * He putteth my feet in the stocks,
 * He marketh all my paths.
 * Behold, in this thou art not just:
 * I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
 * Why dost thou strive against him?
 * For he giveth not account of any of his matters.
 * For God speaketh once,
 * Yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
 * In a dream, in a vision of the night,
 * When deep sleep falleth upon men,
 * In slumberings upon the bed;
 * Then he openeth the ears of men.
 * And sealeth their instruction,
 * That he may withdraw man from his purpose,
 * And hide pride from man.
 * He keepeth back his soul from the pit,
 * And his life from perishing by the sword.
 * He is chastened also with pain upon his bed,
 * And the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
 * So that his life abhorreth bread,
 * And his soul dainty meat.
 * His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen;
 * And his bones that were not seen stick out.
 * Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave,
 * And his life to the destroyers.