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My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened and only the grave remaineth for me.
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2
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I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness.
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3
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Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man's hand fight against me.
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4
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Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.
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5
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He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.
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6
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He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.
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7
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My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.
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8
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The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.
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9
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And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
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10
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Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.
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11
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My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.
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12
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They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.
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13
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If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness.
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14
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I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.
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15
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Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience?
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16
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All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest?
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