| Chapter 17 |
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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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I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness. -
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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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Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted. -
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He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail. -
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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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My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing. -
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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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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 |
Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man. -
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My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart. -
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12 |
They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again. -
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If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness. -
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If I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister. -
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Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience? -
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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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