Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
And where is now my hope? As for my hope, who shall see it?
hey shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee. Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.
Can a man be profitable unto God, As he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
... Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind...
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