<h3>Job</h3>12 Then Job replied:<poetry> 2 <poetry>“Doubtless you are the only people who matter, <indent>and wisdom will die with you! </indent> </poetry> 3 <poetry>But I have a mind as well as you; <indent>I am not inferior to you.</indent> <indent>Who does not know all these things? </indent><poetry></poetry> 4 <poetry>“I have become a laughingstock to my friends, <indent>though I called on God and he answered —</indent> <indent>a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless! </indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune <indent>as the fate of those whose feet are slipping. </indent> </poetry> 6 <poetry>The tents of marauders are undisturbed, <indent>and those who provoke God are secure —</indent> <indent>those God has in his hand. </indent><poetry></poetry> 7 <poetry>“But ask the animals, and they will teach you, <indent>or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; </indent> </poetry> 8 <poetry>or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, <indent>or let the fish in the sea inform you.</indent> </poetry> 9 <poetry>Which of all these does not know <indent>that the hand of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has done this? </indent> </poetry> 10 <poetry>In his hand is the life of every creature <indent>and the breath of all mankind. </indent> </poetry> 11 <poetry>Does not the ear test words <indent>as the tongue tastes food? </indent> </poetry> 12 <poetry>Is not wisdom found among the aged? <indent>Does not long life bring understanding? </indent><poetry></poetry> 13 <poetry>“To God belong wisdom and power; <indent>counsel and understanding are his. </indent> </poetry> 14 <poetry>What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; <indent>those he imprisons cannot be released. </indent> </poetry> 15 <poetry>If he holds back the waters, there is drought; <indent>if he lets them loose, they devastate the land. </indent> </poetry> 16 <poetry>To him belong strength and insight; <indent>both deceived and deceiver are his. </indent> </poetry> 17 <poetry>He leads rulers away stripped <indent>and makes fools of judges. </indent> </poetry> 18 <poetry>He takes off the shackles put on by kings <indent>and ties a loincloth around their waist. </indent> </poetry> 19 <poetry>He leads priests away stripped <indent>and overthrows officials long established. </indent> </poetry> 20 <poetry>He silences the lips of trusted advisers <indent>and takes away the discernment of elders. </indent> </poetry> 21 <poetry>He pours contempt on nobles <indent>and disarms the mighty. </indent> </poetry> 22 <poetry>He reveals the deep things of darkness <indent>and brings utter darkness into the light. </indent> </poetry> 23 <poetry>He makes nations great, and destroys them; <indent>he enlarges nations, and disperses them. </indent> </poetry> 24 <poetry>He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; <indent>he makes them wander in a trackless waste. </indent> </poetry> 25 <poetry>They grope in darkness with no light; <indent>he makes them stagger like drunkards. </indent></poetry> 13 <poetry>“My eyes have seen all this, <indent>my ears have heard and understood it.</indent> </poetry> 2 <poetry>What you know, I also know; <indent>I am not inferior to you. </indent> </poetry> 3 <poetry>But I desire to speak to the Almighty <indent>and to argue my case with God. </indent> </poetry> 4 <poetry>You, however, smear me with lies; <indent>you are worthless physicians, all of you! </indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>If only you would be altogether silent! <indent>For you, that would be wisdom. </indent> </poetry> 6 <poetry>Hear now my argument; <indent>listen to the pleas of my lips. </indent> </poetry> 7 <poetry>Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? <indent>Will you speak deceitfully for him? </indent> </poetry> 8 <poetry>Will you show him partiality? <indent>Will you argue the case for God?</indent> </poetry> 9 <poetry>Would it turn out well if he examined you? <indent>Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal? </indent> </poetry> 10 <poetry>He would surely call you to account <indent>if you secretly showed partiality. </indent> </poetry> 11 <poetry>Would not his splendor terrify you? <indent>Would not the dread of him fall on you? </indent> </poetry> 12 <poetry>Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; <indent>your defenses are defenses of clay. </indent><poetry></poetry> 13 <poetry>“Keep silent and let me speak; <indent>then let come to me what may. </indent> </poetry> 14 <poetry>Why do I put myself in jeopardy <indent>and take my life in my hands? </indent> </poetry> 15 <poetry>Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; <indent>I will surely defend my ways to his face. </indent> </poetry> 16 <poetry>Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, <indent>for no godless person would dare come before him! </indent> </poetry> 17 <poetry>Listen carefully to what I say; <indent>let my words ring in your ears.</indent> </poetry> 18 <poetry>Now that I have prepared my case, <indent>I know I will be vindicated. </indent> </poetry> 19 <poetry>Can anyone bring charges against me? <indent>If so, I will be silent and die. </indent><poetry></poetry> 20 <poetry>“Only grant me these two things, God, <indent>and then I will not hide from you:</indent> </poetry> 21 <poetry>Withdraw your hand far from me, <indent>and stop frightening me with your terrors. </indent> </poetry> 22 <poetry>Then summon me and I will answer, <indent>or let me speak, and you reply to me. </indent> </poetry> 23 <poetry>How many wrongs and sins have I committed? <indent>Show me my offense and my sin. </indent> </poetry> 24 <poetry>Why do you hide your face <indent>and consider me your enemy? </indent> </poetry> 25 <poetry>Will you torment a windblown leaf? <indent>Will you chase after dry chaff? </indent> </poetry> 26 <poetry>For you write down bitter things against me <indent>and make me reap the sins of my youth. </indent> </poetry> 27 <poetry>You fasten my feet in shackles; <indent>you keep close watch on all my paths </indent> <indent>by putting marks on the soles of my feet.</indent><poetry></poetry> 28 <poetry>“So man wastes away like something rotten, <indent>like a garment eaten by moths. </indent></poetry> 14 <poetry>“Mortals, born of woman, <indent>are of few days and full of trouble. </indent> </poetry> 2 <poetry>They spring up like flowers and wither away; <indent>like fleeting shadows, they do not endure. </indent> </poetry> 3 <poetry>Do you fix your eye on them? <indent>Will you bring them before you for judgment? </indent> </poetry> 4 <poetry>Who can bring what is pure from the impure? <indent>No one! </indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>A person’s days are determined; <indent>you have decreed the number of his months </indent> <indent>and have set limits he cannot exceed. </indent> </poetry> 6 <poetry>So look away from him and let him alone, <indent>till he has put in his time like a hired laborer. </indent><poetry></poetry> 7 <poetry>“At least there is hope for a tree: <indent>If it is cut down, it will sprout again,</indent> <indent>and its new shoots will not fail. </indent> </poetry> 8 <poetry>Its roots may grow old in the ground <indent>and its stump die in the soil,</indent> </poetry> 9 <poetry>yet at the scent of water it will bud <indent>and put forth shoots like a plant. </indent> </poetry> 10 <poetry>But a man dies and is laid low; <indent>he breathes his last and is no more. </indent> </poetry> 11 <poetry>As the water of a lake dries up <indent>or a riverbed becomes parched and dry, </indent> </poetry> 12 <poetry>so he lies down and does not rise; <indent>till the heavens are no more, people will not awake</indent> <indent>or be roused from their sleep. </indent><poetry></poetry> 13 <poetry>“If only you would hide me in the grave <indent>and conceal me till your anger has passed! </indent> If only you would set me a time <indent>and then remember me! </indent> </poetry> 14 <poetry>If someone dies, will they live again? <indent>All the days of my hard service </indent> <indent>I will wait for my renewal to come.</indent> </poetry> 15 <poetry>You will call and I will answer you; <indent>you will long for the creature your hands have made. </indent> </poetry> 16 <poetry>Surely then you will count my steps <indent>but not keep track of my sin. </indent> </poetry> 17 <poetry>My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; <indent>you will cover over my sin. </indent><poetry></poetry> 18 <poetry>“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles <indent>and as a rock is moved from its place, </indent> </poetry> 19 <poetry>as water wears away stones <indent>and torrents wash away the soil, </indent> <indent>so you destroy a person’s hope. </indent> </poetry> 20 <poetry>You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; <indent>you change their countenance and send them away. </indent> </poetry> 21 <poetry>If their children are honored, they do not know it; <indent>if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it. </indent> </poetry> 22 <poetry>They feel but the pain of their own bodies <indent>and mourn only for themselves. ”</indent></poetry>

Job 12:1

“Doubtless you are the only people who matter, <indent>and wisdom will die with you!<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 12:2

But I have a mind as well as you; <indent>I am not inferior to you.</indent> <indent>Who does not know all these things?<cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 12:3

“I have become a laughingstock<cr>1</cr> to my friends,<cr>2</cr> <indent>though I called on God and he answered<cr>3</cr> —</indent> <indent>a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!<cr>4</cr> </indent>

Job 12:4

Those who are at ease have contempt<cr>1</cr> for misfortune <indent>as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 12:5

The tents of marauders are undisturbed,<cr>1</cr> <indent>and those who provoke God are secure<cr>2</cr> —</indent> <indent>those God has in his hand.<ft>1</ft></indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 12:6

“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,<cr>1</cr> <indent>or the birds in the sky,<cr>2</cr> and they will tell you;<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 12:7

or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, <indent>or let the fish in the sea inform you.</indent>

Job 12:8

Which of all these does not know<cr>1</cr> <indent>that the hand of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> has done this?<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 12:9

In his hand is the life<cr>1</cr> of every creature <indent>and the breath of all mankind.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 12:10

Does not the ear test words <indent>as the tongue tastes food?<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 12:11

Is not wisdom found among the aged?<cr>1</cr> <indent>Does not long life bring understanding?<cr>2</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 12:12

“To God belong wisdom<cr>1</cr> and power;<cr>2</cr> <indent>counsel and understanding are his.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 12:13

What he tears down<cr>1</cr> cannot be rebuilt;<cr>2</cr> <indent>those he imprisons cannot be released.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 12:14

If he holds back the waters,<cr>1</cr> there is drought;<cr>2</cr> <indent>if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 12:15

To him belong strength and insight;<cr>1</cr> <indent>both deceived and deceiver are his.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 12:16

He leads rulers away stripped<cr>1</cr> <indent>and makes fools of judges.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 12:17

He takes off the shackles<cr>1</cr> put on by kings <indent>and ties a loincloth<ft>1</ft> around their waist.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 12:18

He leads priests away stripped<cr>1</cr> <indent>and overthrows officials long established.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 12:19

He silences the lips of trusted advisers <indent>and takes away the discernment of elders.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 12:20

He pours contempt on nobles<cr>1</cr> <indent>and disarms the mighty.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 12:21

He reveals the deep things of darkness<cr>1</cr> <indent>and brings utter darkness<cr>2</cr> into the light.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 12:22

He makes nations great, and destroys them;<cr>1</cr> <indent>he enlarges nations,<cr>2</cr> and disperses them.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 12:23

He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;<cr>1</cr> <indent>he makes them wander in a trackless waste.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 12:24

They grope in darkness with no light;<cr>1</cr> <indent>he makes them stagger like drunkards.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 12:25

“My eyes have seen all this,<cr>1</cr> <indent>my ears have heard and understood it.</indent>

Job 13:1

What you know, I also know; <indent>I am not inferior to you.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 13:2

But I desire to speak to the Almighty<cr>1</cr> <indent>and to argue my case with God.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 13:3

You, however, smear me with lies;<cr>1</cr> <indent>you are worthless physicians,<cr>2</cr> all of you!<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 13:4

If only you would be altogether silent!<cr>1</cr> <indent>For you, that would be wisdom.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 13:5

Hear now my argument; <indent>listen to the pleas of my lips.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 13:6

Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? <indent>Will you speak deceitfully for him?<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 13:7

Will you show him partiality?<cr>1</cr> <indent>Will you argue the case for God?</indent>

Job 13:8

Would it turn out well if he examined you?<cr>1</cr> <indent>Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 13:9

He would surely call you to account <indent>if you secretly showed partiality.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 13:10

Would not his splendor<cr>1</cr> terrify you? <indent>Would not the dread of him fall on you?<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 13:11

Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; <indent>your defenses are defenses of clay.<cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 13:12

“Keep silent<cr>1</cr> and let me speak;<cr>2</cr> <indent>then let come to me what may.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 13:13

Why do I put myself in jeopardy <indent>and take my life in my hands?<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 13:14

Though he slay me, yet will I hope<cr>1</cr> in him;<cr>2</cr> <indent>I will surely<ft>1</ft> defend my ways to his face.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 13:15

Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,<cr>1</cr> <indent>for no godless<cr>2</cr> person would dare come before him!<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 13:16

Listen carefully to what I say;<cr>1</cr> <indent>let my words ring in your ears.</indent>

Job 13:17

Now that I have prepared my case,<cr>1</cr> <indent>I know I will be vindicated.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 13:18

Can anyone bring charges against me?<cr>1</cr> <indent>If so, I will be silent<cr>2</cr> and die.<cr>3</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 13:19

“Only grant me these two things, God, <indent>and then I will not hide from you:</indent>

Job 13:20

Withdraw your hand<cr>1</cr> far from me, <indent>and stop frightening me with your terrors.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 13:21

Then summon me and I will answer,<cr>1</cr> <indent>or let me speak, and you reply to me.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 13:22

How many wrongs and sins have I committed?<cr>1</cr> <indent>Show me my offense and my sin.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 13:23

Why do you hide your face<cr>1</cr> <indent>and consider me your enemy?<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 13:24

Will you torment<cr>1</cr> a windblown leaf?<cr>2</cr> <indent>Will you chase<cr>3</cr> after dry chaff?<cr>4</cr> </indent>

Job 13:25

For you write down bitter things against me <indent>and make me reap the sins of my youth.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 13:26

You fasten my feet in shackles;<cr>1</cr> <indent>you keep close watch on all my paths<cr>2</cr> </indent> <indent>by putting marks on the soles of my feet.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 13:27

“So man wastes away like something rotten, <indent>like a garment<cr>1</cr> eaten by moths.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 13:28

“Mortals, born of woman,<cr>1</cr> <indent>are of few days<cr>2</cr> and full of trouble.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 14:1

They spring up like flowers<cr>1</cr> and wither away;<cr>2</cr> <indent>like fleeting shadows,<cr>3</cr> they do not endure.<cr>4</cr> </indent>

Job 14:2

Do you fix your eye on them?<cr>1</cr> <indent>Will you bring them<ft>1</ft> before you for judgment?<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 14:3

Who can bring what is pure<cr>1</cr> from the impure?<cr>2</cr> <indent>No one!<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 14:4

A person’s days are determined;<cr>1</cr> <indent>you have decreed the number of his months<cr>2</cr> </indent> <indent>and have set limits he cannot exceed.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 14:5

So look away from him and let him alone,<cr>1</cr> <indent>till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.<cr>2</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 14:6

“At least there is hope for a tree:<cr>1</cr> <indent>If it is cut down, it will sprout again,</indent> <indent>and its new shoots<cr>2</cr> will not fail.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 14:7

Its roots may grow old in the ground <indent>and its stump<cr>1</cr> die in the soil,</indent>

Job 14:8

yet at the scent of water<cr>1</cr> it will bud <indent>and put forth shoots like a plant.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 14:9

But a man dies and is laid low;<cr>1</cr> <indent>he breathes his last and is no more.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 14:10

As the water of a lake dries up <indent>or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 14:11

so he lies down and does not rise;<cr>1</cr> <indent>till the heavens are no more,<cr>2</cr> people will not awake</indent> <indent>or be roused from their sleep.<cr>3</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 14:12

“If only you would hide me in the grave<cr>1</cr> <indent>and conceal me till your anger has passed!<cr>2</cr> </indent> If only you would set me a time <indent>and then remember<cr>3</cr> me!<cr>4</cr> </indent>

Job 14:13

If someone dies, will they live again? <indent>All the days of my hard service<cr>1</cr> </indent> <indent>I will wait for my renewal<ft>1</ft><cr>2</cr> to come.</indent>

Job 14:14

You will call and I will answer you;<cr>1</cr> <indent>you will long for the creature your hands have made.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 14:15

Surely then you will count my steps<cr>1</cr> <indent>but not keep track of my sin.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 14:16

My offenses will be sealed<cr>1</cr> up in a bag;<cr>2</cr> <indent>you will cover over my sin.<cr>3</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 14:17

“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles<cr>1</cr> <indent>and as a rock is moved from its place,<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 14:18

as water wears away stones <indent>and torrents<cr>1</cr> wash away the soil,<cr>2</cr> </indent> <indent>so you destroy a person’s hope.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Job 14:19

You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;<cr>1</cr> <indent>you change their countenance and send them away.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Job 14:20

If their children are honored, they do not know it; <indent>if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Job 14:21

They feel but the pain of their own bodies<cr>1</cr> <indent>and mourn only for themselves.<cr>2</cr> ”</indent>

Job 14:22

 1 Then Job replied:  2 “Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you!    3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?    4 “I have become a laughingstock   to my friends,   though I called on God and he answered  — a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!    5 Those who are at ease have contempt   for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.    6 The tents of marauders are undisturbed,   and those who provoke God are secure  — those God has in his hand.   7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,   or the birds in the sky,   and they will tell you;    8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.  9 Which of all these does not know   that the hand of the Lord has done this?    10 In his hand is the life   of every creature and the breath of all mankind.    11 Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?    12 Is not wisdom found among the aged?   Does not long life bring understanding?    13 “To God belong wisdom   and power;   counsel and understanding are his.    14 What he tears down   cannot be rebuilt;   those he imprisons cannot be released.    15 If he holds back the waters,   there is drought;   if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.    16 To him belong strength and insight;   both deceived and deceiver are his.    17 He leads rulers away stripped   and makes fools of judges.    18 He takes off the shackles   put on by kings and ties a loincloth  around their waist.    19 He leads priests away stripped   and overthrows officials long established.    20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.    21 He pours contempt on nobles   and disarms the mighty.    22 He reveals the deep things of darkness   and brings utter darkness   into the light.    23 He makes nations great, and destroys them;   he enlarges nations,   and disperses them.    24 He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;   he makes them wander in a trackless waste.    25 They grope in darkness with no light;   he makes them stagger like drunkards.   1 “My eyes have seen all this,   my ears have heard and understood it.  2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.    3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty   and to argue my case with God.    4 You, however, smear me with lies;   you are worthless physicians,   all of you!    5 If only you would be altogether silent!   For you, that would be wisdom.    6 Hear now my argument; listen to the pleas of my lips.    7 Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?    8 Will you show him partiality?   Will you argue the case for God?  9 Would it turn out well if he examined you?   Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?    10 He would surely call you to account if you secretly showed partiality.    11 Would not his splendor   terrify you? Would not the dread of him fall on you?    12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.    13 “Keep silent   and let me speak;   then let come to me what may.    14 Why do I put myself in jeopardy and take my life in my hands?    15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope   in him;   I will surely  defend my ways to his face.    16 Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,   for no godless   person would dare come before him!    17 Listen carefully to what I say;   let my words ring in your ears.  18 Now that I have prepared my case,   I know I will be vindicated.    19 Can anyone bring charges against me?   If so, I will be silent   and die.    20 “Only grant me these two things, God, and then I will not hide from you:  21 Withdraw your hand   far from me, and stop frightening me with your terrors.    22 Then summon me and I will answer,   or let me speak, and you reply to me.    23 How many wrongs and sins have I committed?   Show me my offense and my sin.    24 Why do you hide your face   and consider me your enemy?    25 Will you torment   a windblown leaf?   Will you chase   after dry chaff?    26 For you write down bitter things against me and make me reap the sins of my youth.    27 You fasten my feet in shackles;   you keep close watch on all my paths   by putting marks on the soles of my feet.  28 “So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment   eaten by moths.   1 “Mortals, born of woman,   are of few days   and full of trouble.    2 They spring up like flowers   and wither away;   like fleeting shadows,   they do not endure.    3 Do you fix your eye on them?   Will you bring them  before you for judgment?    4 Who can bring what is pure   from the impure?   No one!    5 A person’s days are determined;   you have decreed the number of his months   and have set limits he cannot exceed.    6 So look away from him and let him alone,   till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.    7 “At least there is hope for a tree:   If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots   will not fail.    8 Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump   die in the soil,  9 yet at the scent of water   it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.    10 But a man dies and is laid low;   he breathes his last and is no more.    11 As the water of a lake dries up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,    12 so he lies down and does not rise;   till the heavens are no more,   people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.    13 “If only you would hide me in the grave   and conceal me till your anger has passed!   If only you would set me a time and then remember   me!    14 If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service   I will wait for my renewal    to come.  15 You will call and I will answer you;   you will long for the creature your hands have made.    16 Surely then you will count my steps   but not keep track of my sin.    17 My offenses will be sealed   up in a bag;   you will cover over my sin.    18 “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles   and as a rock is moved from its place,    19 as water wears away stones and torrents   wash away the soil,   so you destroy a person’s hope.    20 You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;   you change their countenance and send them away.    21 If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.    22 They feel but the pain of their own bodies   and mourn only for themselves.  ”

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