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The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.

He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.

He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

A gin shall take him' by the heel, And' a snare shall lay hold on him.

These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.

He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.

His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.

He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.

He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

Then Job answered and said,

His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.

He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;

Know now that God hath subverted me `in my cause', And hath compassed me with his net.

A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.

They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.

He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as `one of' his adversaries.

And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself.

Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.

How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, `And' are become unclean in your sight?

Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?