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and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.
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Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on people,
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“Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you!
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“I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
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so he lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.
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People open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.
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“God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.
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He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.
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People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror.
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You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.
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When people are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast.
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Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft, in places untouched by human feet; far from other people they dangle and sway.
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People assault the flinty rock with their hands and lay bare the roots of the mountains.
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“People listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.
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what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?
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if I have concealed my sin as people do, by hiding my guilt in my heart
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In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds,
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They die in an instant, in the middle of the night; the people are shaken and they pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
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God has no need to examine people further, that they should come before him for judgment.
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to keep the godless from ruling, from laying snares for the people.
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Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
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“People cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.
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He does not answer when people cry out because of the arrogance of the wicked.
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But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,
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Do not long for the night, to drag people away from their homes.
