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Ask a QuestionBecause you would forget your misery, And remember it as waters that have passed away,
Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!
Those in the west are astonished at his day, As those in the east are frightened.
After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew.
By great force my garment is disfigured; It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
(But from my youth I reared him as a father, And from my mother's womb I guided the widow);
Truly I am as your spokesman before God; I also have been formed out of clay.
Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow of Your wings,
All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.
But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD; I say, "You are my God."
Fear took hold of them there, And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,
For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined.
As a dream when one awakes, So, Lord, when You awake, You shall despise their image.
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.
Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan As the allotment of your inheritance,"
I rejoice at Your word As one who finds great treasure.
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here"; And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion.
He who pampers his servant from childhood Will have him as a son in the end.
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error proceeding from the ruler: