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Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
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But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; and I shall not find a wise man among you.
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My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
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They change the night into day; the light is short because of darkness.
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If I look for the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;
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If I have said to corruption: 'Thou art my father', to the worm: 'Thou art my mother, and my sister';
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Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
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They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, when we are at rest together in the dust.