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   <v n='1'>My <s n="7307">breath</s> is <s n="2254">corrupt</s>, my <s n="3117">days</s> are <s n="2193">extinct</s>, the <s n="6913">graves</s> are ready for me. </v>
   <v n='2'> Are there <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="2049">mockers</s> <s n="5978">with</s> me? and doth not mine <s n="5869">eye</s> <s n="3885">continue</s> in their <s n="4784">provocation</s>? </v>
   <v n='3'>Lay <s n="7760">down</s> <s n="4994">now</s>, put me in a <s n="6148">surety</s> <s n="5973">with</s> thee; <s n="4310">who</s> is <s n="1931">he</s> that will <s n="8628">strike</s> <s n="3027">hands</s> with me? </v>
   <v n='4'><s n="3588">For</s> thou hast <s n="6845">hid</s> their <s n="3820">heart</s> from <s n="4480 7922">understanding</s>: <s n="3651 5921">therefore</s> shalt thou <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="7311">exalt</s> them. </v>
   <v n='5'>He that <s n="5046">speaketh</s> <s n="2506">flattery</s> to his <s n="7453">friends</s>, even the <s n="5869">eyes</s> of his <s n="1121">children</s> shall <s n="3615">fail</s>. </v>
   <v n='6'>He hath <s n="3322">made</s> me also a <s n="4914">byword</s> of the <s n="5971">people</s>; and <s n="6440">formerly</s> I <s n="1961">was</s> as a <s n="8611">tabret</s>. </v>
   <v n='7'>Mine <s n="5869">eye</s> also is <s n="3543">dim</s> by reason of <s n="4480 3708">sorrow</s>, and <s n="3605">all</s> my <s n="3338">members</s> are as a <s n="6738">shadow</s>. </v>
   <v n='8'><s n="3477">Upright</s> men shall be <s n="8074">astonished</s> <s n="5921">at</s> <s n="2063">this</s>, and the <s n="5355">innocent</s> shall stir up <s n="5782">himself</s> <s n="5921">against</s> the <s n="2611">hypocrite</s>. </v>
   <v n='9'>The <s n="6662">righteous</s> also shall <s n="270">hold</s> on his <s n="1870">way</s>, and he that hath <s n="2889">clean</s> <s n="3027">hands</s> shall be stronger and <s n="3254 555">stronger</s>. </v>
   <v n='10'><s n="199">But</s> as for you <s n="3605">all</s>, do ye <s n="7725">return</s>, and <s n="935">come</s> <s n="4994">now</s>: for I <s n="3808">cannot</s> <s n="4672">find</s> one <s n="2450">wise</s> man among you. </v>
   <v n='11'>My <s n="3117">days</s> are <s n="5674">past</s>, my <s n="2154">purposes</s> are broken <s n="5423">off</s>, even the <s n="4180">thoughts</s> of my <s n="3824">heart</s>. </v>
   <v n='12'>They <s n="7760">change</s> the <s n="3915">night</s> into <s n="3117">day</s>: the <s n="216">light</s> is <s n="7138">short</s> <s n="4480 6440">because</s> of <s n="2822">darkness</s>. </v>
   <v n='13'><s n="518">If</s> I <s n="6960">wait</s>, the <s n="7585">grave</s> is mine <s n="1004">house</s>: I have <s n="7502">made</s> my <s n="3326">bed</s> in the <s n="2822">darkness</s>. </v>
   <v n='14'>I have <s n="7121">said</s> to <s n="7845">corruption</s>, <s n="859">Thou</s> art my <s n="1">father</s>: to the <s n="7415">worm</s>, Thou art my <s n="517">mother</s>, and my <s n="269">sister</s>. </v>
   <v n='15'>And <s n="346">where</s> is <s n="645">now</s> my <s n="8615">hope</s>? as for my <s n="8615">hope</s>, <s n="4310">who</s> shall <s n="7789">see</s> it? </v>
   <v n='16'>They shall go <s n="3381">down</s> to the <s n="905">bars</s> of the <s n="7585">pit</s>, <s n="518">when</s> our <s n="5183">rest</s> <s n="3162">together</s> is <s n="5921">in</s> the <s n="6083">dust</s>. </v>
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