For distress does not grow out of the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
But mankind is born for trouble(A)
as surely as sparks fly upward.

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God
and would present my case to Him.(B)

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For hardship does not spring from the soil,
    nor does trouble sprout from the ground.(A)
Yet man is born to trouble(B)
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

“But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
    I would lay my cause before him.(C)

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