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For (A)wickedness does not come out from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,
For (B)man is born for trouble,
As [a]sparks fly upward.

“But as for me, I would (C)seek God,
And I would set my cause before God,

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  1. Job 5:7 Or sons of Reseph

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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