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For affliction does not come out of the dust,
    nor does trouble sprout up out of the ground;
but man is born to trouble,
    as the sparks fly upward.

“Indeed, I would appeal to God,
    and before God I would set forth my case,

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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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