For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble spring from the ground;
Yet man is (A)born to [a]trouble,
As the sparks fly upward.

“But as for me, I would seek God,
And to God I would commit my cause—

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:7 labor

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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