- Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.
- Have I ever said, 'Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
- deliver me from the hand of the enemy, ransom me from the clutches of the ruthless'?
- "Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.
- How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
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- "Indeed, you have now become such, You see a terror and are afraid.
- "Have I said, 'Give me something,' Or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,'
- Or, 'Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants'?
- "Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have erred.
- "How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
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