1: "My spirit is broken, my days used up, my grave dug and waiting.
2: See how these mockers close in on me? How long do I have to put up with their insolence?
3: "O God, pledge your support for me. Give it to me in writing, with your signature. You're the only one who can do it!
4: These people are so useless! You know firsthand how stupid they can be. You wouldn't let them have the last word, would you?
5: Those who betray their own friends leave a legacy of abuse to their children.
6: "God, you've made me the talk of the town--people spit in my face;
7: I can hardly see from crying so much; I'm nothing but skin and bones.
8: Decent people can't believe what they're seeing; the good-hearted wake up and insist I've given up on God.
9: "But principled people hold tight, keep a firm grip on life, sure that their clean, pure hands will get stronger and stronger!
10: "Maybe you'd all like to start over, to try it again, the bunch of you. So far I haven't come across one scrap of wisdom in anything you've said.
11: My life's about over. All my plans are smashed, all my hopes are snuffed out--
12: My hope that night would turn into day, my hope that dawn was about to break.
13: If all I have to look forward to is a home in the graveyard, if my only hope for comfort is a well-built coffin,
14: If a family reunion means going six feet under, and the only family that shows up is worms,
15: Do you call that hope? Who on earth could find any hope in that?
16: No. If hope and I are to be buried together, I suppose you'll all come to the double funeral!" HKBildad's Second AttackHK Plunged from Light into Darkness