7:4 If I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise?’,
and the night stretches on
and I toss and turn restlessly
until the day dawns.
14:7 “But there is hope for a tree:
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not fail.
14:14 If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my hard service I will wait
until my release comes.
16:4 I also could speak like you,
if you were in my place;
I could pile up words against you
and I could shake my head at you.
29:24 If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it;
and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.
31:9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,
31:25 if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth,
or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,
32:22 for I do not know how to give honorary titles,
if I did, my Creator would quickly do away with me.
33:23 If there is an angel beside him,
one mediator out of a thousand,
to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness;
33:24 and if God is gracious to him and says,
‘Spare him from going down
to the place of corruption,
I have found a ransom for him,’
39:16 She is harsh with her young,
as if they were not hers;
she is unconcerned
about the uselessness of her labor.