Job:21-30
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But Job answered and said ,
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Hear diligently my speech ,
and let this be your consolations .
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Suffer me that I may speak ;
and after that I have spoken ,
mock on .
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As for me ,
is my complaint to man ?
and if it were so ,
why should not my spirit be troubled ?
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Mark me ,
and be astonished ,
and lay your hand upon your mouth .
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Even when I remember I am afraid ,
and trembling taketh hold on my flesh .
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Wherefore do the wicked live ,
become old ,
yea ,
are mighty in power ?
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Their seed is established in their sight with them ,
and their offspring before their eyes .
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Their houses are safe from fear ,
neither is the rod of God upon them .
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Their bull gendereth ,
and faileth not ;
their cow calveth ,
and casteth not her calf .
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They send forth their little ones like a flock tso #
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and their children dance .
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They take the timbrel and harp ,
and rejoice at the sound of the organ .
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They spend (
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their days in wealth ,
and in a moment go down (
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to the grave sh @#
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Therefore they say unto God ,
Depart from us ;
for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways .
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What is the Almighty ,
that we should serve him ?
and what profit should we have ,
if we pray unto him ?
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Lo ,
their good is not in their hand :
the counsel of the wicked is far from me .
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How oft is the candle of the wicked put out !
and how oft cometh their destruction upon them !
God distributeth sorrows in his anger .
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They are as stubble before the wind ,
and as chaff that the storm carrieth away .
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God layeth up his iniquity for his children :
he rewardeth him ,
and he shall know it .
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His eyes shall see his destruction ,
and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty .
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For what pleasure hath he in his house after him ,
when the number of his months is cut off in the midst ?
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Shall any teach God knowledge da #
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seeing he judgeth those that are high .
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One dieth in his full strength ,
being wholly at ease and quiet .
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His breasts are full of milk ,
and his bones are moistened with marrow .
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And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul ,
and never eateth with pleasure .
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They shall lie down alike in the dust ,
and the worms shall cover them .
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Behold ,
I know your thoughts ,
and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me .
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For ye say ,
Where is the house of the prince ?
and where are the dwelling places of the wicked ?
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Have ye not asked them that go by the way ?
and do ye not know their tokens ,
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That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction ?
they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath .
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Who shall declare his way to his face ?
and who shall repay him what he hath done ?
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Yet shall he be brought to the grave ,
and shall remain in the tomb .
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The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him ,
and every man shall draw after him ,
as there are innumerable before him .
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How then comfort ye me in vain ,
seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood ma #
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said ,
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Can a man be profitable unto God ,
as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself ?
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Is it any pleasure to the Almighty ,
that thou art righteous ?
or is it gain to him ,
that thou makest thy ways perfect ?
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Will he reprove thee for fear of thee ?
will he enter with thee into judgment ?
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Is not thy wickedness great ?
and thine iniquities infinite ?
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For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought ,
and stripped the naked of their clothing .
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Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink ,
and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry ra #
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But as for the mighty man ,
he had the earth ;
and the honourable man dwelt in it .
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Thou hast sent widows away empty ,
and the arms of the fatherless have been broken .
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Therefore snares are round about thee ,
and sudden fear troubleth thee ;
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Or darkness ,
that thou canst not see ;
and abundance of waters cover thee .
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Is not God in the height of heaven ?
and behold the height of the stars ,
how high they are !
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And thou sayest ,
How doth God know ?
can he judge through the dark cloud ?
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Thick clouds are a covering to him ,
that he seeth not ;
and he walketh in the circuit of heaven .
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Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden ?
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Which were cut down out of time ,
whose foundation was overflown with a flood :
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Which said unto God ,
Depart from us :
and what can the Almighty do for them ?
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Yet he filled their houses with good things :
but the counsel of the wicked is far from me .
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The righteous see it ,
and are glad :
and the innocent laugh them to scorn .
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Whereas our substance is not cut down ,
but the remnant of them the fire consumeth .
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Acquaint now thyself with him ,
and be at peace :
thereby good shall come unto thee .
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Receive ,
I pray thee ,
the law from his mouth ,
and lay up his words in thine heart .
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If thou return to the Almighty ,
thou shalt be built up ,
thou shalt put away #
iniquity far from thy tabernacles .
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Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust ,
and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks .
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Yea ,
the Almighty shall be thy defence ,
and thou shalt have plenty of silver .
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For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty ,
and shalt lift up thy face unto God .
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Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him ,
and he shall hear thee ,
and thou shalt pay thy vows .
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Thou shalt also decree a thing ,
and it shall be established unto thee :
and the light shall shine upon thy ways .
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When men are cast down ,
then thou shalt say ,
There is lifting up ;
and he shall save the humble person .
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He shall deliver the island of the innocent :
and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands .
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Then Job answered and said ,
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Even to day is my complaint bitter :
my stroke is heavier than my groaning .
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Oh that I knew where I might find him !
that I might come even to his seat !
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I would order my cause before him ,
and fill my mouth with arguments .
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I would know the words which he would answer me ,
and understand what he would say unto me .
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Will he plead against me with his great power ?
No ;
but he would put strength in me .
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There the righteous might dispute with him ;
so should I be delivered for ever from my judge .
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Behold ,
I go forward ,
but he is not there ;
and backward ,
but I cannot perceive him :
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On the left hand s @
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where he doth work ,
but I cannot behold him :
he hideth himself on the right hand ,
that I cannot see him :
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But he knoweth the way that I take :
when he hath tried me ,
I shall come forth as gold .
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My foot hath held his steps ,
his way have I kept ,
and not declined .
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Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips ;
I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food .
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But he is in one mind ,
and who can turn him ?
and what his soul desireth ,
even that he doeth .
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For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me :
and many such things are with him .
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Therefore am I troubled at his presence :
when I consider ,
I am afraid of him .
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For God maketh my heart soft ,
and the Almighty troubleth me :
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Because I was not cut off before the darkness ,
neither hath he covered the darkness from my face .
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Why ,
seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty ,
do they that know him not see his days ?
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Some remove the landmarks ;
they violently take away flocks ,
and feed thereof .
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They drive away the ass of the fatherless ,
they take #
the widows ox for a pledge .
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They turn the needy out of the way :
the poor #
of the earth hide themselves together .
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Behold ,
as wild asses in the desert ,
go they forth to their work po #
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rising betimes for a prey :
the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children na #
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They reap (
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every one his corn in the field :
and they gather the vintage of the wicked .
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They cause the naked to lodge without clothing ,
that they have no covering in the cold .
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains ,
and embrace the rock for want of a shelter .
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They pluck the fatherless from the breast ,
and take a pledge of the poor .
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They cause him to go naked without clothing ,
and they take away the sheaf from the hungry ra #
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Which make oil within their walls ,
and tread their winepresses ,
and suffer thirst .
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Men groan from out of the city ,
and the soul of the wounded crieth out :
yet God layeth not folly to them .
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They are of those that rebel against the light ;
they know not the ways thereof ,
nor abide in the paths thereof .
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The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy ,
and in the night is as a thief .
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The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight ,
saying ,
No eye shall see me :
and disguiseth cether #
his face .
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In the dark they dig through houses ,
which they had marked for themselves in the daytime :
they know not the light .
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For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death :
if one know them ,
they are in the terrors of the shadow of death .
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He is swift as the waters paniym #;
their portion is cursed in the earth :
he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards .
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Drought and heat consume the snow waters :
so doth the grave those which have sinned .
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The womb shall forget 8799 )
him ;
the worm shall feed sweetly on him ;
he shall be no more remembered ;
and wickedness shall be broken as a tree .
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He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not :
and doeth not good to the widow .
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He draweth also the mighty with his power :
he riseth up ,
and no man is sure of life .
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Though it be given him to be in safety ,
whereon he resteth ;
yet his eyes are upon their ways .
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They are exalted for a little while m @#
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but are gone and brought low ;
they are taken out of the way as all other ,
and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn .
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And if it be not so now ,
who will make me a liar ,
and make my speech nothing worth ?
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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite ,
and said ,
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Dominion and fear are with him ,
he maketh peace in his high places .
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Is there any number of his armies ?
and upon whom doth not his light arise ?
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How then can man be justified with God ?
or how can he be clean that is born of a woman ?
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Behold even to the moon ,
and it shineth not ;
yea ,
the stars are not pure in his sight .
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How much less man ,
that is a worm ?
and the son of man ,
which is a worm ?
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But Job answered and said ,
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How hast thou helped him that is without power ?
how savest thou the arm that hath no strength ?
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How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom ?
and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is ?
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To whom hast thou uttered words ?
and whose spirit came from thee ?
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Dead things are formed from under the waters ,
and the inhabitants thereof .
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Hell is naked before him ,
and destruction hath no covering .
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He stretcheth out the north over the empty place ,
and hangeth the earth upon nothing .
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He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ;
and the cloud is not rent under them .
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He holdeth back the face of his throne ,
and spreadeth his cloud upon it .
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He hath compassed the waters paniym #
with bounds ,
until the day and night come to an end .
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The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof g @#
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He divideth the sea with his power ,
and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud .
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By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens ;
his hand hath formed the crooked serpent .
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Lo ,
these are parts of his ways :
but how little a portion is heard of him ?
but the thunder of his power who can understand ?
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Moreover Job continued his parable ,
and said ,
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As God liveth ,
who hath taken away my judgment ;
and the Almighty ,
who hath vexed my soul ;
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All the while my breath is in me ,
and the spirit of God is in my nostrils ;
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My lips shall not speak wickedness ,
nor my tongue utter deceit .
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God forbid that I should justify you :
till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me .
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My righteousness I hold fast ,
and will not let it go :
my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live .
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Let mine enemy be as the wicked ,
and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous .
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For what is the hope of the hypocrite ,
though he hath gained ,
when God taketh away his soul ?
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Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him ?
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Will he delight himself in the Almighty ?
will he always call upon God ?
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I will teach you by the hand of God :
that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal .
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Behold ,
all ye yourselves have seen it ;
why then are ye thus altogether vain ?
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This is the portion of a wicked man with God ,
and the heritage of oppressors ,
which they shall receive of the Almighty .
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If his children be multiplied ,
it is for the sword :
and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread .
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Those that remain of him shall be buried in death :
and his widows shall not weep .
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Though he heap up silver as the dust ,
and prepare raiment as the clay ;
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He may prepare it ,
but the just shall put it on ,
and the innocent shall divide the silver .
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He buildeth his house as a moth ,
and as a booth that the keeper maketh .
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The rich man shall lie down ,
but he shall not be gathered :
he openeth his eyes ,
and he is not .
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Terrors take hold on him as waters ,
a tempest stealeth him away in the night .
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The east wind carrieth him away ,
and he departeth :
and as a storm hurleth him out of his place .
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For God shall cast upon him ,
and not spare :
he would fain flee out of his hand .
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Men shall clap their hands at him ,
and shall hiss him out of his place .
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Surely there is a vein for the silver ,
and a place for gold where they fine it .
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Iron is taken out of the earth ,
and brass is molten out of the stone .
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He setteth an end to darkness ,
and searcheth out all perfection :
the stones of darkness ,
and the shadow of death .
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The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant ;
even the waters forgotten of the foot :
they are dried up ,
they are gone away from men .
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As for the earth ,
out of it cometh bread :
and under it is turned up as it were fire .
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The stones of it are the place of sapphires :
and it hath dust of gold .
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There is a path which no fowl knoweth ,
and which the vultures eye hath not seen :
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The lions whelps have not trodden it ,
nor the fierce lion passed by it .
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He putteth forth his hand upon the rock ;
he overturneth the mountains by the roots .
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He cutteth out rivers among the rocks ;
and his eye seeth every precious thing .
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He bindeth the floods from overflowing ;
and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light .
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But where shall wisdom be found ?
and where is the place of understanding ?
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Man knoweth not the price thereof ;
neither is it found in the land of the living .
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The depth saith ,
It is not in me :
and the sea saith ,
It is not with me .
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It cannot be gotten for gold ,
neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof .
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It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir ,
with the precious onyx ,
or the sapphire .
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The gold and the crystal cannot equal it :
and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold .
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No mention shall be made of coral ra #
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or of pearls :
for the price of wisdom is above rubies .
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The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it ,
neither shall it be valued with pure gold .
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Whence then cometh wisdom ?
and where is the place of understanding ?
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Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living ,
and kept close from the fowls of the air .
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Destruction and death say ,
We have heard the fame thereof with our ears .
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God understandeth the way thereof ,
and he knoweth the place thereof .
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For he looketh to the ends of the earth ,
and seeth under the whole heaven ;
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To make the weight for the winds ;
and he weigheth the waters by measure .
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When he made a decree for the rain ,
and a way for the lightning of the thunder :
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Then did he see it ,
and declare it ;
he prepared it ,
yea ,
and searched it out .
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And unto man he said ,
Behold ,
the fear of the Lord ,
that is wisdom ;
and to depart from evil is understanding .
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Moreover Job continued his parable ,
and said ,
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Oh that I were as in months past ,
as in the days when God preserved me ;
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When his candle shined upon my head ro #
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and when by his light I walked through darkness ;
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As I was in the days of my youth ,
when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle ;
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When the Almighty was yet with me ,
when my children were about me ;
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When I washed my steps with butter chem #
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and the rock poured me out rivers of oil ;
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When I went out to the gate through the city ,
when I prepared my seat in the street !
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The young men saw me ,
and hid themselves :
and the aged arose ,
and stood up .
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The princes refrained talking ,
and laid their hand on their mouth .
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The nobles held their peace ,
and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth .
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When the ear heard me ,
then it blessed me ;
and when the eye saw me ,
it gave witness to me :
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Because I delivered the poor that cried ,
and the fatherless ,
and him that had none to help him .
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me :
and I caused the widows heart to sing for joy .
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I put on righteousness ,
and it clothed me :
my judgment was as a robe and a diadem .
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I was eyes to the blind ,
and feet was I to the lame .
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I was a father to the poor :
and the cause which I knew not I searched out .
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And I brake the jaws of the wicked ,
and plucked the spoil out of his teeth .
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Then I said ,
I shall die in my nest ,
and I shall multiply my days as the sand .
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My root was spread out by the waters ,
and the dew lay all night upon my branch .
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My glory was fresh in me ,
and my bow was renewed in my hand .
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Unto me men gave ear ,
and waited ,
and kept silence at my counsel .
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After my words they spake not again ;
and my speech dropped upon them .
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And they waited for me as for the rain ;
and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain .
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If I laughed on them ,
they believed it not ;
and the light of my countenance they cast not down .
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I chose out their way ,
and sat chief ro #
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and dwelt as a king in the army ,
as one that comforteth the mourners .
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But now they that are younger #
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whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock tso #
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Yea ,
whereto might the strength of their hands profit me ,
in whom old age was perished ?
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For want and famine they were solitary ;
fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste m @
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Who cut up mallows by the bushes ,
and juniper roots for their meat .
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They were driven forth from among men , (
they cried after them as after a thief ; )
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To dwell in the clifts of the valleys ,
in caves of the earth ,
and in the rocks .
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Among the bushes they brayed ;
under the nettles they were gathered together .
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They were children of fools ,
yea ,
children of base men :
they were viler than the earth .
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And now am I their song ,
yea ,
I am their byword .
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They abhor me ,
they flee far from me ,
and spare not to spit in my face .
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Because he hath loosed my cord ,
and afflicted me ,
they have also let loose the bridle before me .
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Upon my right hand rise the youth ;
they push away my feet ,
and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction .
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They mar my path ,
they set forward my calamity ,
they have no helper .
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They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters :
in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me .
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Terrors are turned upon me :
they pursue my soul as the wind :
and my welfare passeth away as a cloud .
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And now my soul is poured out upon me ;
the days of affliction have taken hold upon me .
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My bones are pierced in me in the night season :
and my sinews take no rest .
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By the great force of my disease is my garment changed :
it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat .
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He hath cast me into the mire ,
and I am become like dust and ashes .
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I cry unto thee ,
and thou dost not hear me :
I stand up ,
and thou regardest me not .
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Thou art become cruel to me :
with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me .
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Thou liftest me up to the wind ;
thou causest me to ride upon it ,
and dissolvest my substance .
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For I know that thou wilt bring me to death ,
and to the house appointed for all living .
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Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave b @#
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though they cry in his destruction .
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Did not I weep for him that was in trouble qasheh #?
was not my soul grieved for the poor ?
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When I looked for good ,
then evil came unto me :
and when I waited for light ,
there came darkness .
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My bowels boiled ,
and rested not :
the days of affliction prevented me .
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I went mourning without the sun :
I stood up ,
and I cried in the congregation .
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I am a brother to dragons ,
and a companion to owls bath #
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anah #.
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My skin is black upon me ,
and my bones are burned with heat .
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My harp also is turned to mourning ,
and my organ into the voice of them that weep .
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I made a covenant with mine eyes ;
why then should I think upon a maid ?
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