Job:33

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* However , Job , I pray thee , hear my speech , and hearken to all my words . * Behold now , I have opened my mouth . My tongue has spoken in my mouth . * My words [shall utter ] the uprightness of my heart , and that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely . * The Spirit of God has made me , and the breath of the Almighty gives me life . * If thou can , answer thou me . Set [thy words ] in order before me . Stand forth . * Behold , I am toward God even as thou are . I also am formed out of the clay . * Behold , my terror shall not make thee afraid , nor shall my pressure be heavy upon thee . * Surely thou have spoken in my hearing , and I have heard the voice of [thy ] words , [saying ], * I am clean , without transgression . I am innocent , neither is there iniquity in me . * [Thou say ,] Behold , he finds occasions against me . He counts me for his enemy . * He puts my feet in the stocks . He marks all my paths . * Behold , I will answer thee . In this thou are not just , for God is greater than man . * Why do thou strive against him because he does not give of any of his matters ? * For God speaks once , yea twice , [though man ] does not regard it . * In a dream , in a vision of the night , when deep sleep falls upon men , in slumberings upon the bed . * Then he opens the ears of men , and seals their instruction * that he may withdraw man [from his ] purpose , and hide pride from man . * He keeps back his soul from the pit , and his life from perishing by the sword . * He also is chastened with pain upon his bed , and with continual strife in his bones , * so that his life abhors bread , and his soul dainty food . * His flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seen . And his bones that were not seen stick out . * Yea , his soul draws near to the pit , and his life to the destroyers . * If there be with him a [heavenly ] agent , an interpreter , one among a thousand , to show to man what is right for him , * then [God ] is gracious to him , and says , Deliver him from going down to the pit ; I have found a ransom . * His flesh shall be fresher than a child 's . He returns to the days of his youth . * He prays to God , and he is favorable to him , so that he sees his face with joy , and he restores to man his righteousness . * He sings before men , and says , I have sinned , and perverted that which was right , and it did not profit me . * He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit , and my life shall behold the light . * Lo , all these things God works twice , [yea ] thrice , with a man , * to bring back his soul from the pit , that he may be enlightened with the light of the living . * Mark well , O Job , hearken to me . Keep silent , and I will speak . * If thou have anything to say , answer me . Speak , for I desire to justify thee . * If not , hearken thou to me . Keep silent , and I will teach thee .

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