Job:4

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* Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said : * If one attempts a word with you , will you become weary ? But who can restrain words ? * Surely you have instructed many , and you have strengthened weak hands . * Your words have upheld him who was stumbling , and you have strengthened the feeble knees . * But now it comes upon you , and you are weary ; it touches you , and you are dismayed . * Is not your reverence your confidence ? And the integrity of your ways your hope ? * Remember now , who ever perished being innocent ? Or where were the upright ever cut off ? * Even as I have seen , those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same . * By the breath of God they perish , and by the breath of His nostrils they are destroyed . * The roaring of the lion , the voice of the fierce lion , and the teeth of the young lions are broken . * The old lion perishes for lack of prey , and the cubs of the lioness are scattered . * Now a word was brought to me by stealth , and my ear received a whisper of it . * In the uncertainties from the visions of the night , when a man falls into deep sleep , * fear and trembling befell me , which made all my bones dread . * Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair on my flesh stood up . * It stood still , but I could not discern its appearance . A form was before my eyes in silence ; then I heard a voice saying : * Is mortal man more righteous than God ? Is a strong man more pure than his Maker ? * Behold He puts no trust in His servants , and He charges His angels with error ; * even more so those who dwell in houses of clay , whose foundation is in the dust , who are crushed before the grass ! * They are crushed from morning till evening ; they perish forever , with no one regarding . * Is not their own excellence within them removed ? They die , even without wisdom .

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