Job:23-24
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Then Job answered and said :
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Even today my complaint is bitter ;
My hand is listless because of my groaning .
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Oh ,
that I knew where I might find Him ,
That I might come to His seat !
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I would present my case 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 to me .
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Would He contend with me in His great power ?
No !
But He would take note of me .
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There the upright could reason with Him ,
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge .
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Look ,
I go forward ,
but He is not there ,
And backward ,
but I cannot perceive Him ;
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When He works on the left hand ,
I cannot behold Him ;
When He turns to the right hand ,
I cannot see Him .
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But He knows the way that I take ;
When He has tested me ,
I shall come forth as gold .
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My foot has held fast to His steps ;
I have kept His way and not turned aside .
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I have not departed from the commandment of His lips ;
I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food .
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But He is unique ,
and who can make Him change ?
And whatever His soul desires ,
that He does .
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For He performs what is appointed for me ,
And many such things are with Him .
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Therefore I am terrified at His presence ;
When I consider this ,
I am afraid of Him .
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For God made my heart weak ,
And the Almighty terrifies me ;
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Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness ,
And He did not hide deep darkness from my face .
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Since times are not hidden from the Almighty ,
Why do those who know Him see not His days ?
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Some remove landmarks ;
They seize flocks violently and feed on them ;
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They drive away the donkey of the fatherless ;
They take the widow '
s ox as a pledge .
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They push the needy off the road ;
All the poor of the land are forced to hide .
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Indeed ,
like wild donkeys in the desert ,
They go out to their work ,
searching for food .
The wilderness yields food for them and for their children .
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They gather their fodder in the field And glean in the vineyard of the wicked .
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They spend the night naked ,
without clothing ,
And have no covering in the cold .
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains ,
And huddle around the rock for want of shelter .
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Some snatch the fatherless from the breast ,
And take a pledge from the poor .
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They cause the poor to go naked ,
without clothing ;
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry .
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They press out oil within their walls ,
And tread winepresses ,
yet suffer thirst .
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The dying groan in the city ,
And the souls of the wounded cry out ;
Yet God does not charge them with wrong .
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There are those who rebel against the light ;
They do not know its ways Nor abide in its paths .
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The murderer rises with the light ;
He kills the poor and needy ;
And in the night he is like a thief .
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The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight ,
Saying , "
No eye will see me ';
And he disguises his face .
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In the dark they break into houses Which they marked for themselves in the daytime ;
They do not know the light .
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For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death ;
If someone recognizes them ,
They are in the terrors of the shadow of death .
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They should be swift on the face of the waters ,
Their portion should be cursed in the earth ,
So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards .
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As drought and heat consume the snow waters ,
So the grave consumes those who have sinned .
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The womb should forget him ,
The worm should feed sweetly on him ;
He should be remembered no more ,
And wickedness should be broken like a tree .
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For he preys on the barren who do not bear ,
And does no good for the widow .
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But God draws the mighty away with His power ;
He rises up ,
but no man is sure of life .
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He gives them security ,
and they rely on it ;
Yet His eyes are on their ways .
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They are exalted for a little while ,
Then they are gone .
They are brought low ;
They are taken out of the way like all others ;
They dry out like the heads of grain .
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Now if it is not so ,
who will prove me a liar ,
And make my speech worth nothing ?"
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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said :
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