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| Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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| How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
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| Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
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| He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
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| Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
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| The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
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| The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
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| For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
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| The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
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| The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
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| Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
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| His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
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| It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
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| His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
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| It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
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| His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
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| His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
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| He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
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| He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
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| They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
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| Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
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| Analysis
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| Then Job answered and said,
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| How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
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| These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
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| And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
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| If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
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| Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
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| Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
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| He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
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| He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
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| He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
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| He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
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| His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
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| He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
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| My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
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| They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
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| I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
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| My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
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| Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
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| All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
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| My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
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| Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
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| Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
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| Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
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| That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
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| For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
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| And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
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| Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
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| But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
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| Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
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| Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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| Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
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| I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
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| Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
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| That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
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| Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
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| Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
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| He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
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| The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
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| His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
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| His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
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| Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
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| Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
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| Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
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| He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
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| He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
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| He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
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| That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
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| Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
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| Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
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| There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
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| In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
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| When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
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| He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
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| It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
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| All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
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| The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
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| The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
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| This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
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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, 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 their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
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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? 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?
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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.
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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 has 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, 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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| Analysis
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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 widow's 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; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
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| They reap 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;
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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 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; 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 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, 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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