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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 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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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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