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"But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words. |
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Behold, I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks. |
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My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely. |
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The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. |
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Answer me, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand. |
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Behold, I am toward God as you are; I too was pinched off from a piece of clay. |
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Behold, no fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy upon you. |
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"Surely you have spoken in my ears, and I have heard the sound of your words. |
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You say, 'I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me. |
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Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me as his enemy, |
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he puts my feet in the stocks and watches all my paths.' |
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"Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you, for God is greater than man. |
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Why do you contend against him, saying, 'He will answer none of man's words'? |
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For God speaks in one way, and in two, though man does not perceive it. |
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In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds, |
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then he opens the ears of men and terrifies them with warnings, |
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that he may turn man aside from his deed and conceal pride from a man; |
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he keeps back his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword. |
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"Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed and with continual strife in his bones, |
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so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite the choicest food. |
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His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out. |
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His soul draws near the pit, and his life to those who bring death. |
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If there be for him an angel, a mediator, one of the thousand, to declare to man what is right for him, |
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and he is merciful to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down into the pit; I have found a ransom; |
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let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor'; |
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then man prays to God, and he accepts him; he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he restores to man his righteousness. |
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He sings before men and says: 'I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not repaid to me. |
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He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit, and my life shall look upon the light.' |
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"Behold, God does all these things, twice, three times, with a man, |
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to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be lighted with the light of life. |
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Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak. |
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If you have any words, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you. |
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If not, listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom." |
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