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"But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words. |
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See, 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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See, before God I am as you are; I too was formed from a piece of clay. |
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No fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy on you. |
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"Surely, you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the sound of your words. |
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You say, 'I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me. |
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Look, 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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"But in this you are not right. I will answer you: God is greater than any mortal. |
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Why do you contend against him, saying, 'He will answer none of my words'? |
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For God speaks in one way, and in two, though people do not perceive it. |
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In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on mortals, while they slumber on their beds, |
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then he opens their ears, and terrifies them with warnings, |
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that he may turn them aside from their deeds, and keep them from pride, |
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to spare their souls from the Pit, their lives from traversing the River. |
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They are also chastened with pain upon their beds, and with continual strife in their bones, |
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so that their lives loathe bread, and their appetites dainty food. |
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Their flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen; and their bones, once invisible, now stick out. |
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Their souls draw near the Pit, and their lives to those who bring death. |
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Then, if there should be for one of them an angel, a mediator, one of a thousand, one who declares a person upright, |
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and he is gracious to that person, 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 he prays to God, and is accepted by him, he comes into his presence with joy, and God repays him for his righteousness. |
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That person sings to others and says, 'I sinned, and perverted what was right, and it was not paid back to me. |
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He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and my life shall see the light.' |
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"God indeed does all these things, twice, three times, with mortals, |
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to bring back their souls from the Pit, so that they may see the light of life. |
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Pay heed, Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak. |
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If you have anything to say, 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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