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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 formed 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 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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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. God is greater than man. |
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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 man does not perceive it. |
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In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon 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 cut off pride from 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 chastened with pain upon his bed, and with continual strife in his bones; |
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so that his life loathes bread, and his appetite dainty food. |
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His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen; and his bones which 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 gracious 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 comes into his presence with joy. He recounts to men his salvation, |
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and he sings before men, and says: `I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not requited to me. |
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He has redeemed my soul from going down into the Pit, and my life shall see 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 see the light of life. |
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Give heed, O 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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