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Job 5

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"Call now; is there any one who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

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Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

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I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.

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His sons are far from safety, they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.

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His harvest the hungry eat, and he takes it even out of thorns; and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

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For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground;

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but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.

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"As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause;

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who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:

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he gives rain upon the earth and sends waters upon the fields;

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he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

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He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.

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He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.

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They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.

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But he saves the fatherless from their mouth, the needy from the hand of the mighty.

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So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

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"Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.

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For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands heal.

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He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven there shall no evil touch you.

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In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

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You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.

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At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.

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For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.

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You shall know that your tent is safe, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.

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You shall know also that your descendants shall be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

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You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season.

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Lo, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good."

Job 6

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Then Job answered:

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"O that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

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For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.

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For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

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Does the wild ass bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder?

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Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the slime of the purslane?

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My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me.

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"O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire;

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that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

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This would be my consolation; I would even exult in pain unsparing; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?

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Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?

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In truth I have no help in me, and any resource is driven from me.

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"He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

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My brethren are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as freshets that pass away,

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which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself.

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In time of heat they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

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The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste, and perish.

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The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.

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They are disappointed because they were confident; they come thither and are confounded.

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Such you have now become to me; you see my calamity, and are afraid.

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Have I said, 'Make me a gift'? Or, 'From your wealth offer a bribe for me'?

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Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? Or, 'Ransom me from the hand of oppressors'?

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"Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have erred.

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How forceful are honest words! But what does reproof from you reprove?

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Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?

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You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.

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"But now, be pleased to look at me; for I will not lie to your face.

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Turn, I pray, let no wrong be done. Turn now, my vindication is at stake.

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Is there any wrong on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern calamity?

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