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Job 3

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After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day.

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And Job answereth and saith: --

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Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: `A man-child hath been conceived.'

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That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

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Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

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That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.

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Lo! that night -- let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.

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Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.

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Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

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Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.

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Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!

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Wherefore have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck?

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For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me,

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With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.

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Or with princes -- they have gold, They are filling their houses [with] silver.

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(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.)

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There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.

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Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,

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Small and great [are] there the same. And a servant [is] free from his lord.

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Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?

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Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

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Who are glad -- unto joy, They rejoice when they find a grave.

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To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?

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For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters [are] my roarings.

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For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.

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I was not safe -- nor was I quiet -- Nor was I at rest -- and trouble cometh!

Job 4

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And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

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Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?

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Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.

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The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

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But now, it cometh in unto thee, And thou art weary; It striketh unto thee, and thou art troubled.

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Is not thy reverence thy confidence? Thy hope -- the perfection of thy ways?

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Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?

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As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

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From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.

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The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.

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An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.

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And unto me a thing is secretly brought, And receive doth mine ear a little of it.

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In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,

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Fear hath met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.

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And a spirit before my face doth pass, Stand up doth the hair of my flesh;

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It standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude [is] over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear:

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`Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

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Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'

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Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)

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From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.

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Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!

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