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Job 21

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And Job answereth and saith: --

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Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.

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Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking -- ye may deride.

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I -- to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?

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Turn unto me, and be astonished, And put hand to mouth.

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Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.

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Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.

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Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.

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Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them.

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His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.

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They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,

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They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.

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They wear out in good their days, And in a moment [to] Sheol go down.

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And they say to God, `Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.

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What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'

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Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

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How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

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They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

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God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him -- and he knoweth.

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His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.

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For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?

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To God doth [one] teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge?

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This [one] dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.

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His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.

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And this [one] dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

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Together -- on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.

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Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.

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For ye say, `Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent -- The tabernacles of the wicked?'

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Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?

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That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.

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Who doth declare to his face his way? And [for] that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?

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And he -- to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept.

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Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.

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And how do ye comfort me [with] vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?

Job 22

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And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

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To God is a man profitable, Because a wise man to himself is profitable?

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Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?

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Because of thy reverence Doth He reason [with] thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:

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Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.

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For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

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Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

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As to the man of arm -- he hath the earth, And the accepted of face -- he dwelleth in it.

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Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

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Therefore round about thee [are] snares, And trouble thee doth fear suddenly.

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Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

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Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.

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And thou hast said, `What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

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Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

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The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?

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Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.

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Those saying to God, `Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?

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And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

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See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,

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`Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'

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Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good.

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Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.

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If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.

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So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.

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And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.

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For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,

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Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.

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And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.

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For they have made low, And thou sayest, `Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.

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He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.

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