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But now, Job, hear my speaking,
And give ear to all my words.
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Indeed now, I have opened my mouth;
My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
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My words
manifest 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
abreath of the Almighty has enlivened me.
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If you can, respond to me;
Arrange
your words before me; take your stand.
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Indeed, I am before God as you are;
I too was cut out of
aclay.
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So no fear of me can terrify you,
Nor can my pressure be heavy upon you.
Job 33
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You have surely spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the voice of
your words,
saying,
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I am
aclean and without transgression;
I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.
Job 33
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See, He finds occasions for hostility against me;
He considers me as His
aenemy.
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He puts my feet in
astocks;
He watches all my paths.
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However, in this you are not right, I will answer you,
For God is greater than man.
Job 33
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Why do you contend with Him,
Saying that He does not answer for any of His affairs?
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For God speaks in one way,
Indeed in two ways, without any perceiving it —
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In a
adream, a night vision,
When deep sleep falls upon men
In the slumberings upon
their beds —
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Then He opens the
aears of men
And seals up their instruction,
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That He may turn man aside
from his doing
And hide pride from man.
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He keeps his soul from the pit,
And his life from perishing by the sword.
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He is also chastened with pain upon his bed
And with continual strife in his bones,
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So that his life abhors bread,
And his soul, fancy food.
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His flesh is so consumed that it cannot be seen,
And his bones that had not been seen stick out.
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And his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life, to the destroyers.
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If there is with him an angel,
An interpreter, one of a thousand,
To declare to man what is right for him,
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Then He will be gracious to him and will say,
Redeem him from going down into the pit;
I have found a ransom.
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His flesh will be fresher than in childhood;
He will return to the days of his youth.
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He will pray to God, and He will accept him,
So that he sees His face with joyous shouting;
And
1God restores to man his righteousness.
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He will sing to men and say,
I sinned and perverted what was right,
But it was not paid back to me.
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He has
aredeemed my soul from perishing in the pit,
And my life will see the light.
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Indeed, all these things God accomplishes for a man,
Twice, even three times,
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To bring his soul back from the pit,
To enlighten
him with the
alight of the living.
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Take heed, Job; hear 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, you listen to me;
Be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.
