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| 1 And Job answered and said, |
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| 2 Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with *God? |
How should man – The court of heaven has regulations and ceremonies of respect to gain an audience with the King of kings. R1864:5
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| 3 If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand. |
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| 4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace? |
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| 5 Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger; |
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| 6 Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble; |
Shaketh the earth – Shaking of the pillars of the present social structure in the coming time of trouble. R1813:2
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| 7 Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars; |
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| 8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea; |
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| 9 Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south; |
Which maketh – He needed the assistance of the one who was able to create the earth and the heavens. R3424:4
By their numberless multitude, orderly grouping, continual yet never conflicting movements, perfect harmony and magnitude and mutual benign influence, do the shining host of heaven declare the glory of God. R1391:1
And Pleiades – The probable seat of divine empire. D653
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| 10 Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number. |
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| 11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not. |
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| 12 Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou? |
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| 13 +God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him: |
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| 14 How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words to strive with him? |
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| 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge. |
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| 16 If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, -- |
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| 17 He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. |
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| 18 He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses. |
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| 19 Be it a question of strength, lo, he is strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time? |
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| 20 If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse. |
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| 21 Were I perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. |
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| 22 It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. |
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| 23 If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent. |
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| 24 The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked man; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it? |
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| 25 And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good. |
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| 26 They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey. |
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| 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance, and brighten up, |
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| 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. |
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| 29 Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain? |
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| 30 If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity, |
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| 31 Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me. |
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| 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment. |
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| 33 There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both. |
Any daysman – An expression on Job's part of his need of a mediator between God and himself. R1506:1, R5402:1
Our Lord Jesus, the appointed "daysman" said: "No man cometh unto the Father but by me." (John 14:6) R1864:6
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| 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid, |
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| 35 Then I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. |
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