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| 1 Then Job answered and said, |
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2 Oh that my vexation were but weighed,
And all my calamity laid in the balances!
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3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas:
Therefore have my words been rash.
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4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up:
The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
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5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass?
Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
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6 Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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7 My soul refuseth to touch them;
They are as loathsome food to me.
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8 Oh that I might have my request;
And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
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9 Even that it would please God to crush me;
That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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10 And be it still my consolation,
Yes, let me exult in pain that spareth not,
That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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11 What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is mine end, that I should prolong my soul?
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12 Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh of copper?
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13 Is it not that I have no help in me,
And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
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14 To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend;
Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
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15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook,
As the channel of brooks that pass away;
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16 Which are black by reason of the ice,
And wherein the snow hideth itself:
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17 What time they wax warm, they vanish;
When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
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18 The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside;
They go up into the waste, and perish.
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19 The caravans of Tema looked,
The companies of Sheba waited for them.
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20 They were put to shame because they had hoped;
They came thither, and were confounded.
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21 For now ye are nothing;
Ye see a terror, and are afraid.
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22 Did I say, Give unto me?
Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?
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23 Or, Deliver me from the adversary’s hand?
Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
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24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace;
And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
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25 How forcible are words of uprightness!
But your reproof, what doth it reprove?
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26 Do ye think to reprove words,
Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?
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27 Yes, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless,
And make merchandise of your friend.
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28 Now therefore be pleased to look upon me;
For surely I shall not lie to your face.
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29 Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice;
Yes, return again, my cause is righteous.
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30 Is there injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my taste discern mischievous things? |
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