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| 1 Then Job answered and said, |
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2 Of a truth I know that it is so:
But how can man be just with God?
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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 be pleased to contend with him,
He cannot answer him one question of a thousand.
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4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength:
Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
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5 Him that removeth mountains, and they know it not,
When he overturneth them in his anger;
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6 That shaketh the earth out of its place,
And the pillars thereof tremble;
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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 That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not,
And sealeth up the stars;
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8 That alone stretcheth out the heavens,
And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;
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9 That maketh Ursa Major, Orion, and the Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south;
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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 That doeth great things past finding out,
Yes, marvellous things without number.
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11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not:
He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
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12 Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can hinder him?
Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
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13 God will not withdraw his anger;
The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.
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14 How much less shall I answer him,
And choose out my words to reason 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,
Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
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17 For he breaketh me with a tempest,
And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
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18 He will not suffer me to take my breath,
But filleth me with bitterness.
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19 If we speak of strength, lo, he is mighty!
And if of justice, Who, saith he, will summon me?
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20 Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me:
Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
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21 I am perfect; I regard not mine own soul;
I despise my life.
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22 It is all one; therefore I say,
He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
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23 If the scourge slay suddenly,
He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
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24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
He covereth the faces of the judges thereof:
If it be not he, who then is it?
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25 Now my days are swifter than a post:
They flee away, they see no good.
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26 They are passed away as the swift ships;
As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
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27 If I say, I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer;
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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 I shall be condemned;
Why then do I labor in vain?
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30 If I wash myself with snow water,
And make my hands never so clean;
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31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch,
And mine own clothes shall 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 no umpire betwixt us,
That might lay his hand upon us both.
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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 would I speak, and not fear him;
For I am not so in myself. |
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