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Then Job answered and said, |
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Even to day my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
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Oh that I knew where I might find him! I might come to his seat! |
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I would order cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. |
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I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. |
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Will he plead against me with great power? No; but he would put in me. |
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There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. |
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Behold, I go forward, but he not ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: |
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On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see : |
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But he knoweth the way that I take: he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
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My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. |
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Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary . |
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But he in one , and who can turn him? and his soul desireth, even he doeth. |
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For he performeth appointed for me: and many such with him. |
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Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. |
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For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: |
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Because I was not cut off before the darkness, hath he covered the darkness from my face. |