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| 1 And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: |
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| 2 God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty He made my soul bitter. |
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| 3 For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils. |
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| 4 My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit. |
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| 5 Pollution to me if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me. |
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| 6 On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live. |
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| 7 As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse. |
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| 8 For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off When God doth cast off his soul |
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| 9 His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him |
Will God hear – "God heareth not (the prayers of) sinners." (John 9:31) R2024:1
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| 10 On the Mighty doth he delight himself Call God at all times |
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| 11 I shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not. |
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| 12 Lo, ye all of you have seen, And why [is] this ye are altogether vain |
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| 13 This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive. |
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| 14 If his sons multiply for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread. |
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| 15 His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep. |
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| 16 If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing, |
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| 17 He prepareth and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion. |
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| 18 He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made. |
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| 19 Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not. |
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| 20 Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind. |
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| 21 Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place, |
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| 22 And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth. |
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| 23 It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place. |
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