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- Then Job answered and said,
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- Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
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- Oh that I knew where I might find him!
That I might come even to his seat!
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- I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
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- I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.
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- Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
Nay;
but he would give heed unto me.
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- There the upright might reason with him;
So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
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- Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there];
And backward, but I cannot perceive him;
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- On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him;
He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
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- But he knoweth the way that I take;
When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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- My foot hath held fast to his steps;
His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
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- I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
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- But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him?
And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
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- For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.
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- Therefore am I terrified at his presence;
When I consider, I am afraid of him.
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- For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;
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- Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
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