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- And Job made answer and said,
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- Even today my outcry is bitter;
his hand is hard on my sorrow.
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- If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!
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- I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.
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- I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.
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- Would he make use of his great power to overcome me?
No, but he would give attention to me.
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- There an upright man might put his cause before him;
and I would be free for ever from my judge.
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- See, I go forward, but he is not there;
and back, but I do not see him;
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- I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him;
and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.
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- For he has knowledge of the way I take;
after I have been tested I will come out like gold.
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- My feet have gone in his steps;
I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.
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- I have never gone against the orders of his lips;
the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
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- But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it;
and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.
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- For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.
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- For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.
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- For God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all.
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- For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.
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