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# Chapter 40
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1. Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said:
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2. "Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct _Him?_
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He who rebukes God, let him answer it."Job's Response to God
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3. Then Job answered the Lord and said:
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4. "Behold, I am vile;
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What shall I answer You?
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I lay my hand over my mouth.
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5. Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
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Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."God's Challenge to Job
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6. Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
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7. "Now prepare yourself like a man;
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I will question you, and you shall answer Me:
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8. "Would you indeed annul My judgment?
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Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
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9. Have you an arm like God?
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Or can you thunder with a voice like His?
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10. Then adorn yourself _with_ majesty and splendor,
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And array yourself with glory and beauty.
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11. Disperse the rage of your wrath;
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Look on everyone _who is_ proud, and humble him.
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12. Look on everyone _who is_ proud, _and_ bring him low;
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Tread down the wicked in their place.
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13. Hide them in the dust together,
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Bind their faces in hidden _darkness._
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14. Then I will also confess to you
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That your own right hand can save you.
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15. "Look now at the behemoth, which I made _along_ with you;
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He eats grass like an ox.
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16. See now, his strength _is_ in his hips,
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And his power _is_ in his stomach muscles.
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17. He moves his tail like a cedar;
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The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
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18. His bones _are like_ beams of bronze,
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His ribs like bars of iron.
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19. He _is_ the first of the ways of God;
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Only He who made him can bring near His sword.
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20. Surely the mountains yield food for him,
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And all the beasts of the field play there.
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21. He lies under the lotus trees,
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In a covert of reeds and marsh.
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22. The lotus trees cover him _with_ their shade;
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The willows by the brook surround him.
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23. Indeed the river may rage,
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_Yet_ he is not disturbed;
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He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,
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24. _Though_ he takes it in his eyes,
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_Or_ one pierces _his_ nose with a snare.
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