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48 lines
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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.”
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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.”
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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. |