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# Chapter 33
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1 “But now, hear my speech, O Job,
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and listen to all my words.
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2 Behold, I open my mouth;
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the tongue in my mouth speaks.
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3 My words declare the uprightness of my heart,
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and what my lips know they speak sincerely.
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4 The Spirit of God has made me,
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and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
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5 Answer me, if you can;
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set your words in order before me; take your stand.
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6 Behold, I am toward God as you are;
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I too was pinched off from a piece of clay.
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7 Behold, no fear of me need terrify you;
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my pressure will not be heavy upon you.
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8 “Surely you have spoken in my ears,
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and I have heard the sound of your words.
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9 You say, ‘I am pure, without transgression;
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I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.
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10 Behold, he finds occasions against me,
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he counts me as his enemy,
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11 he puts my feet in the stocks
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and watches all my paths.’
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12 “Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you,
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for God is greater than man.
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13 Why do you contend against him,
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saying, ‘He will answer none of man's words’?
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14 For God speaks in one way,
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and in two, though man does not perceive it.
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15 In a dream, in a vision of the night,
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when deep sleep falls on men,
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while they slumber on their beds,
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16 then he opens the ears of men
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and terrifies them with warnings,
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17 that he may turn man aside from his deed
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and conceal pride from a man;
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18 he keeps back his soul from the pit,
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his life from perishing by the sword.
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19 “Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed
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and with continual strife in his bones,
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20 so that his life loathes bread,
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and his appetite the choicest food.
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21 His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
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and his bones that were not seen stick out.
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22 His soul draws near the pit,
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and his life to those who bring death.
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23 If there be for him an angel,
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a mediator, one of the thousand,
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to declare to man what is right for him,
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24 and he is merciful to him, and says,
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‘Deliver him from going down into the pit;
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I have found a ransom;
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25 let his flesh become fresh with youth;
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let him return to the days of his youthful vigor’;
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26 then man prays to God, and he accepts him;
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he sees his face with a shout of joy,
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and he restores to man his righteousness.
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27 He sings before men and says:
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‘I sinned and perverted what was right,
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and it was not repaid to me.
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28 He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit,
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and my life shall look upon the light.’
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29 “Behold, God does all these things,
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twice, three times, with a man,
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30 to bring back his soul from the pit,
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that he may be lighted with the light of life.
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31 Pay attention, O Job, listen to me;
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be silent, and I will speak.
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32 If you have any words, answer me;
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speak, for I desire to justify you.
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33 If not, listen to me;
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be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.” |