Job 33
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Nevertheless, Job, I pray you, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.
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Behold now, I have opened my mouth; My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
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My words [shall utter] the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they
shall speak sincerely.
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The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
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If you can, answer you me; Set [your words] in order before me, stand forth.
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Behold, I am toward God even as you are: I also am formed out of the clay.
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Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon
you.
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Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice of [your] words,
[saying],
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I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:
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Behold, he finds occasions against me, He counts me for his enemy:
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He puts my feet in the stocks, He marks all my paths.
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Behold, I will answer you, in this you are not just; For God is greater than man.
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Why do you strive against him, For that he gives not account of any of his matters?
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For God speaks once, Yea twice, [though man] regards it not.
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In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls upon men, In slumberings
upon the bed;
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Then he opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction,
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That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, And hide pride from man;
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He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.
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He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;
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So that his life abhors bread, And his soul dainty food.
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His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen
stick out.
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Yea, his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to the destroyers.
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If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show to man
what is right for him;
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Then [God] is gracious to him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I
have found a ransom.
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His flesh shall be fresher than a child`s; He returns to the days of his youth.
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He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, So that he sees his face with joy: And
he restores to man his righteousness.
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He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right,
And it profited me not:
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He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
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Behold, all these things does God work, Twice, [yea] thrice, with a man,
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To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of
the living.
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Mark well, O Job, hearken to me: Hold your peace, and I will speak.
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If you have anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify you.
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If not, hearken you to me: Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.