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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today, we'll begin the book of Job,

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and today's reading will be chapters 1 through

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4. Chapter 1. There was a man in the land of

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Uz, whose name was Job. And that man was blameless

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and upright, and one who feared God and shunned

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evil. And seven sons and three daughters were

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born to him. Also his possessions were seven

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thousand sheep. three thousand camels, five hundred

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yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and

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a very large household, so that this man was

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the greatest of all the people of the east. And

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his sons would go and feast in their houses,

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each one on his appointed day, and would send

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and invite their three sisters to eat and drink

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with them. So it was, when the days of feasting

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had run their course, that Job would send and

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sanctify them, and he would rise early in the

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morning and offer burnt offerings according to

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the number of them all. For Job said, It may

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be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in

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their hearts. Thus Job did regularly. Now there

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was a day when the sons of God came to present

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themselves before God, and Satan also came among

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them. And the Lord said to Satan, From where

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do you come? So Satan answered the Lord and said,

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From going to and fro on the earth, and from

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walking back and forth on it. Then the Lord said

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to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job,

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that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless

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and upright man, one who fears God and shuns

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evil? So Satan answered the Lord and said, Does

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Job fear God for nothing? Have you not made a

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hedge around him, around his household, and around

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all that he has on every side? You have blessed

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the work of his hands, and his possessions have

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increased in the land. But now stretch out your

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hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely

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curse you to your face. And the Lord said to

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Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power.

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Only do not lay a hand on his person. So Satan

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went out from the presence of the Lord. Now there

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was a day when his sons and daughters were eating

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and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house.

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And a messenger came to Job and said, The oxen

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were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

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when the Sabians raided them and took them away.

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Indeed, they have killed the servants with the

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edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to

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tell you. While he was still speaking, another

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also came and said, The fire of God fell from

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heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants,

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and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to

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tell you. While he was still speaking, another

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also came and said, The Chaldeans formed three

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bands. raided the camels and took them away,

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yes, and killed the servants with the edge of

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the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.

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While he was still speaking, another also came

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and said, Your sons and daughters were eating

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and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,

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and suddenly a great wind came from across the

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wilderness and struck the four corners of the

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house, and it fell on the young people, and they

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are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.

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Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his

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head, and he fell to the ground and worshipped.

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And he said, Naked I came from my mother's womb,

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and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave,

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and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name

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of the Lord. In all this Job did not sin nor

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charge God with wrong. Again there was a day

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when the sons of God came to present themselves

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before the Lord, and Satan came also among them

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to present them before the Lord. And the Lord

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said to Satan, From where do you come? Satan

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answered the Lord and said, From going to and

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fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth

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on it. Then the Lord said to Satan, Have you

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considered my servant Job, that there is none

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like him on the earth, a blameless and upright

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man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still

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he holds fast to his integrity, although you

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incited me against him to destroy him without

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cause. So Satan answered the Lord and said, Skin

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for skin, yes, all that a man has he will give

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for his life. But stretch out your hand now and

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touch his bone and his flesh, and he will surely

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curse you to your face. And the Lord said to

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Satan, Behold, he is in your hand, but spare

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his life. So Satan went out from the presence

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of the Lord and struck Job. with painful boils

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from the sole of his foot to the crown of his

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head. And he took for himself a potsherd with

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which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst

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of the ashes. Then his wife said to him, Do you

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still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and

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die. But he said to her, You speak as one of

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the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept

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good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?

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In all this Job did not sin with his lips. Now

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when Job's three friends heard of all this adversity

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that had come upon him, each one came from his

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own place, Eliphaz the Temnite, Bildad the Shuhite,

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and Zophar the Nematite. For they had made an

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appointment together to come and mourn with him

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and to comfort him. And when they raised their

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eyes from afar and did not recognize him, they

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lifted their voices and wept, and each one tore

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his robe. and sprinkled dust on his head toward

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heaven so they sat down with him on the ground

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seven days and seven nights and no one spoke

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a word to him for they saw that his grief was

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very great chapter three after this job opened

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his mouth and cursed the day of his birth and

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job spoke and said may the day perish on which

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i was born and the night in which it was said

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a male child is conceived. May that day be darkness.

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May God above not seek it, nor the light shine

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upon it. May darkness and the shadow of death

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claim it. May a cloud settle on it. May the blackness

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of the day terrify it. As for that night, may

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darkness seize it. May it not rejoice among the

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days of the year. May it not come into the number

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of the month. O may that night be barren. May

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no joyful shout come into it. May those curse

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it who curse the day, those who are ready to

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arouse Leviathan. May the stars of its morning

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be dark. May it look for light but have none,

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and not see the dawning of the day, because it

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did not shut up the doors of my mother's womb,

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nor hide sorrow from my eyes. Why did I not die

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at birth? Why did I not perish when I came from

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the womb? Why did the knees receive me? Or why

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the breasts that I should nurse? For now I would

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have lain still and been quiet. I would have

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been asleep. Then I would have been at rest,

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with kings and counselors of the earth, who built

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ruins for themselves, or with princes who had

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gold, who filled their houses with silver. Or

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why was I not hidden like a stillborn child,

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like infants who never saw light? There the wicked

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cease from troubling, and there the weary are

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at rest. There the prisoners rest together, they

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do not hear the voice of the oppressor. The small

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and great are there, and the servant is free

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from his master. Why is light given to him who

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is in misery, and life to the bitter of soul?

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Who long for death, but it does not come, and

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search for it more than hidden treasures, who

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rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they can

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find the grave? Why is light given to a man whose

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way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in? For

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my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings

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pour out like water. For the thing I greatly

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feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has

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happened to me. I am not at ease, nor am I quiet.

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I have no rest, for trouble comes. Chapter 4

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Then Eliphaz the Temnite answered and said, If

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one attempts a word with you, will you become

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weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

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Surely you have instructed many, and you have

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strengthened weak hands. Your words have upheld

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him who was stumbling, and you have strengthened

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the feeble knees. But now it comes upon you,

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and you are weary. It touches you, and you are

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troubled. Is not your reverence your confidence,

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and the integrity of your ways your hope? Remember

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now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where

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were the upright ever cut off? Even as I have

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seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble

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reap the same. By the blast of God they perish,

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and by the breath of his anger they are consumed.

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The roaring of the lion, the voice of the fierce

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lion, and the teeth of the young lions are broken.

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The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the

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cubs of the lioness are scattered. Now a word

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was secretly brought to me, and my ear received

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a whisper of it. In disquieting thoughts from

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the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls

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on men, fear came upon me and trembling, which

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made all my bones shake. Then a spirit passed

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before my face. The hair on my body stood up.

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It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance.

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A form was before my eyes. There was silence.

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Then I heard a voice saying, Can a mortal be

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more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure

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than his maker? If he puts no trust in his servants,

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if he charges his angels with error, how much

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more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose

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foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before

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a moth? They are broken in pieces from morning

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till evening. They perish forever with no one

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regarding. Does not their own excellence go away?

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They die even without wisdom. I hope you enjoyed

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today's reading as much as I did and I look forward

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to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our

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journey. God bless you and have a great day.