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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's reading is from the book of

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Job, chapters 5 through 8. Chapter 5 Call out

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now, is there anyone who will answer you? And

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to which of the holy ones will you turn? For

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wrath kills a foolish man, and envy slays a simple

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one. I have seen the foolish take root, but suddenly

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I cursed his dwelling place. they are crushed

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in the gate and there is no deliverer because

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the hungry eat up his harvest taking it even

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from the thorns and a snare snatches their substance

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for affliction does not come from the dust nor

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does trouble spring from the ground yet man is

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born to trouble as the sparks fly upward but

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as for me i would seek god and to god i would

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commit my cause who does great things and unsearchable

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marvellous things without number he gives rain

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on the earth and sends waters on the fields he

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sets on high those who are lowly and those who

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mourn are lifted to safety he frustrates the

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devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot

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carry out their plans he catches the wise in

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their own craftiness and the counsel of the cunning

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comes quickly upon them they meet with darkness

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in the daytime and grope at noontime as in the

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night but he saves the needy from the sword from

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the mouth of the mighty and from their hand So

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the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

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Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore

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do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

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For he bruises, but he binds up. He wounds, but

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his hands make whole. He shall deliver you in

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six troubles. Yes, in seven no evil shall touch

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you. In famine he shall redeem you from death,

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and in war from the power of the sword. You shall

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be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and

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you shall not be afraid of destruction when it

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comes. you shall laugh at destruction and famine

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and you shall not be afraid of the beasts of

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the earth for you shall have a covenant with

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the stones of the field and the beasts of the

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field shall be at peace with you you shall know

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that your tent is in peace you shall visit your

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dwelling and find nothing amiss you shall also

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know that your descendants shall be many and

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your offspring like the grass of the earth you

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shall come to the grave at a full age as a sheaf

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of grain ripens in its season Behold, this we

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have searched out. It is true. Hear it and know

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for yourself. Chapter 6 Then Job answered and

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said, O that my grief were fully weighed, and

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my calamity laid with it on the scales! For then

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it would be heavier than the sand of the sea.

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Therefore my words have been rash. For the arrows

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of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks

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in their poison. The terrors of God are arrayed

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against me. Does the wild donkey bray when it

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has grass, or does the ox low over its fodder?

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Can flavorless food be eaten without salt, or

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is there any taste in the white of an egg? My

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soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome

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food to me. Oh, that I might have my request,

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that God would grant me the thing that I long

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for, that it would please God to crush me, that

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he would loose his hand and cut me off. then

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i would still have comfort though in anguish

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i would exalt he will not spare for i have not

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concealed the words of the holy one what strength

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do i have that i should hope and what is my end

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that i should prolong my life is my strength

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the strength of stones or is my flesh bronze

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is my help not within me and is success driven

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from me to him who is afflicted kindness should

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be shown by his friend even though he forsakes

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the fear of the Almighty. My brothers have dealt

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deceitfully like a brook, like the streams of

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the brooks that pass away, which are dark because

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of the ice, and into which the snow vanishes.

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When it is warm, they cease to flow. When it

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is hot, they vanish from their place. The paths

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of their way turn aside. They go nowhere and

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perish. The caravans of Tema look. The travelers

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of Sheba hope for them. They are disappointed

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because they were confident. They come there

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and are confused. For now you are nothing. You

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see terror and are afraid. Did I ever say, bring

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something to me? Or offer a bribe for me from

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your wealth? Or deliver me from the enemy's hand?

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Or redeem me from the hand of oppressors? Teach

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me and I will hold my tongue. Cause me to understand

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wherein I have erred. How forceful are right

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words! But what does your arguing prove? Chapter

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7 Is there not a time of hard service for man

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on earth? Are not his days also like the days

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of a hired man, like a servant who earnestly

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desires the shade, and like a hired man who eagerly

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looks for his wages? So I have been allotted

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month of futility, and wearisome nights have

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been appointed to me. When I lie down, I say,

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When shall I arise, and the night be ended? For

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I have had my fill of tossing till dawn. my flesh

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is caked with worms and dust my skin is cracked

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and breaks out afresh my days are swifter than

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a weaver's shuttle and are spent without hope

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o remember that my life is a breath my eye will

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never again see good the eye of him who sees

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me will see me no more while your eyes are upon

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me i shall no longer be as the cloud disappears

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and vanishes away so he who goes down to the

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grave does not come up He shall never return

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to his house, nor shall his place know him any

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more. Therefore I will not restrain my mouth.

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I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will

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complain in the bitterness of my soul. Am I a

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sea or a sea serpent that you set a guard over

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me? When I say my bed will comfort me, my couch

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will ease my complaint. Then you scare me with

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dreams and terrify me with visions, so that my

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soul chooses strangling and death rather than

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my body. I loathe my life. I would not live forever.

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Let me alone, for my days are but a breath. What

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is man that you should exalt him, that you should

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set your heart on him, that you should visit

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him every morning and test him every moment?

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How long? Will you not look away from me and

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let me alone till I swallow my saliva? Have I

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sinned? What have I done to you, O watcher of

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men? why have you set me as your target so that

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i am a burden to myself why then do you not pardon

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my transgression and take away my iniquity for

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now i will lie down in the dust and you will

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seek me diligently but i will no longer be chapter

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eight then bildad the shuhite answered and said

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How long will you speak these things, and the

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words of your mouth be like a strong wind? Does

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God subvert judgment, or does the Almighty pervert

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justice? If your sons have sinned against Him,

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He has cast them away for their transgression.

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If you would earnestly seek God and make your

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supplication to the Almighty, if you were pure

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and upright, surely now He would awake for you

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and prosper your rightful dwelling place. Though

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your beginning was small, yet your latter end

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would increase abundantly. For inquire, please,

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of the former age, and consider the things discovered

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by their fathers. For we were born yesterday

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and know nothing, because our days on earth are

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a shadow. Will they not teach you and tell you

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and utter words from their heart? Can the papyrus

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grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish

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without water? While it is yet green and not

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cut down, it withers before any other plant.

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So are the paths of all who forget God, and the

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hope of the hypocrite shall perish, whose confidence

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shall be cut off, and whose trust is a spider's

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web. He leans on his house, but it does not stand.

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He holds it fast, but it does not endure. He

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grows green in the sun, and his branches spread

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out in his garden. His roots wrap around the

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rock heap and look for a place in the stones.

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If he is destroyed from his place, then it will

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deny him, saying, I have not seen you. I hope

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you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did.

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And I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow

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to continue on our journey. God bless you and

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have a great day.