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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 18 through 21. Chapter 18 Then

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Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, How long

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till you put an end to words? Gain understanding,

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and afterward we will speak. Why are we counted

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as beasts and regarded as stupid in your sight?

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You who tear yourself in anger. Shall the earth

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be forsaken for you, or shall the rock be removed

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from its place? The light of the wicked indeed

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goes out, and the flame of his fire does not

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shine. The light is dark in his tent, and his

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lamp beside him is put out. The steps of his

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strength are shortened, and his own counsel casts

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him down. For he is cast into a net by his own

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feet, and he walks into a snare. The net takes

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him by the heel, and a snare lays hold of him.

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A noose is hidden for him on the ground, and

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a trap for him in the road. Terrors frighten

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him on every side, and drive him to his feet.

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His strength is starved, and destruction is ready

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at his side. It devours patches of his skin.

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The firstborn of death devours his limbs. He

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is uprooted from the shelter of his tent, and

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they parade him before the king of terrors. They

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dwell in his tent, who are none of his. Brimstone

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is scattered on his dwelling, his roots are dried

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out below, and his branch withers above. The

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memory of him perishes from the earth, and he

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has no name among the renowned. He is driven

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from light into darkness, and chased out of the

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world. He has neither sun nor posterity among

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his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

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Those in the west are astonished at his day,

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as those in the east are frightened. Surely such

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are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is

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the place of him who does not know God. Chapter

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19 Then Job answered and said, How long will

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you torment my soul and break me in pieces with

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words? These ten times you have reproached me.

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You are not ashamed that you have wronged me.

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And if indeed I have erred, my error remains

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with me. If indeed you exalt yourselves against

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me and plead my disgrace against me, know then

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that God has wronged me and has surrounded me

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with his net. If I cry out concerning wrong,

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I am not heard. If I cry aloud, there is no justice.

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He has fenced up my way so that I cannot pass,

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and he has set darkness in my path. He has stripped

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me of my glory and taken the crown from my head.

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He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone.

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My hope he has uprooted like a tree. He has also

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kindled his wrath against me, and he counts me

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as one of his enemies. His troops come together

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and build up their road against me. They encamp

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all around my tent. He has removed my brothers

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far from me, and my acquaintances are completely

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estranged from me. My relatives have failed,

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and my close friends have forgotten me. Those

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who dwell in my house and my maidservants count

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me as a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.

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I call my servant, but he gives no answer. I

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beg him with my mouth. My breath is offensive

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to my wife, and I am repulsive to the children

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of my own body. Even young children despise me.

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I arise and they speak against me. All my close

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friends abhor me, and those whom I love have

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turned against me. My bone clings to my skin

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and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin

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of my teeth. Have pity on me, have pity on me,

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O you my friends, for the hand of God has struck

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me. Why do you persecute me as God does, and

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are not satisfied with my flesh? O that my words

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were written, O that they were inscribed in a

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book, that they were engraved on a rock with

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an iron pen and lead forever. for i know that

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my redeemer lives and he shall stand at last

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on the earth and after my skin is destroyed this

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i know that in my flesh i shall see god whom

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i shall see for myself and my eyes shall behold

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and not another how my heart yearns within me

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if you should say how shall we persecute him

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since the root of the matter is found in me Be

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afraid of the sword for yourselves, for wrath

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brings the punishment of the sword, that you

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may know there is a judgment. Chapter 20 that

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the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the

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joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment? Though

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his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens, and

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his head reaches to the clouds, yet he will perish

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forever, like his own refuse. Those who have

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seen him will say, Where is he? He will fly away

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like a dream, and not be found. Yes, he will

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be chased away like a vision of the night. The

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eye that saw him will see him no more, nor will

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his place behold him any more. His children will

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seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will

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restore his wealth. His bones are full of his

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youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him

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in the dust. Though evil is sweet in his mouth,

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and he hides it under his tongue, though he spares

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it and does not forsake it, but still keeps it

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in his mouth. Yet his food in his stomach turns

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sour. It becomes cobra venom within him. He swallows

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down riches and vomits them up again. god casts

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them out of his belly he will suck the poison

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of cobras the viper's tongue will slay him he

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will not see the streams the rivers flowing with

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honey and cream he will restore that for which

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he labored and will not swallow it down from

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the proceeds of business he will get no enjoyment

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for he has oppressed and forsaken the poor he

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has violently seized the house which he did not

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build Because he knows no quietness in his heart,

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he will not save anything he desires. Nothing

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is left for him to eat. Therefore his well -being

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will not last. In his self -sufficiency he will

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be in distress. Every hand of misery will come

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against him. When he is about to fill his stomach,

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God will cast on him the fury of his wrath and

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will rain it on him while he is eating. He will

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flee from the iron weapon. A bronze bow will

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pierce him through. It is drawn and comes out

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of the body. Yes, the glittering point comes

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out of his gall. Terrors come upon him. Total

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darkness is reserved for his treasures. An unfanned

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fire will consume him. It shall go ill with him

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who is left in his tent. The heavens will reveal

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his iniquity and the earth will rise up against

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him. The increase of his house will depart and

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his goods will flow away in the day of his wrath.

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This is the portion from God for a wicked man.

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the heritage appointed to him by God. Then Job

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answered and said, Listen carefully to my speech,

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and let this be your consolation. Bear with me

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that I may speak, and after I have spoken, keep

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mocking. As for me, is my complaint against man?

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And if it were, why should I not be impatient?

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Look at me and be astonished. Put your hand over

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your mouth. Even when I remember, I am terrified,

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and trembling takes hold of my flesh. Why do

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the wicked live and become old, yes, become mighty

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in power? Their descendants are established with

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them in their sight, and their offspring before

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their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear,

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neither is the rod of God upon them. Their bull

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breathes without failure, their cow calves without

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miscarriage. They send forth their little ones

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like a flock, and their children dance. They

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sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice

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to the sound of the flute. They spend their days

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in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

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Yet they say to God, Depart from us, for we do

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not desire the knowledge of your ways. Who is

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the Almighty that we should serve him? And what

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profit do we have if we pray to him? Indeed,

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their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel

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of the wicked is far from me. How often is the

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lamp of the wicked put out? How often does their

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destruction come upon them, the sorrows God distributes

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in his anger? They are like straw before the

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wind, and like chaff that a storm carries away.

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They say, God lays up one's iniquity for his

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children. Let him recompense him, that he may

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know it. Let his eyes see his destruction, and

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let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. For

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what does he care about his household after him,

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when the number of his month is cut in half?

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Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges

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those on high? One dies in his full strength,

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being wholly at ease and secure. His pails are

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full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is

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moist. Another man dies in the bitterness of

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his soul, never having eaten with pleasure. They

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lie down alike in the dust, and worms cover them.

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Look, I know your thoughts, and the schemes with

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which you would wrong me. For you say, Where

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is the house of the prince? And where is the

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tent, the dwelling place of the wicked? Have

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you not asked those who travel the road? And

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do you not know their signs? For the wicked are

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reserved for the day of doom. They shall be brought

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out on a day of wrath. Who condemns his way to

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his face? And who repays him for what he has

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done? Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and

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a vigil kept over the tomb. The clods of the

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valley shall be sweet to him. Everyone shall

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follow him. as countless have gone before him.

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How then can you comfort me with empty words,

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since falsehood remains in your answers? 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.