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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 22 through 26. Chapter 22 Then

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Eliphaz the Temnite answered and said, Can a

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man be profitable to God, though he who is wise

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may be profitable to himself? Is it any pleasure

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to the Almighty that you are righteous, or is

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it gain to him that you make your ways blameless?

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Is it because of your fear of him that he corrects

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you and enters into judgment with you? Is not

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your wickedness great and your iniquity without

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end? For you have taken pledges from your brother

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for no reason and stripped the naked of their

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clothing. You have not given the weary water

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to drink and you have withheld bread from the

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hungry. But the mighty man possessed the land

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and the honorable man dwelt in it. You have sent

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widows away empty and the strength of the fatherless

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was crushed. Therefore snares are all around

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you, and sudden fear troubles you, or darkness

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so that you cannot see, and an abundance of water

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covers you. Is not God in the height of heaven?

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And see the highest stars, how lofty they are!

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And you say, what does God know? Can he judge

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through the deep darkness? Thick clouds cover

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him, so that he cannot see, and he walks above

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the circle of heaven. Will you keep to the old

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way, which wicked men have trod? who were cut

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down before their time whose foundations were

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swept away by a flood they said to god depart

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from us what can the almighty do to them yet

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he filled their houses with good things but the

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counsel of the wicked is far from me the righteous

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see it and are glad and the innocent laugh at

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them surely our adversaries are cut down and

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the fire consumes their remnant now acquaint

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yourself with him and be at peace thereby good

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will come to you receive please instruction from

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his mouth and lay up his words in your heart

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if you return to the almighty you will be built

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up you will remove iniquity far from your tents

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then you will lay your gold in the dust and the

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gold of offer among the stones of the brooks

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yes the almighty will be your gold and your precious

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silver for then you will have your delight in

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the almighty and lift up your face to god you

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will make your prayer to him He will hear you,

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and you will pay your vows. You will also declare

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a thing, and it will be established for you.

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So light will shine on your ways when they cast

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you down, and you say, Exaltation will come.

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Then he will save the humble person. He will

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even deliver one who is not innocent. Yes, he

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will be delivered by the purity of your hands.

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Even today my complaint is bitter. My hand is

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listless because of my groaning. Oh, that I knew

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where I might find him, that I might come to

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his seat. I would present my case before him,

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and fill my mouth with arguments. I would know

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the words which he would answer me, and understand

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what he would say to me. Would he contend with

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me in his great power? No, but he would take

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note of me. There the upright could reason with

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him. and I would be delivered forever from my

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judge. Look, I go forward, but he is not there.

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I am backward, but I cannot perceive him. When

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he works on the left hand, I cannot behold him.

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When he turns to the right hand, I cannot see

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him. But he knows the way that I take. When he

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has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. My

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foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept

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his way and not turned aside. I have not departed

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from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured

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the words of his mouth more than any necessary

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food. But he is unique, and who can make him

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change? And whatever his soul desires, that he

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does. For he performs what is appointed for me,

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and many such things are with him. Therefore

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I am terrified at his presence. When I consider

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this, I am afraid of him. For God made my heart

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weak, and the Almighty terrifies me. Because

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I was not cut off from the presence of darkness,

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and he did not hide deep darkness from my face.

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Chapter 24 Since times are not hidden from the

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Almighty, why do those who know him see not his

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days? Some remove landmarks. They seize flocks

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violently and feed on them. They drive away the

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donkey of the fatherless. They take the widow's

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ox as a pledge. They push the needy off the road.

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All the poor of the land are forced to hide,

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indeed like wild donkeys in the desert. They

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go out to their work, searching for food. The

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wilderness yields food for them and for their

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children. They gather their fodder in the field

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and glean in the vineyard of the wicked. They

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spend the night naked without clothing and have

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no covering in the cold. They are wet with the

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showers of the mountains and huddle around the

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rock for want of shelter. Some snatch the fatherless

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from the breast and take a pledge from the poor.

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They cause the poor to go naked without clothing,

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and they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

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They press out oil within their walls and tread

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wine presses, yet suffer thirst. The dying groan

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in the city, and the souls of the wounded cry

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out, yet God does not charge them with wrong.

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There are those who rebel against the light.

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They do not know its ways, nor abide in its paths.

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The murderer rises with the light, he kills the

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poor and needy, and in the night he is like a

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thief. The eye of the adulterer waits for the

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twilight, saying no eye will see me, and he disguises

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his face. In the dark they break into houses,

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which they marked for themselves in the daytime.

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They do not know the light, for the morning is

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the same to them as the shadow of death. If someone

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recognizes them, they are in the terrors of the

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shadow of death. They should be swift on the

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face of the waters. Their portion should be cursed

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in the earth, so that no one would turn into

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the way of their vineyards. As drought and heat

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consume the snow waters, so the grave consumes

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those who have sinned. The womb should forget

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him. The worm should feed sweetly on him. He

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should be remembered no more, and wickedness

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should be broken like a tree. For he preys on

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the barren who do not bear and does no good for

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the widow. But God draws the mighty away with

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his power. And make my speech worth nothing.

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Chapter 25 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and

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said, Dominion and fear belong to him. He makes

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peace in his high places. Is there any number

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to his armies? Upon whom does his light not rise?

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How then can man be righteous before God? Or

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how can he be pure who is born of a woman? If

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even the moon does not shine and the stars are

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not pure in his sight, how much less man who

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is a maggot and a son of man who is a worm? Chapter

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26 But Job answered and said, How have you helped

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him who is without power? How have you saved

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the arm that has no strength? How have you counseled

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one who has no wisdom? And how have you declared

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sound advice to many? To whom have you uttered

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words, and whose spirit came from you? The dead

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tremble, those under the waters, and those inhabiting

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them. Sheol is naked before him, and destruction

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has no covering. He stretches out the north over

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empty space. He hangs the earth on nothing. He

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binds up the water in his thick clouds, yet the

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clouds are not broken under it. He covers the

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face of his throne and spreads his cloud over

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it. He drew a circular horizon on the face of

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the waters, at the boundary of light and darkness.

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The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished

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at his rebuke. He stirs up the sea with his power,

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and by his understanding he breaks up the storm.

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By his spirit he adorned the heavens, his hand

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pierced the fleeing serpent. Indeed, these are

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the mere edges of his ways, and how small a whisper

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we hear of him. But the thunder of his power,

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who can understand? I hope you enjoyed today's

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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.