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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 27 through 31. Chapter 27 Moreover,

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Job continued his discourse and said, As God

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lives, who has taken away my justice, and the

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Almighty who has made my soul bitter, as long

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as my breath is in me, and the breath of God

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in my nostrils. My lips will not speak wickedness,

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nor my tongue utter deceit, far be it from me,

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that I should say you are right. Till I die,

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I will not put away my integrity from me. My

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righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it

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go. My heart shall not reproach me as long as

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I live. May my enemy be like the wicked, and

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he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.

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For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though

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he may gain much, if God takes away his life?

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Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon

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him? Will he delight himself in the Almighty?

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Will he always call on God? I will teach you

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about the hand of God. What is with the Almighty

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I will not conceal. Surely all of you have seen

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it. Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?

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This is the portion of a wicked man with God

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and the heritage of oppressors received from

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the Almighty. If his children are multiplied,

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it is for the sword. and his offspring shall

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not be satisfied with bread. Those who survive

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him shall be buried in death, and their widows

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shall not weep. Though he heaps up silver like

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dust, and piles up clothing like clay, he may

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pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the

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innocent will divide the silver. He builds his

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house like a moth, like a booth which a watchman

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makes. The rich man will lie down, but not be

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gathered up. He opens his eyes, and he is no

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more. Terrors overtake him like a flood. A tempest

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steals him away in the night. The east wind carries

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him away and he is gone. It sweeps him out of

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his place. It hurls against him and does not

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spare. He flees desperately from its power. Men

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shall clap their hands at him and shall hiss

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him out of his place. Surely there is a mine

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for silver and a place where gold is refined.

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Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted

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from ore. Man puts an end to darkness, and searches

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every recess for ore in the darkness and the

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shadow of death. He breaks open a shaft away

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from people, in places forgotten by feet. They

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hang far away from men, they swing to and fro.

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As for the earth, from it comes bread, but underneath

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it is turned up as by fire. Its stones are the

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source of sapphires, and it contains gold dust.

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That path no bird knows, nor has the falcon's

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eye seen it. The proud lions have not trodden

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it, nor has the fierce lion passed over it. He

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puts his hand on the flint, he overturns the

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mountains at the roots. He cuts out channels

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in the rocks, and his eye sees every precious

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thing. He dams up the streams from trickling.

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What is hidden he brings forth to light. But

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where can wisdom be found? And where is the place

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of understanding? Man does not know its value,

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nor is it found in the land of the living. The

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deep says, It is not in me, and the sea says,

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It is not with me. It cannot be purchased for

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gold, nor can silver be weighed for its price.

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It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in

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precious onyx or sapphire. Neither gold nor crystal

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can equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewelry

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of fine gold. No mansion shall be made of coral

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or quartz. for the price of wisdom is above rubies

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the topaz of ethiopia cannot equal it nor can

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it be valued in pure gold from where then does

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wisdom come and where is the place of understanding

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it is hidden from the eyes of all living and

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concealed from the birds of the air destruction

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and death say we have heard a report about it

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with our ears god understands its way and he

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knows its place For he looks to the ends of the

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earth and sees under the whole heavens to establish

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a weight for the wind and apportion the waters

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by measure. When he made a law for the rain and

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a path for the thunderbolt, then he saw wisdom

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and declared it. He prepared it indeed, he searched

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it out. And to man he said, Behold, the fear

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of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from

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evil is understanding. Chapter 29 Job further

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continued his discourse and said, and the rock

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poured out rivers of oil for me when i went out

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to the gate by the city when i took my seat in

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the open square the young men saw me and hid

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and the aged arose and stood the princes refrained

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from talking and put their hand on their mouth

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the voice of nobles was hushed and their tongue

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stuck to the roof of their mouth when the ear

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heard then it blessed me and when the eye saw

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then it approved me because i delivered the poor

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who cried out the fatherless and the one who

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had no helper the blessing of a perishing man

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came upon me and i caused the widow's heart to

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sing for joy i put on righteousness and it clothed

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me my justice was like a robe and a turban i

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was eyes to the blind and i was feet to the lame

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i was a father to the poor and i searched out

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the case that i did not know i broke the fangs

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of the wicked and plucked the victim from his

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teeth then i said i shall die in my nest and

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multiply my days as the sand my root is spread

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out to the waters and the dew lies all night

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on my branch my glory is fresh within me and

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my bow is renewed in my hand men listened to

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me and waited and kept silence for my counsel

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after my words they did not speak again and my

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speech settled on them as due they waited for

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me as for the rain and they opened their mouths

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wide as for the spring rain if i mocked at them

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they did not believe it in the light of my countenance

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they did not cast down i chose the way for them

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and sat as chief so i dwelt as a king in the

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army as one who comforts mourners chapter thirty

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but now they mock at me men younger than i whose

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fathers i disdained to put with the dogs of my

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flock indeed what profit is the strength of their

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hands to me their vigor has perished they are

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gaunt from want and famine fleeing late to the

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wilderness desolate and waste and the rocks.

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Among the bushes they brayed, under the nettles

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they nestled. They were sons of fools, yes, sons

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of vile men. They were scourged from the land.

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And now I am their taunting song, yes, I am their

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byword. They abhor me, they keep far from me.

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They do not hesitate to spit in my face, because

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he has loosed my bowstring and afflicted me.

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They have cast off restraint before me. At my

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right hand the rabble arises. They push away

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my feet, and they raise against me their ways

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of destruction. They break up my path. They promote

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my calamity. They have no helper. They come as

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broad breakers. Under the ruinous storm they

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roll along. Terrors are turned upon me. They

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pursue my honor as the wind. And my prosperity

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has passed like a cloud. And now my soul is poured

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out because of my plight. The days of affliction

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take hold of me. My bones are pierced in me at

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night, and my gnawing pains take no rest. By

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great force my garment is disfigured. It binds

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me about as the collar of my coat. He has cast

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me into the mire, and I have become like dust

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and ashes. I cry out to you, but you do not answer

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me. I stand up, and you regard me. But you have

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become cruel to me. With the strength of your

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hand, you oppose me. you lift me up to the wind

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and cause me to ride on it you spoil my success

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for i know that you will bring me to death and

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to the house appointed for all living surely

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he would not stretch out his hand against a heap

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of ruins if they cry out when he destroys it

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have i not wept for him who was in trouble has

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not my soul grieved for the poor but when i looked

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for good evil came to me and when i waited for

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light then came darkness My heart is in turmoil

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and cannot rest. Days of affliction confront

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me. I go about mourning, but not in the sun.

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I stand up in assembly and cry out for help.

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I am a brother of jackals and a companion of

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ostriches. My skin grows black and falls from

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me. My bones burn with fever. My harp is turned

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to mourning and my flute to the voice of those

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who weep. Chapter 31 I have made a covenant with

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my eyes. Why then should I look upon a young

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woman? For what is the allotment of God from

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above and the inheritance of the Almighty from

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on high? Is it not destruction for the wicked

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and disaster for the workers of iniquity? Does

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he not see my ways and count all my steps? If

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I have walked with falsehood or if my foot has

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hastened to deceit, let me be weighed on honest

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scales, that God may know my integrity. If my

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step has turned from the way, or my heart walked

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after my eyes, or if any spot adheres to my hands,

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then let me sow and another eat. Yes, let my

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harvest be rooted out. If my heart has been enticed

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by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's

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door, then let my wife grind for another, and

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let others bow down over her, for that would

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be wickedness. Yes, it would be iniquity deserving

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of judgment, for that would be a fire that consumes

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to destruction and would root out all my increase.

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If I have despised the cause of my male or female

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servant, when they complained against me, what

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then shall I do when God rises up? When he punishes,

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how shall I answer him? Did not he who made me

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in the womb make them? Did not the same one fashion

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us in the womb? If I have kept the poor from

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their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow

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to fail, or eaten my morsel by myself, so that

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the fatherless could not eat of it, but from

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my youth I reared him as a father, and from my

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mother's womb I guided the widow, if I have seen

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anyone perish for lack of clothing, or any poor

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man without covering, if his heart has not blessed

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me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece

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of my sheep, If I have raised my hand against

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the fatherless, when I saw I had help in the

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gate, then let my arm fall from my shoulder.

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Let my arm be torn from the socket, for destruction

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from God is a terror to me, and because of his

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magnificence I cannot endure. If I have made

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gold my hope, or said to fine gold, you are my

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confidence. If I have rejoiced because my wealth

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was great, and because my hand had gained much,

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If I have observed the sun when it shines or

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the moon moving in brightness so that my heart

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has been secretly enticed and my mouth has kissed

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my hand, this also would be an iniquity deserving

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of judgment, for I would have denied God who

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is above. If I have rejoiced at the destruction

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of him who hated me or lifted myself up when

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evil found him, indeed I have not allowed my

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mouth to sin by asking for a curse on his soul.

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If the men of my tent have not said, Who is there

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that has not been satisfied with his meat? But

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no sojourner had to lodge in the street, for

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I have opened my doors to the traveller. If I

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have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding

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my iniquity in my bosom, because I feared the

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great multitude, and dreaded the contempt of

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families, so that I kept silence, and did not

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go out of the door, O that I had one to hear

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me! Here is my mark. O that the Almighty would

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answer me, that my prosecutor had written a book.

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Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and bind

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it on me like a crown. I would declare to him

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the number of my steps, like a prince I would

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approach him. If my land cries out against me,

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and its furrows weep together, if I have eaten

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its fruit without money, or caused its owners

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to lose their lives, then let thistles grow instead

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of wheat. and weeds instead of barley. The words

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of Job are ended. 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.