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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 38 through 41. Chapter 38 Then

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the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and

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said, Who is this who darkens counsel by words

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without knowledge? Now prepare yourself like

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a man, I will question you, and you will answer

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me. Where were you when I laid the foundations

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of the earth? tell me if you have understanding

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who determined its measurements surely you know

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or who stretched the line upon it to what were

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its foundations fastened or who laid its corner

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-stone when the morning stars sank together and

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all the sons of god shouted for joy or who shut

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in the sea with doors when it burst forth and

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issued from the womb when i made the clouds its

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garment and thick darkness its swaddling band

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when i fixed my limit for it and set bars and

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doors when i said this far you may come but no

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farther and here your proud waves must stop have

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you commanded the morning since your days began

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and caused the dawn to know its place that it

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might take hold of the ends of the earth and

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the wicked be shaken out of it it takes on form

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like clay under a seal and stands out like a

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garment. From the wicked their light is withheld,

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and the upraised arm is broken. Have you entered

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the springs of the sea, or have you walked in

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search of the depth? Have the gates of death

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been revealed to you, or have you seen the doors

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of the shadow of death? Have you comprehended

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the breadth of the earth? Tell me if you know

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all this. Where is the way to the dwelling of

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light and darkness? Where is its place, that

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you may take it to its territory, that you may

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know the paths to its home? Do you know it, because

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you were born then, or because the number of

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your days is great? Have you entered the treasury

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of snow, or have you seen the treasury of hail,

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which I have reserved for the time of trouble,

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for the day of battle and war? By what way is

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light diffused, or the east wind scattered over

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the earth? Who has divided a channel for the

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overflowing water, or a path for the thunderbolt,

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to cause it to rain on a land where there is

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no one, a wilderness in which there is no man,

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to satisfy the desolate waste, and cause to spring

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forth the growth of tender grass? Has the rain

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a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

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From whose womb comes the ice? And the frost

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of heaven, who gives it birth? The waters harden

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like stone, and the surface of the deep is frozen.

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Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or

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loose the belt of Orion? Can you bring out Maserat

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in its season, or can you guide the great bear

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with its cubs? Do you know the ordinances of

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the heavens? Can you set their dominion over

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the earth? Can you lift up your voice to the

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clouds, that an abundance of water may cover

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you? Can you send out lightnings, that they may

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go and say to you, Here we are. Who has put wisdom

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in the mind? Or who has given understanding to

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the heart? Who can number the clouds by wisdom?

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Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven when

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the dust hardens in clumps and the clods cling

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together? Can you hunt the prey for the lion

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or satisfy the appetite of the young lions when

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they crouch in their dens or lurk in their lairs

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to lie in wait? Who provides food for the raven?

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when its young ones cry to God and wander about

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for lack of food. Chapter 39 Do you know the

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time when the wild mountain goats bear young?

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Or can you mark when a deer gives birth? Can

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you number the month that they fulfill? Or do

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you know the time when they bear young? They

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bow down, they bring forth their young, they

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deliver their offspring. Their young ones are

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healthy. They grow strong with grain, they depart

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and do not return to them. Who set the wild donkey

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free? Who loosed the bonds of the onager? Whose

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home I have made the wilderness, and the barren

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land his dwelling? He scorns the tumult of the

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city, he does not heed the shouts of the driver.

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The range of the mountains is his pasture, and

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he searches after every green thing. Will the

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wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he bed

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by your manger? can you bind the wild ox in the

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furrow with ropes or will he plough the valleys

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behind you will you trust him because his strength

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is great or will you leave your labor to him

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will you trust him to bring home your grain and

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gather it to your threshing -floor the wings

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of the ostrich wave proudly but are her wings

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and pinions like the kindly stork's for she leaves

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her eggs on the ground and warms them in the

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dust She forgets that a foot may crush them or

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that a wild beast may break them. She treats

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her young harshly as though they were not hers.

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Her labor is in vain without concern because

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God deprived her of wisdom and did not endow

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her with understanding. When she lifts herself

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on high, she scorns the horse and its rider.

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Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed

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his neck with thunder? Can you frighten him like

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a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror.

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He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength.

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He gallops into the clash of arms. He mocks at

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fear and is not frightened, nor does he turn

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back from the sword. The quiver rattles against

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him, the glittering spear and javelin. He devours

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the distance with fierceness and rage. Nor does

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he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.

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At the blast of the trumpet he says, Aha! He

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smells the battle from afar. The thunder of captains

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and shouting. Does the hawk fly by your wisdom?

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And spread its wings toward the south? Does the

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eagle mount up at your command and make its nest

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on high? On the rock it dwells and resides, on

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the crag of the rock and the stronghold. From

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there it spies out the prey. Its eyes observe

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from afar. Its young ones suck up blood. And

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where the slain are, there it is. moreover the

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lord answered job and said shall the one who

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contends with the almighty correct him he who

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rebukes god let him answer it then job answered

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the lord and said behold i am vile what shall

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i answer you i lay my hand over my mouth once

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i have spoken but i will not answer yes twice

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but i will proceed no further then the lord answered

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job out of the whirlwind and said now prepare

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yourself like a man I will question you, and

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you shall answer me. Would you indeed annul my

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judgment? Would you condemn me that you may be

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justified? Have you an arm like God, or can you

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thunder with a voice like his? Then adorn yourself

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with majesty and splendor, and array yourself

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with glory and beauty. Disperse the rage of your

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wrath. Look on everyone who is proud and humble

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him. Look on everyone who is proud and bring

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him low. Tread down the wicked in their place.

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Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces

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in hidden darkness. Then I will also confess

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to you that your own right hand can save you.

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Look now at the behemoth, which I made along

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with you. He eats grass like an ox. See now his

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strength is in his hips, and his power is in

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his stomach muscles. He moves his tail like a

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cedar. The sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.

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His bones are like beams of bronze, his ribs

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like bars of iron. he is the first of the ways

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of god only he who made him can bring near his

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sword surely the mountains yield food for him

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and all the beasts of the field play there he

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lies under the lotus trees in a covert of reeds

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and march the lotus trees cover him with their

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shade the willows by the brook surround him Indeed

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the river may rage, yet he is not disturbed.

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He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into

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his mouth, though he takes it in his eyes, or

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one pierces his nose with a snare. Chapter 41

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Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, or snare

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his tongue with a line which you lower? Can you

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put a reed through his nose, or pierce his jaw

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with a hook? Will he make many supplications

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to you? will he speak softly to you will he make

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a covenant with you will you take him as a servant

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forever will you play with him as with a bird

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or will you leash him for your maidens will your

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companions make a banquet of him will they apportion

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him among the merchants can you fill his skin

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with harpoons or his head with fishing -spears

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lay your hand on him remember the battle never

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do it again Indeed, any hope of overcoming him

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is false. Shall one not be overwhelmed at the

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sight of him? No one is so fierce that he would

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dare stir him up. Who then is able to stand against

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me? Who has preceded me that I should pay him?

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Everything under heaven is mine. I will not conceal

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his limbs, his mighty power, or his graceful

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proportions. Who can remove his outer coat? Who

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can approach him with a double bridle? who can

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open the doors of his face with his terrible

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teeth all around his rows of scales are his pride

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shut up tightly as with a seal one is so near

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another that no air can come between them they

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are joined one to another they stick together

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and cannot be parted his sneezings flash forth

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light and his eyes are like the eyelids of the

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morning out of his mouth go burning lights sparks

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of fire shoot out smoke goes out of his nostrils

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as from a boiling pot and burning rushes his

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breath kindles coals and a flame goes out of

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his mouth strength dwells in his neck and sorrow

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dances before him the folds of his flesh are

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joined together they are firm on him and cannot

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be moved his heart is as hard as stone even as

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hard as the lower millstone when he raises himself

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up the mighty are afraid because of his crashings

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they are beside themselves though the sword reaches

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him it cannot avail nor does spear dart or javelin

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he regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten

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wood the arrow cannot make him flee slingshots

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become like stubble to him darts are regarded

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as straw he laughs at the threat of javelins

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His undersides are like sharp potsherds. He spreads

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pointed marks in the mire. He makes the deep

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boil like a pot. He makes the sea like a pot

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of ointment. He leaves a shining wake behind

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him. One would think the deep had white hair.

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On the earth there is nothing like him, which

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is made without fear. He beholds every high thing.

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He is king over all the children of pride. I

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hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I

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did 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.