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Notwithstanding, Job I pray thee, hear my speech,{HR}And hearken to my every word.
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Behold, I pray thee, I opened my mouth,{HR}My tongue speaketh in my palate.
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My words [shall be] the uprightness of my heart,{HR}And my knowledge shall my lips utter purely.
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The Spirit of God [El] hath made me,{HR}And the breath of Shaddai gave me life.
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If thou canst, answer me;{HR}Draw up before me, take thy stand.
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Lo! I am God’s, [El] as thou;{HR}Out of clay was I also formed.
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Behold, my terror will not affright thee,{HR}And my hand shall not be heavy on thee.
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Surely thou hast said in mine ears,{HR}And I heard the voice of the words:
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I am pure, without transgression,{HR}I [am] clean, and have no iniquity:
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Lo! He findeth hostilities against me,{HR}He counteth me as his enemy;
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He putteth my feet into the stocks;{HR}He watcheth all my ways.
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Behold, in this thou art not right, I answer thee;{HR}For God [Eloah] is greater than a mortal.
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Why hast thou contended against him?{HR}For he answereth not of all his matters.
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When God [El] speaketh once, and twice —{HR}[Man] regardeth it not —
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In a dream, in a vision of the night,{HR}When deep sleep falleth on mortals,{HR}In slumberings on the bed;
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Then he openeth the ear of mortals,{HR}And sealeth up their instruction,
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To withdraw man [from] doing;{HR}And pride from man he concealeth.
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He keepeth back his soul from corruption,{HR}And his life from passing away by the dart.
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He is also chastised with pains on his bed,{HR}And the strife of his bones [is] lasting.
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And his life loatheth bread,{HR}And his soul meat of desire.
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His flesh wasteth out of sight,{HR}And his bones that were not seen stand out,
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And his soul draweth near to corruption,{HR}And his life to the destroyers.
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If there be by him a messenger,{HR}An interpreter, one of a thousand,{HR}To declare to man his uprightness;
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And he is gracious to him, and saith,{HR}Deliver him from going down to corruption:{HR}I have found a ransom.
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His flesh [is] fresher than childhood,{HR}He returneth to the days of his youth.
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He supplicateth God [Eloah],{HR}And he accepteth him.{HR}And he shall see his face with rejoicing,{HR}And he requiteth to mortal man his righteousness.
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He singeth before mortals, and saith,{HR}I sinned and perverted right, and it satisfied me not.
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He ransomed my soul from passing to corruption,{HR}And my life looketh on the light.
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Lo! all these worketh God [El] twice, thrice, with man,
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To bring back his soul from corruption,{HR}That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
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Attend, O Job, hearken to me;{HR}Be silent, and I shall speak.
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If thou hast words, answer me —{HR}Speak, for I have a desire to justify thee.
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If not, hearken thou unto me;{HR}Keep silence, and I will teach thee wisdom.