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��JOB
��4 Let us choose for us that which is
right; Let us know among ourselves wha'
is good.
8 For Job hath said ' I am righteous And God hath taken away m;
right; Notwithstanding my right I am
accounted a liar; My wound is incurable, though '.
am without transgression.' HVhat man is like Job, Who drinketh up scorning like water? 8 Who goeth in company with the
workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men. 9 For he hath said. 'It profiteth a
man nothing That he should be in accord with God/
"Therefore hearken unto me, ye
men of understanding: Far be it from God, that He should
do wickedness; And from the Almighty, that He
should commit iniquity. u For the work of a man will He
requite unto him, And cause every man to find ac- cording to his wa;
��12 Yea, of a surety, God will not do
wickedly, - Neither will the Almighty pervert
justice. 13 Who gave Him a charge over the
earth? Or who hath disposed the whole
world?
14 If He set His heart upon man, If He gather unto Himself his spirit
and his breath;
15 A11 flesh shall perish together, And man shall return unto dust.
��16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this;
��Hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even one that hateth right
govern? And wilt thou condemn Him that
is just and mighty 18 Is it fit to say to a king 'Thou art
base'?
Or to nobles: 'Ye are wicked'? 19 That respecteth not the persons of
princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than
the poor? For they all are the work of His
hands.
20 In a moment they die, even at mid- night; The people* are shaken and pass
away,, And the mighty are taken away
without hand.
21 For His eyes are upon the ways of
a man,
And He seeth all his goings. ^There is no darkness, nor shadow
of death, Where the workers of iniquity may
hide themselves. 23 For He doth not appoint a time
unto any man, When he should go before God in
judgment. M He breaketh in pieces mighty men
without inquisition, And setteth others in their stead. "Therefore He taketh knowledge
of their works; And He overturneth them in the
night, so that they are crushed. 26 He striketh them as wicked men
In the open sight of others; "Because they turned aside from
following Him, And would not have regard to any
of His ways;
"So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him,
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