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JOB
5.10
- It toucheth thee, and thou art affrighted.
- 6Is not thy fear of God thy confidence,
- And thy hope the integrity of thy ways?
- 7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent?
- Or where were the upright cut off?
- 8According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,
- And sow mischief, reap the same.
- 9By the breath of God they perish,
- And by the blast of His anger are they consumed.
- 10The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth—
- Yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
- 11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,
- And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
- 12Now a word was secretly brought to me,
- And mine ear received a whisper thereof.
- 13In thoughts from the visions of the night,
- When deep sleep falleth on men,
- 14Fear came upon me, and trembling,
- And all my bones were made to shake. 15Then a spirit passed before my face,
- That made the hair of my flesh to stand up.
- 16It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof;
- A form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice:
- 17'Shall mortal man be just before God?
- Shall a man be pure before his Maker?
- 18Behold, He putteth no trust in His servants,
- And His angels He chargeth with folly;
- 19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay,
- Whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
- 20Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered;
- They perish for ever without any regarding it.
- 21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them?
- They die, and that without wisdom.'
- 5 Call now; is there any that will answer thee?
- And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
- 2For anger killeth the foolish man,
- And envy slayeth the silly one.
- 3I have seen the foolish taking root;
- But suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.
- 4His children are far from safety,
- And are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.
- 5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up,
- And taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
- 6For affliction cometh not forth from the dust,
- Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
- 7But man is born unto trouble,
- As the sparks fly upward.
- 8But as for me, I would seek unto God,
- And unto God would I commit my cause;
- 9Who doeth great things and unsearchable,
- Marvellous things without number;
- 10Who giveth rain upon the earth,
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