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me not.

21 Thou art become cruel to me with thy strong hand thou oppofeft thyself against

me.

22 Thou lifteft me up to the wind; thou caufeft me to ride upon it, and diffolveit my fubftance.

23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

24 Howbeit, he will not ftretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his deftruction.

25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble; was not my foul grieved for the poor?

26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

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27 My bowels boiled, and refted not the days of affliction prevented me.

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CHAP. XXXI.

Made a covenant with

mine eyes; why then fhould I think upon a maid? 2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

3 Is not deftruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

4 Doth not he fee my ways, and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hafted to deceit;

6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to my hands;

8 Then let me fow, and let another eat; yea, let my 28 I went mourning with-offspring be rooted out. out the fun: I ftood up, and I cried in the congrega

tion.

29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burn

ed with heat.

9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

10 Then let my wife grind unto another; and let others bow down upon her.

II For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity

31 My harp alfo is turned to 'to be punished by the judges.

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12 For

12 For it is a fire that confumeth to deftruction, and would root out all mine increase. ́

13 If I did despise the cause of my man fervant or of my maid fervant, when they contended with me;

14 What then fhall I do when God rifeth up? and when he vifiteth, what fhall I anfwer him?

15 Did not he that made me in the womb, make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

16 If I have withheld the poor from their defire, or have caufed the eyes of the widow to fail:

17 Or have eaten my morfel myself alone, and the fatherlefs hath not eaten thereof;

22 Then let mine arm fall from my fhoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

23 For deftruction from God was a terror to me, and by reafon of his highness I could not endure.

24 If I have made gold my hope, or have faid to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence ;

25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

26 If I beheld the fun when it fhined, or the moon walking in brightness;

27 And my heart hath been fecretly enticed, or my mouth hath kiffed my hand:

28 This alfo were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I fhould have denied the God that is above.

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18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me as with a father, and I have 29 If I rejoiced at the deguided her from my mother's ftruction of him that hated womb :) me, or lifted up myself when 19 If I have feen any pe-evil found him: rifh for want of clothing, or 30 (Neither have I fufany poor without covering;

20 If his loins have not bleffed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I faw my help in the gate:

fered my mouth to fin by wifhing a curfe to his foul.)

31. If the men of my tabernacle faid not, Oh, that we had of his flesh we cannot be fatisfied.

32 The ftranger did not lodge in the ftreet: but I opened my doors to the traT 3 veller.

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36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder: and bind it as a crown to me.

37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

38 If my land cry againft me, or that the furrows likewife thereof complain;

39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caufed the owners thereof to lose their life:

40 Let thiftles grow inftead of wheat, and cockle inftead of barley. words of Job are ended.

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CHAP. XXXII.

The

O these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes,

2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the fon of Barachel the Buzite of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he juftified himself rather than God,

3 Alfo against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

5 When Elihu faw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

6 And Elihu the fon of Barachel the Buzite answered and faid, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durft not fhew you mine opinion.

7 I faid, Days fhould fpeak, and multitude of years fhould teach wifdom.

8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

9 Great men are not always wife; neither do the aged understand judgment. 10 Therefore I faid, Hearken to me; I alfo will fhew mine opinion.

11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your

your reafons, whilst ye fearched out what to say.

12 Yea, I attended unto you: and behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:

give flattering titles: in fo doing my Maker would foon take me away.

CHAP. XXXIII.

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Herefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my

13 Left ye fhould fay, fpeeches, and hearken to all We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down,

not man.

14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I anfwer him with your speeches.

15 They were amazed: they answered no more: they left off fpeaking.

16 When I had waited, (for they fpake not, but ftood ftill, and anfwered no more,)

17 I faid, I will anfwer alfo my part, I also will fhew mine opinion.

18 For I am full of matter the fpirit within me constraineth me.

19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent, it is ready to burft like new bottles.

20 I will speak that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.

21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's perfon, neither let me give flat tering titles unto man..

22 For I know not to

my words.

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2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

3 My words fhall be of the uprightness of my heart; and my lips fhall utter knowledge clearly.

4 The fpirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

5 If thou canst answer me, fet thy words in order before me, ftand up.

6 Behold, I am according to thy with in God's ftead: I also am formed out of the clay.

7 Behold my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither fhall my hand be heavy upon

thee.

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14 For God speaketh once, yea, twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

and his bones, that were not feen, ftick out.

22 Yea, his foul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the deftroyers.

23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thoufand, to fhew unto man his uprightnefs:

24 Then he is gracious unto him, and faith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's; he shall return to the days of his youth.

26 He fhall pray unto God, and he will be favour

15 In a dream, in a vifion of the night, when deep fleep falleth upon men, in flum-able unto him; and he shall berings upon the bed;

16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and fealeth their inftruction.

17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

18 He keepeth back his foul from the pit, and his life from perifhing by the fword.

19 He is chaftened alfo with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain;

20 So that his life abhorreth, bread, and his foul dainty meat..

21. His flesh is confumed away that it cannot be feen;

fee his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

27 He looketh upon men, and if any fay, I have finned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

28 He will deliver his foul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,

30 To bring back his foul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. 31. Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me; hold thy

peace,

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