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Then
Job continued * his
discourse and
said,
r;ma{Y;w w{l'v.m tea.f bw{Yia @,s{Y;w
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"As
God lives, who has
taken away my
right, And the
Almighty, who has
embittered my
soul,
yiv.p;n r;meh y;D;v.w yij'P.vim ryiseh lea -y;x
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For as
long * as
life is in me, And the
breath of
God is in my
nostrils,
;Hw{l/a ;x.Wr.w yib yit'm.vin dw{[ -l'k -yiK ? yiP;a.B
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My
lips certainly will not
speak unjustly,
Nor will my
tongue mutter deceit.
h,G.h,y -mia yinw{v.l.W h'l.w;[ y;t'p.f h'n.reB;d.T -mia ? h'Yim.r
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"Far be it from me that I should
declare you
right;
Till I
die I will not
put away my
integrity from me.
['w.g,a -d;[ ~,k.t,a qyiD.c;a -mia yiL h'lyil'x ? yiN,Mim yit'MUT ryis'a -a{l
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"I
hold fast my
righteousness and will not
let it
go. My
heart does not
reproach any of my
days.
@;r/x,y -a{l 'h,P.r;a a{l.w yiT.q;z/x,h yit'q.dic.B ? y'm'Yim yib'b.l
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"May my
enemy be as the
wicked And my
opponent as the
unjust.
l\W;[.k yim.mw{q.tim.W yib.y{a ['v'r.k yih.y
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"For
what is the
hope of the
godless when he is
cut off,
When God requires his
life?
l,vey yiK ['c.bIy yiK @en'x t;w.qiT -h;m yiK ? w{v.p;n ;Hw{l/a
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"Will
God hear his
cry When distress comes upon him?
h'r'c wy'l'[ aw{b't -yiK lea [;m.vIy w{t'q][;c;h
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"Will he
take delight in the
Almighty? Will he
call on
God at
all times?
te[ -l'k.B ;Hw{l/a a'r.qIy g'N;[.tIy y;D;v -l;[ -mia
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"I will
instruct you in the
power of
God;
What is with the
Almighty I will not
conceal.
a{l y;D;v -mi[ r,v]a lea -d;y.B ~,k.t,a h,rw{a ? dex;k]a
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"Behold,
all of you have
seen it;
Why then do you
act foolishly?
l,b,h h,Z -h'M'l.w ~,tyiz]x ~,k.LUK ~,T;a -neh ? .Wl'B.h,T
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"This is the
portion of a
wicked man from
God, And the
inheritance which
tyrants receive from the
Almighty.
~yicyir'[ t;l]x;n.w lea -mi[ ['v'r ~'d'a -q,lex h,z ? .Wx'QIy y;D;Vim
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"Though his
sons are
many, they are destined for the
sword; And his
descendants will not be
satisfied with
bread.
wy'a'c/a,c.w b,r'x -w{m.l wy'n'b .WB.rIy -mia ? ~,x'l -.W[.B.fIy a{l
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"His
survivors will be
buried because of the
plague, And their
widows will not be able to
weep.
h'ny,K.bit a{l wy't{n.m.l;a.w .Wreb'QIy t,w'M;B w{dyir.f
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"Though he
piles up
silver like
dust And
prepares garments as plentiful as the
clay,
v.WB.l;m !yik'y r,m{x;k.w @,s'K r'p'[,K r{B.cIy -mia
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He may
prepare it, but the
just will
wear it And the
innocent will
divide the
silver.
q{l]x;y yiq'n @,s,k.w v'B.lIy qyiD;c.w !yik'y
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"He has
built his
house like the spider's web, Or as a
hut which the
watchman has
made.
rec{n h'f'[ h'KUs.k.W w{tyeB v'['k h'n'B
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"He
lies down rich, but
never again; He
opens his
eyes, and it is
no longer.
.WN,nyea.w x;q'P wy'nye[ @es'aey a{l.w b;K.vIy ryiv'[
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"Terrors overtake him like a
flood; A
tempest steals him
away in the
night.
h'p.Ws .WT;b'n.G h'l.y;l tw{h'L;B ~Iy;M;k ].WhegyiF;T
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"The
east wind carries him away, and he is
gone, For it
whirls him
away from his
place.
w{m{q.Mim .Wher]['fyiw .$;ley.w ~yid'q .Whea'FIy
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"For it will
hurl at him
without sparing; He will
surely try to
flee from its
power.
x'r.bIy ;xw{r'B w{d'Yim l{m.x;y a{l.w wy'l'[ .$el.v;y.w
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"Men will
clap their
hands at him And will
hiss him from his
place.
w{m{q.Mim wy'l'[ q{r.vIy.w w{myeP;k w{myel'[ q{P.fIy