Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today
we're going to continue to read
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together in the book of Job.
Let's pray together before we
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start. Dear God as we read
the story of your servant Job,
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please show us the lessons that
you have for each of us in this
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account. Please send your
Holy Spirit to bring a deeper
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understanding to us that you
would have us to take away from
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the hearing of this word. And
may it bear fruit to your glory.
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We love you and thank
your for loving us. Amen.
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We've begun the story of Job
and the Lord has permitted Satan
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to destroy Job's family, his
children, to take away all of
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his wealth and to afflict
him with sores from the sole of
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foot to the head. And as he sits
covered in sackcloth and ashes,
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and in misery. His 3 friends
come to sit and we're in the
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middle of the dialog that Job
is having with his 3 friends.
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Job is now speaking. We're
picking this up in chapter 7,
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starting with verse 21.
And why dost thou not pardon
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my transgression and take away
mine iniquity? for now shall I
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sleep in the dust; and thou
shalt seek me in the morning
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but I shall not be.
Now we're in Job chapter 8,
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This is the King James Version.
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite
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and said, How long wilt
thou speak these things?
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and how long shall the words of
thy mouth be like a strong wind?
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Doth God pervert Judgment?
or doth the Almighty pervert
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justice? If thy children
have sinned against him,
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and he have cast them
away for their transgression;
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if thou wouldest seek
unto God betimes, and make thy
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supplication to the Almighty;
If thou wert pure and upright;
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surely now he would awake for
thee, and make the habitation
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of thy righteousness prosperous.
Though thy beginning was small,
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yet thy latter end
should greatly increase.
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For inquire, I pray thee,
of the former age, and prepare
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thyself to the search of
their fathers: for we are but of
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yesterday, and know nothing,
because our days upon earth are
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a shadow: shall not they teach
thee, and tell thee, and utter
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words out of their heart? Can
the rush grow up without mire?
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can the flag grow without
water? Whilst it is yet in his
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greenness, and not cut down,
it withereth before any other
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herb. So are the paths
of all that forget God;
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and the hypocrite's hope shall
perish: whose hope shall be cut
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off, and whose trust
shall be a spider's web.
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He shall lean upon his
house, but it shall not stand:
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he shall hold it fast,
but it shall not endure.
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He is green before the sun,
an his branch shooteth forth
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in his garden. His roots
are wrapped about the heap,
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and seeth the place of stones.
If he destroy him from his place
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then it shall deny him,
saying, I have not seen thee.
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Behold, this is the joy of
his way, and out of the earth
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shall others grow. Behold, God
will not cast away a perfect man
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neither will he help the
evildoers: Till he fill thy
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mouth with laughing,
and thy lips with rejoicing.
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They that hate thee
shall be clothed with shame;
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and the dwelling place of
the wicked shall come to nought.
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Continuing with Job, chapter 9,
this is the King James Version.
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Then Job answered and said,
I know it is so of a truth:
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but how should man be just with
God? If he will contend with him
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he cannot answer him one of a
thousand. He is wise in heart,
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and mighty in strength: who hath
hardened himself against him,
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and hath prospered?
Which removeth the mountains,
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and they know not: which
overturneth them in his anger.
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Which shaketh the earth out
of her place, and the pillars
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thereof tremble.
Which commandeth the sun,
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and it riseth not;
and sealeth up the stars.
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Which alone spreadeth out the
heavens, and treadeth upon the
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waves of the sea. Which maketh
Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades,
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and the chambers of the south.
Which doeth great things past
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finding out; yes, and
wonders without number.
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Lo, he goeth by me, and I
see him not: he passeth on also
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but I perceive him not. Behold,
he taketh away, who can hinder
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him? Who will say
unto him, What doest thou?
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If God will not withdraw
his anger, the proud helpers
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do stoop under him. How
much less shall I answer him,
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and choose out my
words to reason with him?
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Whom though I were righteous
yet would I not answer,
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but I would make supplication
to my judge. If I had called,
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and he had answered me; yet
would I not believe that he had
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hearkened unto my voice. For
he breaketh me with a tempest,
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and multiplieth my
wounds without cause.
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He will not suffer me to take
my breath, but filleth me with
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bitterness. If I speak of
strength, lo, he is strong:
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and if of judgment, who
shall set me a time to plead?
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If I justify myself, mine
own mouth shall condemn me:
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if I say, I am perfect, it
shall also prove me perverse.
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Though I were perfect,
yet would I not know my soul:
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I would despise my life. This is
one thing, therefore I said it,
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He destroyeth the perfect and
the wicked. If the scourge slay
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suddenly, he will laugh
at the trial of the innocent.
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The earth is given
into the hand of the wicked:
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he covereth the faces of the
judges thereof; if not, where,
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and who is he? Now my
days are swifter than a post:
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they flee away, they see no
good. They are passed away as
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the swift ships: as the
eagle that hasteth to the prey.
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If I say, I will forget my
complaint, I will leave off
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my heaviness, and comfort myself
I am afraid of all my sorrows,
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I know that thou wilt not hold
me innocent. If I be wicked,
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why then labor I in vain? If
I wash myself with snow water,
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and make my hands never so
clean; yet shalt thou plunge me
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in the ditch, and mine
own clothes shall abhor me.
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For he is not a man, as I
am, that I should answer him,
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and we should come
together in Judgment.
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Neither is there any daysman
betwixt us, that might lay his
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hand upon us both. Let
him take his rod away from me,
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and let not his fear terrify
me: Then would I speak, and not
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fear him; but it
is not so with me.
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Continuing in Job,
chapter 10, and this is the
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King James Version. My
soul is weary of my life;
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I will leave my complaint
upon myself; I will speak in the
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bitterness of my soul. I will
say unto God, Do not condemn me;
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shew me wherefore
thou contendest with me.
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Is it good unto thee
that thou shouldest oppress,
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that thou shouldest
despise the work of thine hands,
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and shine upon the
counsel of the wicked?
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Hast thou eyes of flesh?
or seest thou as man seeth?
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Are thy days as the days of
man? are thy years as man's days
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that thou inquirest after mine
iniquity, and searchest after my
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sin? Thou knowest that I am
not wicked; and there is none
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that can deliver
out of thine hand.
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Thine hands have made me
and fashioned me together
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round about; yet
thou dost destroy me.
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Remember, I beseech thee, that
thou hast made me as the clay;
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and wilt thou
bring me into dust again?
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Hast thou not poured me out as
milk and curdled me like cheese?
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Thou hast clothed me with skin
and flesh, and hast fenced me
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with bones and sinews. Thou
hast granted me life and favor,
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and thy visitation
hath preserved my spirit.
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And these things hast thou hid
in thine heart: I know that this
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is with thee. If I sin, then
thou markest me, and thou wilt
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not acquit me for mine
iniquity. If I be wicked,
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woe unto me; and if I be
righteous, yet will I not lift
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up my head. I am full of
confusion; therefore see thou
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mine affliction; for it
increaseth. Thou huntest me
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as a fierce lion: and again
thou shewest thyself marvelous
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upon me. Thou renewest
thy witnesses against me,
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and increasest thine indignation
upon me; changes and war
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are against me. Wherefore
then hast thou brought me forth
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out of the womb? Oh that I had
given up the ghost, and no eye
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had seen me! I should have
been as though I had not been;
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I should have been carried
from the womb to the grave.
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Are not my days few? cease then,
and let me alone, that I may
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take comfort a little, before
I go whence I shall not return,
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even to the land of darkness
and the shadow of death;
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A land of darkness, as darkness
itself; and of the shadow
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of death, without any order, and
where the light is as darkness.
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Continuing now in
chapter 11. Then answered Zophar
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the Naamathite, and said, Should
not the multitude of words be
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answered? and should a
man full of talk be justified?
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Should thy lies make men
hold their peace? and when thou
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mockest, shall no man make
thee ashamed? For thou has said,
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My doctrine is pure, and
I am clean in thine eyes.
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But oh that God would speak,
and open his lips against thee;
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and that he would show thee the
secrets of wisdom, that they are
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double to that which is!
Know therefore that God exacteth
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of thee less than
thine iniquity deserveth.
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Canst thou by searching find
out God? canst thou find out the
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Almighty unto perfection? It is
high as heaven; what canst thou
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do? deeper than
hell; what canst thou know?
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The measure thereof is longer
than the earth, and broader
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than the sea. If he cut off,
and shut up, or gather together,
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then who can hinder
him? For he knoweth vain men:
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he seeth wickedness also;
will he not then consider it?
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For vain man would be wise,
though man be born like a wild
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ass's colt. If thou prepare
thine heart, and stretch out
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thine hands toward him;
If iniquity be in thine hand,
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put it far away, and let
not wickedness dwell in thy
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tabernacles. For then shalt
thou lift up thy face without
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spot; yea, thou shalt be
stedfast, and shalt not fear:
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Because thou shalt forget thy
misery and remember it as waters
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that pass away: and thine
age shall be clearer than the
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noonday; thou shalt shine forth,
thou shalt be as the morning.
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And thou shalt be secure,
because there is hope; yea,
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thou shalt dig about thee,
and thou shalt take thy rest in
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safety. Also thou shalt lie
down, and none shall make thee
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afraid; yea, many
shall make suit unto thee.
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But the eyes of the wicked
shall fail, and they shall not
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escape, and their hope shall be
as the giving up of the ghost.
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Continuing in Job, chapter 12.
This is the King James Version.
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And Job answered and said,
No doubt but ye are the people,
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and wisdom shall die with you.
But I have understanding as well
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as you; I am not inferior to
you: yea, who knoweth not such
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things as these? I am as
one mocked of his neighbor,
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who calleth upon
God, and he answereth him:
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the just upright
man is laughed to scorn.
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He that is ready to slip with
his feet is as a lamp despised
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in the thought of him that is at
ease. The tabernacles of robbers
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prosper, and they that provoke
God are secure; into whose hand
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God bringeth abundantly.
But ask now the beasts,
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and they shall teach
thee; and the fowls of the air,
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they shall tell thee. Or speak
to the earth and it shall teach
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thee; and the fishes of the
sea shall declare unto thee.
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Who knoweth not in all these
that the hand of the Lord hath
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wrought this? In whose hand is
the soul of every living thing,
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and the breath of all mankind.
Doth not the ear try words?
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and the mouth taste his meat?
With the ancient is wisdom;
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and in length of
days understanding.
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With him is wisdom and
strength, he hath counsel
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and understanding. Behold, he
breaketh down, and it cannot be
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built again: he shutteth up a
man and there can be no opening.
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Behold, he withholdeth
the waters, and they dry up:
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also he sendeth them out,
and they overturn the earth.
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With him is strength and wisdom:
the deceived and the deceiver
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are his. He leadeth counselors
away spoiled, and maketh the
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judges fools. He looseth the
bond of kings, and girdeth their
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loins with a girdle. He
leadeth princes away spoiled,
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and overthroweth the mighty.
He removeth away the speech
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of the trusty, and taketh away
the understanding of the aged.
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He poureth contempt upon princes
and weakeneth the strength
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of the mighty. He discovereth
deep things out of darkness,
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and bringeth out to
light the shadow of death.
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He increaseth the nations and
destroyeth them. He enlargeth
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the nations, and
straiteneth them again.
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He taketh away the heart
of the chief of the people
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of the earth, and causeth
them to wander in a wilderness
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where there is no way. They
grope in the dark without light,
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and he maketh them to
stagger like a drunken man.
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Please join me again next time
to read more of the story of
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Job. Goodbye.
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