Hello, and welcome
back to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and today we
are continuing the story of Job.
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Let's pray
together before we start.
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Dear God, Please be with
us now as we read these words,
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to understand the lessons
that you have for each one of us
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in the reading today. Please
send your Holy Spirit to open
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our eyes and make these words
go deep into our heart today.
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Amen. We're in the middle of a
dialog between Job and his three
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friends who have come to comfort
him in the loss of his family,
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the loss of his wealth,
his property and in his health.
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Job is sitting there discussing
with them. They're dialoging
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back and forth on the
question of suffering and pain.
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God's hand in
it? is it punishment?
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We're picking up in Job,
chapter 18, as they discuss
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these questions and make
their points back and forth.
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Verse 1 of chapter 18,
this is the King James Version.
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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite
and said, How long will it be
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ever ye make an end of
words? mark and afterwards
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we will speak. Wherefore are we
counted as beasts, and reputed
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vile in your sight? He
teareth himself in his anger:
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shall the earth be forsaken
for thee? and shall the rock be
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removed out of his place? Yea
the light of the wicked shall be
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put out, and the spark
of his fire shall not shine.
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The light shall be dark in
his tabernacle, and his candle
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shall be put out with
him. The steps of his strength
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shall be straitened, and his
own counsel shall cast him down.
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For he is cast into a net by his
own feet, and he walketh upon a
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snare. The gin shall take him by
the heel, and the robber shall
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prevail against him. The snare
is laid for him in the ground,
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and a trap for him in the way.
Terrors shall make him afraid
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on every side, and he
shall drive him to his feet.
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His strength shall be
hunger bitten, and destruction
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shall be ready at his side.
It shall devour the strength of
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his skin: even the firstborn of
death shall devour his strength.
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His confidence shall be
rooted out of his tabernacle,
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and it shall bring him
to the king of terrors;
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It shall dwell in his tabernacle
because it is none of his:
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brimstone shall be
scattered upon his habitation.
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His roots shall be dried up
beneath, and above shall his
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branch be cut off. His
remembrance shall perish
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from the earth and he shall
have no name in the street.
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He shall be driven from
light into darkness, and chased
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out of the world. He shall
neither have son nor nephew
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among his people, nor any
remaining in his dwellings.
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They that come after him
shall be astonied at his day,
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as they that went
before were affrighted.
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Surely such are the dwellings
of the wicked, and this is the
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place of him
that knoweth not God.
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Continuing in Job, chapter
19. Then Job answered and said,
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How long will ye vex my
soul, and break me in pieces
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with words? These ten
times have ye reproached me:
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ye are not ashamed that ye
make yourselves strange to me.
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And be it indeed that I
have erred, mine error remaineth
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with myself. If indeed ye will
magnify yourselves against me,
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and plead against me
my reproach: Know now that
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God has overthrown me, and
hath compassed me with his net.
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Behold, I cry out of
wrong, but I am not heard:
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I cry aloud, but there is
no judgment. He hath fenced
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up my way that I cannot
pass, and he hath set darkness
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in my paths. He hath stripped me
of my glory, and taken the crown
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from my head. He hath destroyed
me on every side, and I am gone:
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and mine hope hath
he removed like a tree.
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He hath also kindled his wrath
against me, and he counteth
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me unto him as one of
his enemies. His troops come
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together and raise up
their way against me, and encamp
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round about my tabernacle. He
hath put my brethren far from me
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and mine acquaintance
are verily estranged from me.
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My kinsfolk have
failed, and my familiar friends
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have forgotten me. They
that dwell in mine house,
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and my maids, count me
for a stranger: I am an alien
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in their sight. I called
my servant, and he gave me
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no answer; I entreated him with
my mouth. My breath is strange
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to my wife, though I entreated
for the children's sake of mine
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own body. Yea, young children
despised me; I arose, and they
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spake against me. All my
inward friends abhorred me.
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and they whom I loved are turned
against me. My bone cleaveth
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to my skin and to my flesh,
and I am escaped with the skin
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of my teeth. Have pity
upon me, have pity upon me,
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O ye my friends; for the
hand of God hath touched me.
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Why do ye persecute me
as God and are not satisfied
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with my flesh? O that
my words were now written!
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O that they were
printed in a book!
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That they were
graven with an iron pen and
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lead in the rock forever! For
I know that my redeemer liveth,
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and he shall stand at the
latter day upon the earth:
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And though after my
skin, worms destroy this body,
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Yet in my flesh shall I see God:
Whom I shall see for myself,
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and mine eyes shall
behold, and not another;
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though my reins be
consumed within me.
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But ye should say, Why persecute
we him, seeing the root of the
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matter is found in me?
Be ye afraid of the sword:
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for wrath bringeth the
punishments of the sword,
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that ye may know
there is a judgment.
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Continuing in Job, chapter 20,
This is the King James Version.
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Then answered Zophar
the Naamathite, and said,
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Therefore do my
thoughts cause me to answer,
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and for this I make haste.
I have heard the check of my
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reproach, and the spirit
of my understanding causeth me
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to answer. Knowest
thou not this of old,
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since man was placed upon
earth, that the triumphing of
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the wicked is short,
and the joy of the hypocrite
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but for a moment? Though
his excellency mount up to the
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heavens, and his head reach
the clouds; yet he shall perish
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for ever like his own
dung: they which have seen him
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shall say, Where is he?
He shall fly away as a dream,
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and shall not be found:
yea, he shall be chased away
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as a vision of the night. The
eye also which saw him shall see
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him no more; neither shall
his place any more behold him.
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His children shall seek to
please the poor, and his hands
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shall restore their goods. His
bones are full of the sin of his
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youth, which shall lie
down with him in the dust.
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Though wickedness be sweet
in his mouth, though he hide it
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under his tongue; though he
spare it and forsake it not;
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but keep it still within
his mouth: yet his meat in his
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bowels is turned, it is
the gall of asps within him.
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He hath swallowed down riches,
and he shall vomit them up again
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God shall cast them out of his
belly. He shall suck the poison
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of asps: the viper's
tongue shall slay him.
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He shall not see the rivers,
the floods, the brooks of honey
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and butter. That which he
labored for shall he restore,
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and shall not swallow it
down: according to his substance
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shall the restitution be, and
he shall not rejoice therein.
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Because he hath oppressed
and hath forsaken the poor;
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because he has violently taken
away an house which he builded
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not; surely he shall not
feel quietness in his belly,
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he shall not save of
that which he desired.
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There shall none
of his meat be left;
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therefore shall no
man look for his goods.
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In the fullness of his
sufficiency he shall be
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in straits: every hand of
the wicked shall come upon him.
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When he is about to fill his
belly, God shall cast the fury
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of his wrath upon him, and
shall rain it upon him while he
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is eating. He shall flee from
the iron weapon, and the bow
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of steel shall
strike him through.
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It is drawn, and cometh out
of the body; yea, the glittering
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sword cometh out of his
gall: terrors are upon him.
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All darkness shall be hid in his
secret places: a fire not blown
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shall consume him; it shall
go ill with him that is left
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in his tabernacle. The heaven
shall reveal his iniquity;
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and the earth shall
rise up against him.
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The increase of
his house shall depart,
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and his goods shall flow
away in the day of his wrath.
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This is the portion
of a wicked man from God,
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and the heritage
appointed unto him by God.
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Continuing with Job, chapter 21,
This is the King James Version.
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But Job answered and
said, Hear diligently my speech,
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and let this be
your consolations.
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Suffer me that I may speak;
and after that I have spoken,
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mock on. As for me,
is my complaint to man?
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and if it were so, why should
not my spirit be troubled?
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Mark me, and be astonished,
and lay your hand upon your
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mouth. Even when I remember
I am afraid, and trembling
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taketh hold on my flesh.
Wherefore do the wicked live,
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become old, yea, are mighty in
power? Their seed is established
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in their sight with them,
and their offspring before
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their eyes. Their
houses are save from fear,
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neither is the rod of God
upon them. Their bull gendereth,
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and faileth not; their cow
calveth, and casteth not her
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calf. They send forth
their little ones like a flock,
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and their children dance.
They take the timbrel and harp,
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and rejoice at the
sound of the organ.
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They spend their days in wealth
and in a moment go down to the
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grave. Therefore they
say unto God, Depart from us;
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for we desire not the
knowledge of thy ways.
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What is the Almighty,
that we should serve him?
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and what profit should we
have, if we pray unto him?
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Lo, their good is not in their
hand: the counsel of the wicked
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is far from me. How oft is the
candle of the wicked put out!
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and how oft cometh
their destruction upon them!
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God distributeth sorrows in
his anger. They are as stubble
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before the wind, and as chaff
that the storm carrieth away.
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God layeth up his
iniquity for his children:
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he rewardeth him, and he shall
know it. His eyes shall see
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his destruction, and he
shall drink of the wrath of the
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Almighty. For what pleasure
hath he in his house after him,
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when the number of his
months is cut off in the midst?
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Shall any teach God knowledge?
seeing he judgeth those that are
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high. One dieth in his full
strength, being wholly at ease
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and quiet. His breasts are
full of milk, and his bones are
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moistened with marrow. And
another dieth in the bitterness
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of his soul, and
never eateth with pleasure.
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They shall lie down alike
in the dust, and the worms
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shall cover them.
Behold, I know your thoughts,
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and the devices which ye
wrongfully imagine against me.
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For ye say, Where is the house
of the prince? and where are the
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dwelling places of the
wicked? Have ye not asked them
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that go by the way? and
do ye not know their tokens,
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that the wicked is reserved
to the day of destruction?
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they shall be brought
forth to the day of wrath.
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Who shall declare his way to
his face? and who shall repay
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him what he hath done? Yet shall
he be brought to the grave,
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and shall remain in the
tomb. The clods of the valley
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shall be sweet unto him, and
every man shall draw after him,
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as there are innumerable before
him. How then comfort ye me
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in vain, seeing in your answers
there remaineth falsehood?
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Continuing with Job, chapter
22. Then Eliphaz the Temanite
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answered and said, Can a
man be profitable unto God,
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as he that is wise may
be profitable unto himself?
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Is it any pleasure to
the Almighty, that thou art
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righteous? or is it gain to
him, that thou makest thy ways
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perfect? Will he
reprove thee for fear of thee?
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will he enter with
thee into judgment?
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Is not thy wickedness great?
and thine iniquities infinite?
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For thou hast taken a pledge
from thy brother for nought,
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and stripped the naked of their
clothing. Thou hast not given
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water to the weary to drink,
and thou hast witholden bread
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from the hungry. But as for the
mighty man, he had the earth;
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and the honorable man dwelt
in it. Thou has sent widows
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away empty, and the arms of
the fatherless have been broken.
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Therefore snares are round
about thee, and sudden fear
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troubleth thee; Or darkness,
that thou canst not see;
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and abundance of waters cover
thee. Is not God in the height
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of heaven? and behold the height
of the stars, how high they are!
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And thou sayest, How doth God
know? can he judge through the
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dark cloud? Thick
clouds are a covering to him,
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that he seeth not and he walketh
in the circuit of heaven.
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Hast thou marked the old way
which wicked men have trodden?
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which were cut down out of time,
whose foundation was overflown
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with a flood: Which said
unto God, Depart from us:
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and what can the Almighty do for
them? Yet he filled their houses
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with good things: but
the counsel of the wicked
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is far from me. The
righteous see it, and are glad:
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and the innocent laugh them
to scorn. Whereas our substance
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is not cut down, but
the remnant of them the fire
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consumeth. Acquaint now thyself
with him, and be at peace:
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thereby good shall come
unto thee. Receive, I pray thee,
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the law from his mouth, and
lay up his words in thine heart.
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If thou return to the Almighty,
thou shalt be built up,
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thou shalt put away iniquity
far from thy tabernacles.
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Then shalt thou lay up gold
as dust, and the gold of Ophir
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as the stones of the brooks.
Please join me again next time.
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Goodbye.
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