Hello and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank
you for joining with me today
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to continue reading the story
of Job. Let's pray together
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before we start. Dear God,
thank you so much for this story
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and for the way that it bears
witness to you and to obedience
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to you and to the joy of that;
unto the triumph of your name
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when we obey you in our trials.
Please help us to hear these
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words and to learn from them
today, what you would have us
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each to put into practice in
our own lives. Thank you so much
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We love you. Amen.
We've been reading in the book
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of Job how the Lord permitted
Satan to take from Job,
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his family, his wealth,
his health and here sits Job
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suffering and destitute. His
3 friends come to be with him
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and they begin to have
this ongoing dialog with him,
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about how his disobedience
somehow must have caused this.
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Job maintains over and
over again that he is righteous
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in the eyes of the Lord. And
then a young man, named Elihu,
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who has been sitting by
and hearing all this, speaks up
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and says, Even though I am
younger than you, I am going to
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now speak my piece. We're
picking up in Job, chapter 33,
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as Elihu is saying to Job, I
have been listening to what you
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say. I have heard you defending
yourself that you are clean
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of transgression. We're now
going to pick up with verse 10.
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Behold, he findeth occasions
against me, he counteth me for
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his enemy. He putteth my feet
in the stocks, he marketh all my
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paths. Behold, in this thou art
not just: I will answer thee,
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That God is greater than man.
Why dost thou strive against
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him? for he giveth not
account of any of his matters.
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For God speaketh once, yea
twice, yet man perceiveth it
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not. In a dream, in a vision
of the night, when deep sleep
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falleth upon men, in slumberings
upon the bed; then he openeth
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the ears of men, and sealeth
their instruction, that he may
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withdraw man from his purpose,
and hide pride from man.
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He keepeth back his soul
from the pit, and his life from
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perishing by the sword. He
is chastened also with pain upon
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his bed, and the multitude
of his bones with strong pain:
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So that his life abhorreth
bread and his soul dainty meat.
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His flesh is consumed
away, that it cannot be seen;
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and his bones that were not seen
stick out. Yea his soul draweth
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up near unto the grave,
and his life to the destroyers.
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If there be a messenger with
him, an interpreter, one among a
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thousand, to shew unto man his
uprightness: Then he is gracious
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unto him, and saith, Deliver
him from going down to the pit:
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I have found a ransom. His flesh
shall be fresher than a child's:
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he shall return to the
days of his youth: He shall pray
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unto God, and he will
be favourable unto him:
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and he shall see his face with
joy: for he will render unto man
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his righteousness. He looketh
upon men, and if any say,
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I have sinned, and
perverted that which was right,
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and it profited me not; he will
deliver his soul from going into
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the pit, and his life shall see
the light. Lo, all these things
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worketh God oftentimes with man,
to bring back his soul from the
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pit to be enlightened with the
light of the living. Mark well,
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O Job, hearken unto me: hold
thy peace, and I will speak.
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If thou hast any thing to say,
answer me: speak, for I desire
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to justify thee. If not,
hearken unto me: hold thy peace,
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and I shall teach thee wisdom.
- Continuing in Job, chapter 34,
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this is the King James Version.
Furthermore Elihu answered
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and said, Hear my words, O ye
wise men; and give ear unto me,
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ye that have knowledge. For the
ear trieth words, as the mouth
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tasteth meat. Let us choose to
us judgment: let us know among
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ourselves what is good. For
Job hath said, I am righteous:
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and God hath taken away my
judgment. Should I lie against
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my right? my wound is
incurable without transgression.
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What man is like Job, who
drinketh up scorning like water?
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Which goeth in company with
the workers of iniquity, and
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walketh with wicked men. For
he hath said, It profiteth a man
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nothing that he should
delight himself with God.
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Therefore hearken unto
me, ye men of understanding:
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far be it from God,
that he should do wickedness;
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and from the Almighty,
that he should commit iniquity.
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For the work of a man shall he
render unto him, and cause every
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man to find according to his
ways. Yea surely God will not
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do wickedly, neither will
the almighty pervert judgment.
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Who hath given him a charge over
the earth? or who hath disposed
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the whole world? If he set
his heart upon man, if he gather
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unto himself his spirit and his
breath; All flesh shall perish
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together, and man
shall turn again unto dust.
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If now thou hast understanding,
hear this: hearken to the voice
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of my words. Shall even
he that hateth right govern?
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and wilt thou condemn
him that is most just?
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Is it fit to say to a king,
Thou art wicked? and to princes,
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ye are ungodly? How much
less to him that accepteth not
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the persons of princes, nor
regardeth the rich more than the
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poor? for they all are the
work of his hands. In a moment
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shall they die, and the people
shall be troubled at midnight
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and pass away: and the mighty
shall be taken away without
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hand. For his eyes are upon the
ways of man, and he seeth all
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his goings. There is no
darkness nor shadow of death,
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where the workers of
iniquity may hide themselves.
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For he will not lay
upon man more that right;
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that he should enter
into judgment with God.
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He shall break in pieces
mighty men without number,
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and set others in their stead.
Therefore he knoweth their works
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and he overturneth them in
the night, so that they are
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destroyed. He striketh them as
wicked men in the open sight of
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others; because they turned back
from him and would not consider
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any of his ways: So that they
cause the cry of the poor to
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come unto him, and he heareth
the cry of the afflicted.
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When he giveth quietness,
who then can make trouble?
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and when he hideth his
face, who then can behold him?
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whether it be done against a
nation, or against a man only:
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That the Hypocrite reign not,
lest the people be ensnared.
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Surely it is meet to be
said unto God, I have borne
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chastisement, I will not offend
any more: That which I see not
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teach thou me: if I have done
iniquity, I will do no more.
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Should it be according to
thy mind? he will recompense it,
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whether thou refuse, or
whether thou choose; and not I:
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therefore speak
what thou knowest.
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Let men of understanding tell
me and let a wise man hearken
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unto me. Job hath spoken
without knowledge, and his words
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were without wisdom. My
desire is that Job may be tried
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unto the end because of
his answers for wicked men.
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For he addeth rebellion unto
his sin, he clappeth his hands
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among us, and multiplieth
his words against God.
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Continuing in Job, chapter 35.
This is the King James Version.
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Elihu spake moreover, and said,
Thinkest thou this to be right,
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that thou saidst, My
righteousness is more
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than God's? For thou saidst,
What advantage will it be unto
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thee, and What profit shall I
have, if I be cleansed from my
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sin? I will answer thee,
and thy companions with thee.
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Look unto the heavens, and see;
and behold the clouds which are
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higher than thou. If
thou sinnest, what doest thou
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against him? of if thy
transgressions be multiplied,
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what doest thou unto
him? If thou be righteous,
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what gives thou him? or
what receiveth he of thine hand?
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Thy wickedness may
hurt a man as thou art;
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and thy righteousness
may profit the son of man.
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By reason of the multitude
of oppressions they make the
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oppressed to cry: they
cry out by reason of the arm
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of the mighty. But none
saith, Where is God my maker,
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who giveth songs in the night;
who teacheth us more than the
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beasts of the earth, and
maketh us wiser than the fowls
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of heaven? There they
cry, but none giveth answer,
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because of the pride of evil
men. Surely God will not hear
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vanity, neither will
the Almighty regard it.
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Although thou sayest thou shalt
not see him, yet judgment is
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before him; therefore trust thou
in him. But now, because it is
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not so, he hath visited in
his anger; yet he knoweth it not
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in great extremity: Therefore
doth Job open his mouth in vain;
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he multiplieth
words without knowledge.
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Continuing on in Job, chapter 36
This is the King James Version.
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Elihu also proceeded, and said,
Suffer me a little, and I will
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shew thee that I have
yet to speak on God's behalf.
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I will fetch my knowledge
from afar and will ascribe
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righteousness to my maker.
For truly my words shall not
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be false. He that is perfect
in knowledge is with thee.
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Behold, God is
mighty, and despiseth not any:
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he is mighty in strength
and wisdom. He preserveth not
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the life of the wicked:
but giveth right to the poor.
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He withdraweth not his
eyes from the righteous:
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but with kings are they on the
throne; yea he doth establish
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them for ever, and they are
exalted. And if they be bound in
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fetters, and be holden in cords
of affliction; then he sheweth
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them their work and their
transgressions that they have
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exceeded. He openeth also their
ear to discipline and commandeth
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that they return from iniquity.
If they obey and serve him,
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they shall spend their days in
prosperity, and their years in
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pleasures. But if they obey not,
they shall perish by the sword,
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and they shall
die without knowledge.
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But the hypocrites in heart
heap up wrath: they cry not
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when he bindeth them. They
die in youth, and their life is
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among the unclean. He
delivereth the poor in his
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affliction, and openeth
their ears in oppression.
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Even so would he have removed
thee out of the strait into a
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broad place, where there is
no straitness; and that which
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should be set on the
table should be full of fatness.
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But thou hast fulfilled
the judgment of the wicked:
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judgment and justice take hold
on thee. Because there is wrath,
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beware lest he take thee away
with his stroke: then a great
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ransom cannot deliver
thee. Will he esteem thy riches?
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No, not gold, nor all the forces
of strength. Desire not the
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night, when people are cut
off in their place. Take heed,
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regard not iniquity: for this
hast thou chosen rather than
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affliction. Behold, God exalteth
by his power: who teacheth like
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him? Who hath enjoined him his
way? or who can say, Thou hast
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wrought iniquity? Remember
that thou magnify his work,
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which men behold. Every man may
see it: man may behold it afar
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off. Behold, God is great, and
we know him not, neither can the
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number of his years be searched
out. For he maketh small
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the drops of water: they
pour down rain according to the
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vapour thereof: which the clouds
do drop and distil upon man
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abundantly. Also can any
understand the spreadings of
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the clouds, or the noise of his
tabernacle? Behold, he spreadeth
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his light upon it, and
covereth the bottom of the sea.
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For by them judgeth he
the people; he giveth meat
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in abundance. With
clouds he covereth the light;
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and commandeth it not to shine
by the cloud that cometh betwixt
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The noise thereof sheweth
concerning, the cattle also
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concerning the vapour.
Continuing with Job, chapter 37.
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At this also my heart trembleth,
and is moved out of his place.
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Hear attentively the noise
of his voice, and the sound that
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goeth out of his mouth. He
directeth it under the whole
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heaven, and his lightning
unto the ends of the earth.
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After it a voice roareth:
he thundereth with the voice of
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his excellency; and he will
not stay them when his voice
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is heard. God thundereth
marvellously with his voice;
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great things doeth he,
which we cannot comprehend.
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For he saith to the
snow, Be thou on the earth;
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likewise to the small
rain, and to the great rain
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of his strength. He sealeth
up the hand of every man;
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that all men may know his work.
Then the beasts go into dens,
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and remain in their places.
Please join me again next time
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to continue this
story of Job. Goodbye.
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