[1]  And Job again took up his parable, and said,

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[2]  As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul

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[3]  (For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

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[4]  Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

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[5]  Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

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[6]  My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproachmeso long as I live.

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[7]  Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

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[8]  For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

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[9]  Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

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[10]  Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?

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[11]  I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

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[12]  Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?

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[13]  This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

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[14]  If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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[15]  Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.

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[16]  Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;

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[17]  He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.

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[18]  He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

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[19]  He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

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[20]  Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

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[21]  The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.

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[22]  ForGodshall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

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[23]  Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.

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