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• The Book of Job. (a. V.)
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1 Moreover Job † continued his parable, and said,

2As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath † vexed my soul;

3 All the while my breath is in me, and ∥ the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me† so long as I live.

7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

8* For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

9* Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

11 I will teach you ∥ by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and * his widows shall not weep.

16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

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

18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

20* Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: † he would fain flee out of his hand.

23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

[† ] Heb. added to take up.

[† ] Heb. made my soul bitter.

[∥ ] That is, the breath which God gave him.

[† ] Heb. from my days.

[* ] Matt. 16. 26.

[* ] Prov. 1. 28. Ezek. 8. 18. John 9. 31. James 4. 3.

[∥ ] Or, being in the hand, &c.

[* ] Ps. 78. 64

[* ] ch. 18. 11.

[† ] Heb. in fleeing he would flee.