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And Job again took up his parable, and said:

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As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath dealt bitterly with me;

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

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Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit;

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

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

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For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?

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Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?

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Will he have his delight in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?

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I will teach you concerning the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

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

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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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If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not have bread enough.

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Those that remain of him shall be buried by pestilence, and his widows shall make no lamentation.

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

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

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

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He lieth down rich, but there shall be not to gather; he openeth his eyes, and his wealth is not.

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Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

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

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Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not; he would fain flee from its power.

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