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Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.