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For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

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

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

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

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.

When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.