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Job 33:8-33

8SurelyH389 thou hast spoken in my hearing,And I have heardH8085 the voiceH6963 ofthywordsH4405, sayingH559,9I am clean, without transgressionH6588;I am innocent, neither is there iniquityH5771 in me:10Behold, he findeth occasions against me,He counteth me for his enemyH341;11He putteth my feetH7272 in the stocksH5465,He marketh all my pathsH734.12Behold, I will answerH6030 thee, in this thou art not just;For GodH433 is greaterH7235 than man.13WhyH4069 dost thou strive against him,For that he giveth not account of any of his mattersH1697?14For GodH410 speaketh once,Yea twice, though man regardeth it not.15In a dreamH2472, in a visionH2384 of the nightH3915,When deepH8639 sleepH8639 falleth upon menH376,In slumberings upon the bedH4904;16ThenH227 he openeth the earsH241 of menH376,And sealeth their instruction,17That he may withdraw manH120 from his purpose,And hide prideH1466 from manH120;18He keepeth backH2820 his soulH5315 from the pitH7845,And his lifeH5315 from perishing by the sword.19He is chastened also with painH4341 upon his bedH4904,And with continual strifeH7379 in his bonesH6106;20So that his lifeH5315 abhorreth breadH3899,And his soulH5315 dainty foodH3899.21His fleshH1320 is consumed awayH3615, that it cannot be seenH7200;And his bonesH6106 that were not seenH7200 stick out.22Yea, his soulH5315 draweth near unto the pitH7845,And his lifeH5315 to the destroyers.23If there be with him an angelH4397,An interpreter, oneH259 among a thousandH505,To show unto manH120 what is right for him;24ThenGodis gracious unto him, and saith,Deliver him from goingH3381 downH3381 to the pitH7845,I have foundH4672 a ransomH3724.25His fleshH1320 shall be fresher than a child’s;He returneth to the daysH3117 of his youthH5290.26He prayeth unto GodH433, and he is favorable unto him,So that he seeth his faceH6440 with joyH8643:And he restoreth unto man his righteousnessH6666.27He singeth before menH376, and saith,I have sinnedH2398, and perverted that which was rightH3477,And it profited me not:28He hath redeemedH6299 my soulH5315 from going into the pitH7845,And my lifeH5315 shall behold the lightH216.29Lo, all these thingsH428 doth GodH410 work,Twice, yea thrice, with a manH1397,30To bringH7725 backH7725 his soulH5315 from the pitH7845,That he may be enlightened with the lightH216 of the living.31Mark well, O JobH347, hearken unto me:Hold thy peace, and I will speakH1696.32If thou hast anything to sayH1696, answer me:SpeakH1696, for I desireH2654 to justifyH6663 thee.33If not, hearken thou unto me:Hold thy peace, and I will teachH502 thee wisdomH2451.

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