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“Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.
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when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”
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His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!”
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He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
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May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
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There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
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The small and the great are there, and the slaves are freed from their owners.
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who are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave?
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But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
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At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more.
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The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
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The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
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how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!
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Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.
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Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
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His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
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The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
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He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
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The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
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But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow
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They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
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Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.
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How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
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“Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
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“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.
