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and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.
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Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.
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The small and the great are there, and the slaves are freed from their owners.
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The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
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The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
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If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.
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They are higher than the heavens above—what can you do? They are deeper than the depths below—what can you know?
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He leads priests away stripped and overthrows officials long established.
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He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
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Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
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“My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.
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“Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest?
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You say, ‘Where now is the house of the great, the tents where the wicked lived?’
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Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?
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“Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars!
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What advice you have offered to one without wisdom! And what great insight you have displayed!
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In his great power God becomes like clothing to me; he binds me like the neck of my garment.
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For what is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high?
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if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained,
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then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
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“But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal.
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Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you.
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How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.
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God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.
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The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
