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They long for death, and it won’t come. They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.
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Job Cries Out to God
“My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle. They end without hope.
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I would rather be strangled— rather die than suffer like this.
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While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
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Its roots grow down through a pile of stones; it takes hold on a bed of rocks.
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“My life passes more swiftly than a runner. It flees away without a glimpse of happiness.
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If only he would tell you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom is not a simple matter. Listen! God is doubtless punishing you far less than you deserve!
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Such knowledge is higher than the heavens— and who are you? It is deeper than the underworld— what do you know?
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It is broader than the earth and wider than the sea.
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An empty-headed person won’t become wise any more than a wild donkey can bear a human child.
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Your life will be brighter than the noonday. Even darkness will be as bright as morning.
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Well, I know a few things myself— and you’re no better than I am. Who doesn’t know these things you’ve been saying?
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I know as much as you do. You are no better than I am.
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“But instead, as mountains fall and crumble and as rocks fall from a cliff,
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On our side are aged, gray-haired men much older than your father!
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You may tear out your hair in anger, but will that destroy the earth? Will it make the rocks tremble?
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You think you’re better than I am, using my humiliation as evidence of my sin.
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carved with an iron chisel and filled with lead, engraved forever in the rock.
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“God is so great—higher than the heavens, higher than the farthest stars.
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I have not departed from his commands, but have treasured his words more than daily food.
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They are soaked by mountain showers, and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home.
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God is more glorious than the moon; he shines brighter than the stars.
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They know where to dig iron from the earth and how to smelt copper from rock.
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Here the rocks contain precious lapis lazuli, and the dust contains gold.
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People know how to tear apart flinty rocks and overturn the roots of mountains.
