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Job 33

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¹Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words. ²Behold now, I have opened my mouth; My tongue hath spoken in my mouth. ³My wordsshall utterthe uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely. ⁴The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life. ⁵If thou canst, answer thou me; Setthy wordsin order before me, stand forth. ⁶Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay. ⁷Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee. ⁸Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice ofthywords, saying, ⁹I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me: ¹⁰Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy; ¹¹He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths. ¹²Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man. ¹³Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters? ¹⁴For God speaketh once, Yea twice, though man regardeth it not. ¹⁵In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed; ¹⁶Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction, ¹⁷That he may withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man; ¹⁸He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword. ¹⁹He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones; ²⁰So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food. ²¹His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out. ²²Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers. ²³If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him; ²⁴ThenGodis gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom. ²⁵His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s; He returneth to the days of his youth. ²⁶He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him, So that he seeth his face with joy: And he restoreth unto man his righteousness. ²⁷He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not: ²⁸He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light. ²⁹Lo, all these things doth God work, Twice, yea thrice, with a man, ³⁰To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living. ³¹Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak. ³²If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee. ³³If not, hearken thou unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.