Job 13

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Lo, mine eye hath seen all this,

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What ye know, the same do I know also:

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Surely I would speak to the Almighty,

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But ye are forgers of lies;

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Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace!

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Hear now my reasoning,

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Will ye speak unrighteously for God,

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Will ye show partiality to him?

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Is it good that he should search you out?

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He will surely reprove you,

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Shall not his majesty make you afraid,

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Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,

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Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak;

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Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth,

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Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope:

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This also shall be my salvation,

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Hear diligently my speech,

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Behold now, I have set my cause in order;

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Who is he that will contend with me?

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Only do not two things unto me;

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Withdraw thy hand far from me;

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Then call thou, and I will answer;

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How many are mine iniquities and sins?

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Wherefore hidest thou thy face,

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Wilt thou harass a driven leaf?

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For thou writest bitter things against me,

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Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks,

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Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth,