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“God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.

I will tell God, ‘Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,

that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.

The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.

Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,

that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.

“Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.

After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh,

Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.

“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!

For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.

From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly.

(for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?

“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,

For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?

(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty.

because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.

“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,

“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.

Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”

He won’t regard the gods of his fathers, or the desire of women, or regard any god; for he will magnify himself above all.

But in his place he will honor the god of fortresses. He will honor a god whom his fathers didn’t know with gold, silver, and with precious stones and pleasant things.

But in his place he will honor the god of fortresses. He will honor a god whom his fathers didn’t know with gold, silver, and with precious stones and pleasant things.