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Job 16

Job Says Friends Are Sorry Comforters

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Then Jobh347  1answeredh6030a,

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"I have heardh8085 manyh7227a suchh428 thingsh7227a;  1 aSorryh5999 comfortersh5162 are you allh3605.

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"Is there no limith7093 to  awindyh7307 wordsh1697? Orh176 whath4100 plaguesh4834 you that you answerh6030a?

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"I tooh1571 could speakh1696 like you, Ifh3863  1I were in your placeh8478. I could composeh2266 wordsh4405 againsth5921 you And  ashakeh5128 my headh7218 at you.

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"I could strengthenh553 you with my mouthh6310, And the solaceh5205 of my lipsh8193 could lessenh2820 your pain.

Job Says God Shattered Him

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"Ifh518 I speakh1696,  amy painh3511 is not lessenedh2820, And if I holdh2308 backh2308, whath4100 has lefth1980 me?

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"But nowh6258 He has  aexhaustedh3811 me; You have laidh8074  bwasteh8074 allh3605 my companyh5712.

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"You have shriveledh7059 me up,  aIt has becomeh1961 a witnessh5707; And my  bleannessh3585 risesh6965 up against me, It testifiesh6030a to my faceh6440.

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"His angerh639 has  atornh2963 me and  1huntedh7852 me downh7852, He has  bgnashedh2786 at me with His teethh8127; My  cadversaryh6862c  2glaresh3913h5869 at me.

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"They have  agapedh6473 at me with their mouthh6310, They have  1 bslappedh5221 me on the cheekh3895 with contempth2781; They have  cmassedh4390 themselves againsth5921 me.

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"Godh410 handsh5462 me overh5462 to ruffiansh5760 And tossesh3399 me into the handsh3027 of the wickedh7563.

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"I was at easeh7961, but  aHe shatteredh6565a me, And He has graspedh270 me by the neckh6203 and shakenh6483a me to piecesh6483a; He has also seth6965 me up as His  btargeth4307.

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"His  aarrowsh7228 surroundh5437 me. Withouth3808 mercyh2550 He splitsh6398 my kidneysh3629 openh6398; He poursh8210 out  bmy gallh4845 on the groundh776.

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"He  abreaksh6555 throughh6555 me with breachh6556 afterh5921h6440 breachh6556; He  brunsh7323 at me like a warriorh1368.

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"I have sewedh8609  asackclothh8242 overh5921 my skinh1539 And  bthrusth5953d my hornh7161 in the dusth6083.

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"My faceh6440 is flushedh2560c from  aweepingh1065,  bAnd deeph6757 darknessh6757 is on my eyelidsh6079,

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Althoughh5921 there is noh3808  aviolenceh2555 in my handsh3709, And  bmy prayerh8605 is pureh2134.

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"O earthh776, do not coverh3680 my bloodh1818, And let there be noh408 resting placeh4725 for my cryh2201.

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"Evenh1571 nowh6258, beholdh2009,  amy witnessh5707 is in heavenh8064, And my  1advocateh7717 is  bon highh4791.

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"My friendsh7453 are my scoffersh3917b;  aMy eyeh5869  1weepsh1811 to Godh433.

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"O that a manh1397 might pleadh3198 with Godh433 As a manh1121h120 with his neighborh7453!

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"For when a fewh4557 yearsh8141 are pasth857, I shall goh1980 the wayh734  aof noh3808 returnh7725.



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