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God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.
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someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.
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I say to God: Do not declare me guilty, but tell me what charges you have against me.
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You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.’
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Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you
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and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
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“Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
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“I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
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The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure— those God has in his hand.
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“To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
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But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God.
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Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?
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Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?
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Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, for no godless person would dare come before him!
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“Only grant me these two things, God, and then I will not hide from you:
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But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.
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Do you listen in on God’s council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?
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Are God’s consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?
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so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?
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If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
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because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
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He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
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For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
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Surely, God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.
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God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
