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Would he use his great power to argue with me?
    No, he would give me a fair hearing.

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Would he vigorously oppose me?(A)
    No, he would not press charges against me.(B)

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Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 10 That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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But he said to me, “My grace(A) is sufficient for you, for my power(B) is made perfect in weakness.(C)(D) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight(E) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(F) in persecutions,(G) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(H)

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21 Remove your heavy hand from me,
    and don’t terrify me with your awesome presence.

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21 Withdraw your hand(A) far from me,
    and stop frightening me with your terrors.(B)

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33 If only there were a mediator between us,
    someone who could bring us together.
34 The mediator could make God stop beating me,
    and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment.

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33 If only there were someone to mediate between us,(A)
    someone to bring us together,(B)
34 someone to remove God’s rod from me,(C)
    so that his terror would frighten me no more.(D)

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35 I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will judge you face to face.

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35 I will bring you into the wilderness(A) of the nations and there, face to face, I will execute judgment(B) upon you.

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33 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I will rule over you with an iron fist in great anger and with awesome power.

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33 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will reign over you with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm(A) and with outpoured wrath.(B)

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No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account.
    She was exiled from her land
    as though blown away in a storm from the east.

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By warfare[a] and exile(A) you contend with her—
    with his fierce blast he drives her out,
    as on a day the east wind(B) blows.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:8 See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

    My anger will be gone.
If I find briers and thorns growing,
    I will attack them;
I will burn them up—

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    I am not angry.
If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!
    I would march against them in battle;
    I would set them all on fire.(A)

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19 If it’s a question of strength, he’s the strong one.
    If it’s a matter of justice, who dares to summon him[a] to court?

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Footnotes

  1. 9:19 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads me.

19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!(A)
    And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him[a]?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:19 See Septuagint; Hebrew me.

For God is so wise and so mighty.
    Who has ever challenged him successfully?

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As soon as I pray, you answer me;
    you encourage me by giving me strength.

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When I called,(A) you answered me;(B)
    you greatly emboldened(C) me.

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