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For Job has said, ‘I am righteous,
    God has taken away my right:
Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar.
    My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’
What man is like Job,
    who drinks scorn like water,
Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,
    and walks with wicked men?
For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
    that he should delight himself with God.’

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For Job also said, ‘I am innocent,
    but God has taken away my rights.
I am innocent, but they call me a liar.
    My suffering is incurable, though I have not sinned.’

“Tell me, has there ever been a man like Job,
    with his thirst for irreverent talk?
He chooses evil people as companions.
    He spends his time with wicked men.
He has even said, ‘Why waste time
    trying to please God?’

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