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“Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.
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But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
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The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
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Captives also enjoy their ease; they no longer hear the slave driver’s shout.
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that you examine them every morning and test them every moment?
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If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?
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In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
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“God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.
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Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.
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He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree.
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“My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.
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The soil in the valley is sweet to them; everyone follows after them, and a countless throng goes before them.
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It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds in the sky.
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for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
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“I thought, ‘I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
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Does he not see my ways and count my every step?
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I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him as to a ruler.)—
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I thought, ‘Age should speak; advanced years should teach wisdom.’
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“But now, Job, listen to my words; pay attention to everything I say.
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He repays everyone for what they have done; he brings on them what their conduct deserves.
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“His eyes are on the ways of mortals; he sees their every step.
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He punishes them for their wickedness where everyone can see them,
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So that everyone he has made may know his work, he stops all people from their labor.
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Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
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All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
