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He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars.
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God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.
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Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.
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Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.
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Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with cleansing powder,
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you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.
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If I am guilty—woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction.
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to the land of deepest night, of utter darkness and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
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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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In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
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He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.
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They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
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If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.
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But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.
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“Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
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The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.
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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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Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
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“God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.
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turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near.
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The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.
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Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.
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He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world.
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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 guests and my female servants count me a foreigner; they look on me as on a stranger.
