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Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”
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The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
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When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
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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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If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.
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You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your forces come against me wave upon wave.
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Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you
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Can anyone bring charges against me? If so, I will be silent and die.
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For you write down bitter things against me and make me reap the sins of my youth.
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Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against 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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because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
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defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.
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I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you.
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You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.
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People open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.
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The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
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If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me,
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His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies.
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His troops advance in force; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
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All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.
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When he has filled his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows on him.
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The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him.
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“Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you?
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Would he vigorously oppose me? No, he would not press charges against me.