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For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
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There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest.
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I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes.”
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“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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If you are pure and upright, Surely now He will stir Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.
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If He were to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
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If He passes by or apprehends people, Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him?
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Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.
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Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.
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Look away from him so that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired worker.
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“Earth, do not cover my blood, And may there be no resting place for my cry.
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If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove injustice far from your tent,
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They break up my path, They promote my destruction; No one restrains them.
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At night it pierces my bones within me, And my gnawing pains do not rest.
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I am seething within and cannot rest; Days of misery confront me.
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Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, So that he may see His face with joy, And He will restore His righteousness to that person.
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After it, a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain the lightning when His voice is heard.
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God Restores Job’s Fortunes
The Lord also restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord increased double all that Job had.
