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Job 4
Job 4
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
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A reply to Job from Eliphaz the Temanite:
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“Will you let me say a word? For who could keep from speaking out?
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In the past you have told many a troubled soul to trust in God
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and have encouraged those who are weak or falling, or lie crushed upon the ground or are tempted to despair.
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But now when trouble strikes, you faint and are broken.
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“At such a time as this should not trust in God still be your confidence? Shouldn't you believe that God will care for those who are good?
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Stop and think!
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Have you ever known a truly good and innocent person who was punished? Experience teaches that it is those who sow sin and trouble who harvest the same.
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They die beneath the hand of God.
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Though they are fierce as young lions, they shall all be broken and destroyed.
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Like aged, helpless lions they shall starve, and all their children shall be scattered.
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“This truth was given me in secret, as though whispered in my ear.
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It came in a nighttime vision as others slept.
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Suddenly, fear gripped me; I trembled and shook with terror,
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as a spirit passed before my face—my hair stood up on end.
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I felt the spirit's presence, but couldn't see it standing there. Then out of the dreadful silence came this voice:
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'Is mere man more just than God? More pure than his Creator?'
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“If God cannot trust his own messengers (for even angels make mistakes), how much
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less men made of dust, who are crushed to death as easily as moths!
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They are alive in the morning, but by evening they are dead, gone forever with hardly a thought from anyone.
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Their candle of life is snuffed out. They die and no one cares.
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