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Job 9:1--10:22

9:1

Then Job
<0347>

answered
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and said
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9:2

I know
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[it is] so of a truth
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but how should man
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be just
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with God
<0410>_?

{with God: or, before God?}

9:3

If he will
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contend
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with him, he cannot answer
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him one
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of a thousand
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9:4

[He is] wise
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in heart
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and mighty
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in strength
<03581>_:

who hath hardened
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[himself] against him, and hath prospered
<07999> (8799)_?

9:5

Which removeth
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the mountains
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and they know
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not: which overturneth
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them in his anger
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9:6

Which shaketh
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the earth
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out of her place
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and the pillars
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thereof tremble
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9:7

Which commandeth
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the sun
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and it riseth
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not; and sealeth up
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the stars
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9:8

Which alone spreadeth out
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the heavens
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and treadeth
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upon the waves
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of the sea
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{waves: Heb. heights}

9:9

Which maketh
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Arcturus
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Orion
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and Pleiades
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and the chambers
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of the south
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{Arcturus...: Heb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah}

9:10

Which doeth
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great things
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past
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finding out
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yea, and wonders
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without number
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9:11

Lo, he goeth
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by me, and I see
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[him] not: he passeth on
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also, but I perceive
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him not.

9:12

Behold, he taketh away
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who can hinder
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him? who will say
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unto him, What doest
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thou? {hinder...: Heb. turn him away?}

9:13

[If] God
<0433>

will not withdraw
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his anger
<0639>_,

the proud
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helpers
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do stoop
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under him. {proud...: Heb. helpers of pride, or, strength}

9:14

How much less shall I answer
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him, [and] choose out
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my words
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[to reason] with him?

9:15

Whom, though I were righteous
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[yet] would I not answer
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[but] I would make supplication
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to my judge
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9:16

If I had called
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and he had answered
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me; [yet] would I not believe
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that he had hearkened
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unto my voice
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9:17

For he breaketh
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me with a tempest
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and multiplieth
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my wounds
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without cause
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9:18

He will not suffer
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me to take
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my breath
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but filleth
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me with bitterness
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9:19

If [I speak] of strength
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lo, [he is] strong
<0533>_:

and if of judgment
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who shall set
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me a time [to plead]?

9:20

If I justify
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myself, mine own mouth
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shall condemn
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me: [if I say], I [am] perfect
<08535>_,

it shall also prove me perverse
<06140> (8799)_.

9:21

[Though] I [were] perfect
<08535>_,

[yet] would I not know
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my soul
<05315>_:

I would despise
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my life
<02416>_.

9:22

This [is] one
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[thing], therefore I said
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[it], He destroyeth
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the perfect
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and the wicked
<07563>_.

9:23

If the scourge
<07752>

slay
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suddenly
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he will laugh
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at the trial
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of the innocent
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9:24

The earth
<0776>

is given
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into the hand
<03027>

of the wicked
<07563>_:

he covereth
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the faces
<06440>

of the judges
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thereof; if not, where
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[and] who [is] he?

9:25

Now my days
<03117>

are swifter
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than a post
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they flee away
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they see
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no good
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9:26

They are passed away
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as
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the swift
<016>

ships
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as the eagle
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[that] hasteth
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to the prey
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{swift...: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire}

9:27

If I say
<0559> (8800)_,

I will forget
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my complaint
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I will leave off
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my heaviness
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and comfort
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[myself]:

9:28

I am afraid
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of all my sorrows
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I know
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that thou wilt not hold me innocent
<05352> (8762)_.

9:29

[If] I be wicked
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why then labour
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I in vain
<01892>_?

9:30

If I wash
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myself with
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snow water
<04325> <01119>_,

and make my hands
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never
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so clean
<02141> (8689)_;

9:31

Yet
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shalt thou plunge
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me in the ditch
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and mine own clothes
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shall abhor
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me. {abhor...: or, make me to be abhorred}

9:32

For [he is] not a man
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as I [am, that] I should answer
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him, [and] we should come
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together
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in judgment
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9:33

Neither is
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there any daysman
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betwixt us, [that] might lay
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his hand
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upon us both
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{any...: Heb. one that should argue} {daysman: or, umpire}

9:34

Let him take
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his rod
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away
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from me, and let not his fear
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terrify
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me:

9:35

[Then] would I speak
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and not fear
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him; but [it is] not so with me. {it is...: Heb. I am not so with myself}

10:1

My soul
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is weary
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of my life
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I will leave
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my complaint
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upon myself; I will speak
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in the bitterness
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of my soul
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{weary...: or, cut off while I live}

10:2

I will say
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unto God
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Do not condemn
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me; shew
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me wherefore thou contendest
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with me.

10:3

[Is it] good
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unto thee that thou shouldest oppress
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that thou shouldest despise
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the work
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of thine hands
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and shine
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upon the counsel
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of the wicked
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{work: Heb. labour}

10:4

Hast thou eyes
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of flesh
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or seest
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thou as man
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seeth
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10:5

[Are] thy days
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as the days
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of man
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[are] thy years
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as man's
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days
<03117>_,

10:6

That thou enquirest
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after mine iniquity
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and searchest
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after my sin
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10:7

Thou knowest
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that I am not wicked
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and [there is] none that can deliver
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out of thine hand
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{Thou...: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge}

10:8

Thine hands
<03027>

have made
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me and fashioned
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me together
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round about
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yet thou dost destroy
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me. {have...: Heb. took pains about me}

10:9

Remember
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I beseech thee, that thou hast made
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me as the clay
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and wilt thou bring
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me into dust
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again
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10:10

Hast thou not poured me out
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as milk
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and curdled
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me like cheese
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10:11

Thou hast clothed
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me with skin
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and flesh
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and hast fenced
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me with bones
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and sinews
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{fenced: Heb. hedged}

10:12

Thou hast granted
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me life
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and favour
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and thy visitation
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hath preserved
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my spirit
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10:13

And these [things] hast thou hid
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in thine heart
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I know
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that this [is] with thee.

10:14

If I sin
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then thou markest
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me, and thou wilt not acquit
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me from mine iniquity
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10:15

If I be wicked
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woe
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unto me; and [if] I be righteous
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[yet] will I not lift up
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my head
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[I am] full
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of confusion
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therefore see
<07202> (8798) (8676) <07200> (8798)

thou mine affliction
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10:16

For it increaseth
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Thou huntest
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me as a fierce lion
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and again
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thou shewest thyself marvellous
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upon me.

10:17

Thou renewest
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thy witnesses
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against me, and increasest
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thine indignation
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upon me
<05978>_;

changes
<02487>

and war
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[are] against me. {witnesses: that is, plagues}

10:18

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth
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out of the womb
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Oh that I had given up the ghost
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and no eye
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had seen
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me!

10:19

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried
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from the womb
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to the grave
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10:20

[Are] not my days
<03117>

few
<04592>_?

cease
<02308> (8798) (8675) <02308> (8799)

[then, and] let me alone
<07896> (8798) (8675) <07896> (8799)_,

that I may take comfort
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a little
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10:21

Before I go
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[whence] I shall not return
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[even] to the land
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of darkness
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and the shadow of death
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10:22

A land
<0776>

of darkness
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as darkness
<0652>

[itself; and] of the shadow of death
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without any order
<05468>_,

and [where] the light
<03313> (8686)

[is] as darkness
<0652>_.