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large view of God. Boy, you begin to read that description of God, and he
really does. It is probably larger than Bildad’s, Zophar’s and Eliphaz’s put
together. Chapter 27:1 - 6
“As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who
has embittered my soul, for as long as life is in me, and the breath of
God is in my nostrils, my lips certainly will not speak unjustly, nor will
my tongue mutter deceit. Far be it from me that I should declare you
right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. I hold fast my
righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not reproach any of
my days.”
He says, I have a high view of God, and I do not understand it all but I know
this. I have not sinned. Verse 11,
“I will instruct you in the power of God; What is with the Almighty I
will not conceal.”
You say the wicked do not get rich. Here is what I say. Verse 14,
“Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his
descendants will not be satisfied with bread.”
Oh, they will get rich, but they will not be satisfied with their riches.

“His survivors will be buried because of the plague, and their widows
will not be able to weep. Though he piles up silver like dust (he will get
rich) and prepares garments as plentiful as the clay, (he will get rich)
He may prepare it, but the just will wear it and the innocent will divide
the silver.

They talked about physical things. Chapter 28:1-11. Do you want to see
how smart Job is? We will not take time to read this, but boy, does he have a
knowledge of geology. He said you have been talking about gold, silver,
riches and wealth. I will tell you about it. I know more about it than you do.
He goes on to illustrate it in the first eleven verses. But then he says I am
not talking about gold and silver and being rich and not being rich. I do not
care about losing my money. I am not complaining about my “crosses and
my losses”. Verse 12 “Where can wisdom be found?” That is what I am
after. Verse 14,

“The deep says, ‘It is not in me’; And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can silver be weighed
as its price. It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx,
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