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3 And do You open Your eyes on such a
one,
And bring me to judgment with
13:15 Though He slay me,yet will I trust Him. Yourself?
Job assured his accusers that his convictions 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an
were not self-serving, because he was ready to unclean?
die trusting God. But still he would defend his No one!
innocence before God and was confident that 5 Since his days are determined,
he was truly saved and not a hypocrite (v.16). The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so that
13:23 How many are my iniquities and sins? he cannot pass.
Job wanted to know how many so that he 6 Look away from him that he may rest,
could determine if his measure of suffering Till like a hired man he finishes his
matched the severity of his sin, and he could day.
then repent for sins he was unaware of.
7 “For there is hope for a tree,
If it is cut down, that it will sprout
Even so, I will defend my own ways again,
before Him. And that its tender shoots will not
16 He also shall be my salvation, cease.
For a hypocrite could not come before 8 Though its root may grow old in the
Him. earth,
17 Listen carefully to my speech, And its stump may die in the ground,
And to my declaration with your ears. 9 Yet at the scent of water it will bud
18 See now, I have prepared my case, And bring forth branches like a plant.
I know that I shall be vindicated. 10 But man dies and is laid away;
19 Who is he who will contend with me? Indeed he breathes his last
If now I hold my tongue, I perish. And where is he?
11 As water disappears from the sea,
20 “Only two things do not do to me, And a river becomes parched and dries
Then I will not hide myself from You:
up,
21 Withdraw Your hand far from me, 12 So man lies down and does not rise.
And let not the dread of You make me Till the heavens are no more,
afraid.
22 Then call, and I will answer; They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.
Or let me speak, then You respond to me.
23 How many are my iniquities and sins? 13 “Oh, that You would hide me in the
Make me know my transgression and grave,
my sin. That You would conceal me until Your
24 Why do You hide Your face, wrath is past,
And regard me as Your enemy? That You would appoint me a set time,
25 Will You frighten a leaf driven to and and remember me!
fro? 14 If a man dies, shall he live again?
And will You pursue dry stubble? All the days of my hard service I will
For You write bitter things against me,
26 wait,
And make me inherit the iniquities of Till my change comes.
15 You shall call, and I will answer You;
my youth.
27 You shall desire the work of Your hands.
You put my feet in the stocks, 16
And watch closely all my paths. For now You number my steps,
You set a limit for the soles of my feet. But do not watch over my sin.
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
28 “Man decays like a rotten thing, And You cover my iniquity.
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
18 “But as a mountain falls and crumbles
“Man who is born of woman away,
14 Is of few days and full of trouble. And as a rock is moved from its place;
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He comes forth like a flower and fades As water wears away stones,
away; And as torrents wash away the soil of
He flees like a shadow and does not the earth;
continue. So You destroy the hope of man.
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