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opened my mouth, "" My tongue has spoken in the palate.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Of the uprightness of my heart [are] my sayings, "" And my lips have clearly spoken knowledge.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The Spirit of God has made me, "" And the breath of the Mighty quickens me.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>If you are able—answer me, "" Set in array before me—station yourself.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Behold, I [am], according to your word, for God, "" I have also been formed from the clay.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Behold, my terror does not frighten you, "" And my burden on you is not heavy.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Surely you have spoken in my ears, "" And the sounds of words I hear:<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I [am] pure, without transgression, "" I [am] innocent, and I have no iniquity.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Behold, He develops hindrances against me, "" He reckons me for an enemy to Him,<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He puts my feet in the stocks, "" He watches all my paths.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Behold, you have not been righteous [in] this, "" I answer you, that God is greater than man.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Why have you striven against Him, "" When [for] all His matters He does not answer?<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For once God speaks, and twice (he does not behold it),<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>In a dream—a vision of night, "" In the falling of deep sleep on men, "" In slumberings on a bed.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then He uncovers the ear of men, "" And seals for their instruction,<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>To turn aside man [from] doing, "" And He conceals pride from man.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He keeps back his soul from corruption, "" And his life from passing away by a dart.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And he has been reproved "" With pain on his bed, "" And the strife of his bones [is] enduring.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And his life has nauseated bread, "" And his soul desirable food.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>His flesh is consumed from being seen, "" And his bones are high, they were not seen!<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And his soul draws near to the pit, "" And his life to those causing death.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>If there is a messenger by him, "" An interpreter—one of a thousand, "" To declare for man his uprightness,<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then He favors him and says, "" Ransom him from going down to the pit, "" I have found an atonement.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Fresher [is] his flesh than a child’s, "" He returns to the days of his youth.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He makes supplication to God, "" And He accepts him. And he sees His face with shouting, "" And He returns to man His righteousness.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>[Then] he looks on men and says, "" I sinned, and I have perverted uprightness, "" And it has not been profitable to me.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>He has ransomed my soul "" From going over into the pit, "" And my life looks on the light.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Behold, God works all these, "" Twice, [even] three times with man,<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>To bring back his soul from the pit, "" To be enlightened with the light of the living.<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Attend, O Job, listen to me, "" Keep silent, and I speak.<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>If there are words—answer me, "" Speak, for I have a desire to justify you.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/33-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>If there are not—listen to me, "" Keep silent, and I teach you wisdom.”<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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