And Elius resumed and said,
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What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast said, I am righteous before the Lord?
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I will answer thee, and thy three friends.
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Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above thee.
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If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do? and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform?
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And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand?
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Thy ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.
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They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.
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But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;
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who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?
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There they shall cry, and none shall hearken, even because of the insolence of wicked men.
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For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.
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He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do thou plead before him, if thou canst praise him, as it is [possible] even now.
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For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.
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Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
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