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pepigi foedus cum oculis meis ut ne cogitarem quidem devirgine

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quam enim partem haberet Deus in me desuper et hereditatemOmnipotens de excelsis

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numquid non perditio est iniquo et alienatio operantibusiniustitiam

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nonne ipse considerat vias meas et cunctos gressus meosdinumerat

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si ambulavi in vanitate et festinavit in dolo pes meus

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adpendat me in statera iusta et sciat Deus simplicitatemmeam

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si declinavit gressus meus de via et si secutum est oculosmeos cor meum et in manibus meis adhesit macula

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seram et alius comedat et progenies mea eradicetur

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si deceptum est cor meum super mulierem et si ad ostiumamici mei insidiatus sum

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scortum sit alteri uxor mea et super illam incurventuralii

31:11
hoc enim nefas est et iniquitas maxima

31:12
ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans et omnia eradicansgenimina

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si contempsi subire iudicium cum servo meo et ancillaemeae cum disceptarent adversum me

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quid enim faciam cum surrexerit ad iudicandum Deus et cumquaesierit quid respondebo illi

31:15
numquid non in utero fecit me qui et illum operatus est etformavit in vulva unus

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si negavi quod volebant pauperibus et oculos viduaeexpectare feci

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si comedi buccellam meam solus et non comedit pupillus exea

31:18
quia ab infantia mea crevit mecum miseratio et de uteromatris meae egressa est mecum

31:19
si despexi pereuntem eo quod non habuerit indumentum etabsque operimento pauperem

31:20
si non benedixerunt mihi latera eius et de velleribusovium mearum calefactus est

31:21
si levavi super pupillum manum meam etiam cum viderem mein porta superiorem

31:22
umerus meus a iunctura sua cadat et brachium meum cum suisossibus confringatur

31:23
semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum etpondus eius ferre non potui

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si putavi aurum robur meum et obrizae dixi fiducia mea

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si laetatus sum super multis divitiis meis et quia plurimarepperit manus mea

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si vidi solem cum fulgeret et lunam incedentem clare

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et lactatum est in abscondito cor meum et osculatus summanum meam ore meo

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quae est iniquitas maxima et negatio contra Deumaltissimum

31:29
si gavisus sum ad ruinam eius qui me oderat et exultaviquod invenisset eum malum

31:30
non enim dedi ad peccandum guttur meum ut expeteremmaledicens animam eius

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si non dixerunt viri tabernaculi mei quis det de carnibuseius ut saturemur

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foris non mansit peregrinus ostium meum viatori patuit

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si abscondi quasi homo peccatum meum et celavi in sinu meoiniquitatem meam

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si expavi ad multitudinem nimiam et despectio propinquorumterruit me et non magis tacui nec egressus sum ostium

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quis mihi tribuat auditorem ut desiderium meum Omnipotensaudiat et librum scribat ipse qui iudicat

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ut in umero meo portem illum et circumdem illum quasicoronam mihi

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per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo illum et quasiprincipi offeram eum

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si adversum me terra mea clamat et cum ipsa sulci eiusdeflent

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si fructus eius comedi absque pecunia et animamagricolarum eius adflixi

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pro frumento oriatur mihi tribulus et pro hordeo spinafinita sunt verba Iob

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031:001
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

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For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

031:003
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

031:004
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

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If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

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Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

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If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

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Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

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If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

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Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

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For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

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For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

031:013
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

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What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

031:015
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

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If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

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Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

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(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

031:019
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

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If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

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If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

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Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

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For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

031:024
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

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If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

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If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

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And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

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This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

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If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

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Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

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If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

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The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

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If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

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Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

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Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

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Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

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I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

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If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

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If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

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Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

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