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And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain?

for the ostrich will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,

For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.

And will he make a covenant with thee? and wilt thou take him for a perpetual servant?

And wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or bind him as a sparrow for a child?

Hast thou not seen him? and hast thou not wondered at the things said of him? Dost thou not fear because preparation has been made by me? for who is there that resists me?

For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.

For who is he that hides counsel from thee? or who keeps back his words, and thinks to hide them from thee? and who will tell me what I knew not, great and wonderful things which I understood not?

And it came to pass after the Lord had spoken all these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Thaemanite, Thou hast sinned, and thy two friends: for ye have not said anything true before me, as my servant Job has.

Now then take seven bullocks, and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and he shall offer a burnt-offering for you. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will only accept him: for but his sake, I would have destroyed you, for ye have not spoken the truth against my servant Job.

So Eliphaz the Thaemanite, and Baldad the Sauchite, and Sophar the Minaean, went and did as the Lord commanded them: and he pardoned their sin for the sake of Job.

And the Lord prospered Job: and when he prayed also for his friends, he forgave them their sin: and the Lord gave Job twice as much, even the double of what he had before.

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.

Many say concerning my soul, There is no deliverance for him in his God. Pause.

I lay down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord will help me.

Arise, Lord; deliver me, my God: for thou hast smitten all who were without cause mine enemies; thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.

When I called upon him, the God of my righteousness heard me: thou hast made room for me in tribulation; pity me, and hearken to my prayer.

But know ye that the Lord has done wondrous things for his holy one: the Lord will hear me when I cry to him.

Be ye angry, and sin not; feel compunction upon your beds for what ye say in your hearts. Pause.