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Will he then pay back to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know.

Would that Job were tried to the limit, because his answers are those of the wicked.

"Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out; they call for help because of the arm of the mighty.

There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evildoers.

And now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not greatly heed transgression,

Beware! Do not turn to iniquity; because of that you have been tried by affliction.

you whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind?

Teach us what we shall say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.

Will you depend on it because its strength is great, and will you hand over your labor to it?

because God has made it forget wisdom, and given it no share in understanding.

Lead me, O Lord , in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.

Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; because of their many transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you.

My eyes waste away because of grief; they grow weak because of all my foes.

Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger.

"Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now rise up," says the Lord ; "I will place them in the safety for which they long."

and my enemy will say, "I have prevailed"; my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

I will sing to the Lord , because he has dealt bountifully with me.

I keep the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.

He brought me out into a broad place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.