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Then Satan answered the Lord , "Is it for nothing that Job fears God?

While this one was still speaking, another messenger arrived and said, "The fire of God has fallen from heaven and has burned up the sheep and the servants—it has consumed them! And I—only I alone—escaped to tell you!"

In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety.

Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan also arrived among them to present himself before the Lord .

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason."

Then his wife said to him, "Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!"

But he replied, "You're talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?" In all this Job did not sin by what he said.

That day—let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

"Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

"Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?

If God puts no trust in his servants and attributes folly to his angels,

"But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.

"Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

"Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!

And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,