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And it came to pass on a certain day, that the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, and the devil came among them to stand before the Lord.

Death is rest to such a man, for God has hedged him in.

Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God.

If God should destroy him, his place shall deny him. Hast thou not seen such things,

For if he would enter into judgment with him, God would not hearken to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges of a thousand.

Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as his counsellor? and has wisdom come only to thee?

If by any means he would fill his belly, let God send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.

This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods appointed him by the all-seeing God.

Let his substance fail to supply his children: God shall recompense him, and he shall know it.

As God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;

verily, while my breath is yet in me, and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,

Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him,

has he any confidence before him? or will God hear him as he calls upon him?

And God shall cast trouble upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it.

Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!

As when I steadfastly pursued my ways, when God took care of my house.

Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?

Because they turned aside from the law of God, and did not regard his ordinances,

But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;