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"But as for me, I would seek God, And I would make my plea before God,

Job 5:8

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number.

Job 5:9

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

"He gives rain on the earth, And sends water on the fields,

Job 5:10

Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety.

Job 5:11

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

"He frustrates the schemes of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success.

Job 5:12

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

"He captures the wise by their own cleverness, And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

Job 5:13

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

"By day they meet with darkness, And grope at noon as in the night.

Job 5:14

They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

"But He saves from the sword of their mouth, And the poor from the hand of the strong.

Job 5:15

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

"So the helpless has hope, And injustice has shut its mouth.

Job 5:16

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

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