The book of Job . nd hast fenced me with bones and hast granted me life and favour,And thy visitation hath preserved my these things hast thou hid in thine heart:I know that this is with thee. If I sin, then thou markest me,And thou wilt not acquit me from mine I be wicked, woe unto me ; And if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my am full of confusion •, therefore see thou mine affliction ;For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a flerce lion :And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon renewest thy witnesses against me,And increasest thi
The book of Job . nd hast fenced me with bones and hast granted me life and favour,And thy visitation hath preserved my these things hast thou hid in thine heart:I know that this is with thee. If I sin, then thou markest me,And thou wilt not acquit me from mine I be wicked, woe unto me ; And if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my am full of confusion •, therefore see thou mine affliction ;For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a flerce lion :And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon renewest thy witnesses against me,And increasest thine indignation upon me ;Changes and war are against me. Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out ofthe womb ? 0 that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me ! 1 should have been as though I had not been ; I should have been carried from the womb to the not my days few . cease then,And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,Before I go whence I shall not return, 44 THE BOOK OF Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death ;A land of darkness, as darkness itself;And of the shadow of death, withont any order,And where the light is as darkness. Then answered ZOPHAR the Naamathite, and said, Should not the multitude of words be answered ?And should a man full of talk be justified ?Should thy lies make men hold their peace ? THE BOOK OF JOB. 45 And when thou meekest, shall no man make thee ashamed ?For thou hast said, My doctrine is I am clean in thine oh that God would speak,And open his lips against thee •, And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom,That they are double to that which is !Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thineiniquity cieserveth. Canst thou by searching find out God ?Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection ?It is as high as heaven ; what canst thou do ?Deeper than hell; what canst thou know ?The measure thereof is longer than the earth,And broader than the he
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