Chapter 40

  Moreover Yahweh answered Job,  

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  'Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.'  

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  Then Job answered Yahweh,  

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  'Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.  

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  I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.'  

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  Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,  

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  'Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.  

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  Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?  

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  Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?  

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  'Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.  

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  Pour forth the fury of your anger. Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low.  

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  Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.  

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  Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.  

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  Then I will also admit to you That your own right hand can save you.  

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  'See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.  

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  Look now, his strength is in his loins, His force is in the muscles of his belly.  

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  He moves his tail like a cedar: The sinews of his thighs are knit together.  

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  His bones are like tubes of brass. His limbs are like bars of iron.  

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  He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.  

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  Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the animals of the field do play.  

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  He lies under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the marsh.  

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  The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.  

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  Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.  

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  Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?  

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