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   <v n='1'>I <s n="3772">made</s> a <s n="1285">covenant</s> with mine <s n="5869">eyes</s>; <s n="4100">why</s> then should I <s n="995">think</s> <s n="5921">upon</s> a <s n="1330">maid</s>? </v>
   <v n='2'>For <s n="4100">what</s> <s n="2506">portion</s> of <s n="433">God</s> is there from <s n="4480 4605">above</s>? and what <s n="5159">inheritance</s> of the <s n="7706">Almighty</s> from on <s n="4480 4791">high</s>? </v>
   <v n='3'> Is <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="343">destruction</s> to the <s n="5767">wicked</s>? and a <s n="5235">strange</s> punishment to the <s n="6466">workers</s> of <s n="205">iniquity</s>? </v>
   <v n='4'>Doth <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="1931">he</s> <s n="7200">see</s> my <s n="1870">ways</s>, and <s n="5608">count</s> <s n="3605">all</s> my <s n="6806">steps</s>? </v>
   <v n='5'><s n="518">If</s> I have <s n="1980">walked</s> <s n="5973">with</s> <s n="7723">vanity</s>, or if my <s n="7272">foot</s> hath <s n="2363">hasted</s> <s n="5921">to</s> <s n="4820">deceit</s>; </v>
   <v n='6'>Let me be <s n="8254">weighed</s> in an <s n="6664">even</s> <s n="3976">balance</s>, that <s n="433">God</s> may <s n="3045">know</s> mine <s n="8538">integrity</s>. </v>
   <v n='7'><s n="518">If</s> my <s n="838">step</s> hath <s n="5186">turned</s> out <s n="4480">of</s> the <s n="1870">way</s>, and mine <s n="3820">heart</s> <s n="1980">walked</s> <s n="310">after</s> mine <s n="5869">eyes</s>, and if any <s n="3971">blot</s> hath <s n="1692">cleaved</s> to mine <s n="3709">hands</s>; </v>
   <v n='8'> Then let me <s n="2232">sow</s>, and let <s n="312">another</s> <s n="398">eat</s>; yea, let my <s n="6631">offspring</s> be rooted <s n="8327">out</s>. </v>
   <v n='9'><s n="518">If</s> mine <s n="3820">heart</s> have been <s n="6601">deceived</s> <s n="5921">by</s> a <s n="802">woman</s>, or if I have laid <s n="693">wait</s> <s n="5921">at</s> my <s n="7453">neighbor</s> 's <s n="6607">door</s>; </v>
   <v n='10'> Then let my <s n="802">wife</s> <s n="2912">grind</s> unto <s n="312">another</s>, and let <s n="312">others</s> bow <s n="3766">down</s> <s n="5921">upon</s> her. </v>
   <v n='11'><s n="3588">For</s> <s n="1931">this</s> is a heinous <s n="2154">crime</s>; yea, <s n="1931">it</s> is an <s n="5771">iniquity</s> to be punished by the <s n="6414">judges</s>. </v>
   <v n='12'><s n="3588">For</s> <s n="1931">it</s> is a <s n="784">fire</s> that <s n="398">consumeth</s> <s n="5704">to</s> <s n="11">destruction</s>, and would root <s n="8327">out</s> <s n="3605">all</s> mine <s n="8393">increase</s>. </v>
   <v n='13'><s n="518">If</s> I did <s n="3988">despise</s> the <s n="4941">cause</s> of my <s n="5650">manservant</s> or of my <s n="519">maidservant</s>, when they <s n="7378">contended</s> <s n="5978">with</s> me; </v>
   <v n='14'><s n="4100">What</s> then shall I <s n="6213">do</s> <s n="3588">when</s> <s n="410">God</s> riseth <s n="6965">up</s>? and <s n="3588">when</s> he <s n="6485">visiteth</s>, <s n="4100">what</s> shall I <s n="7725">answer</s> him? </v>
   <v n='15'>Did <s n="3808">not</s> he that <s n="6213">made</s> me in the <s n="990">womb</s> <s n="6213">make</s> him? and did not <s n="259">one</s> <s n="3559">fashion</s> us in the <s n="7358">womb</s>? </v>
   <v n='16'><s n="518">If</s> I have <s n="4513">withheld</s> the <s n="1800">poor</s> from their <s n="4480 2656">desire</s>, or have caused the <s n="5869">eyes</s> of the <s n="490">widow</s> to <s n="3615">fail</s>; </v>
   <v n='17'>Or have <s n="398">eaten</s> my <s n="6595">morsel</s> myself <s n="905">alone</s>, and the <s n="3490">fatherless</s> hath <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="398">eaten</s> <s n="4480">thereof</s>; </v>
   <v n='18'>( <s n="3588">For</s> from my <s n="4480 5271">youth</s> he was brought <s n="1431">up</s> with me, as with a <s n="1">father</s>, and I have <s n="5148">guided</s> her from my <s n="517">mother</s> 's <s n="4480 990">womb</s>;) </v>
   <v n='19'><s n="518">If</s> I have <s n="7200">seen</s> any <s n="6">perish</s> for <s n="4480 1097">want</s> of <s n="3830">clothing</s>, or any <s n="34">poor</s> <s n="369">without</s> <s n="3682">covering</s>; </v>
   <v n='20'><s n="518">If</s> his <s n="2504">loins</s> have <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="1288">blessed</s> me, and if he were not <s n="2552">warmed</s> with the <s n="4480 1488">fleece</s> of my <s n="3532">sheep</s>; </v>
   <v n='21'><s n="518">If</s> I have lifted <s n="5130">up</s> my <s n="3027">hand</s> <s n="5921">against</s> the <s n="3490">fatherless</s>, <s n="3588">when</s> I <s n="7200">saw</s> my <s n="5833">help</s> in the <s n="8179">gate</s>: </v>
   <v n='22'> Then let mine <s n="3802">arm</s> <s n="5307">fall</s> from my shoulder <s n="4480 7929">blade</s>, and mine <s n="248">arm</s> be <s n="7665">broken</s> from the <s n="4480 7070">bone</s>. </v>
   <v n='23'><s n="3588">For</s> <s n="343">destruction</s> from <s n="410">God</s> was a <s n="6343">terror</s> <s n="413">to</s> me, and by reason of his <s n="4480 7613">highness</s> I <s n="3201">could</s> <s n="3808">not</s> endure. </v>
   <v n='24'><s n="518">If</s> I have <s n="7760">made</s> <s n="2091">gold</s> my <s n="3689">hope</s>, or have <s n="559">said</s> to the fine <s n="3800">gold</s>, Thou art my <s n="4009">confidence</s>; </v>
   <v n='25'><s n="518">If</s> I <s n="8055">rejoiced</s> <s n="3588">because</s> my <s n="2428">wealth</s> was <s n="7227">great</s>, and <s n="3588">because</s> mine <s n="3027">hand</s> had <s n="4672">gotten</s> <s n="3524">much</s>; </v>
   <v n='26'><s n="518">If</s> I <s n="7200">beheld</s> the <s n="216">sun</s> <s n="3588">when</s> it <s n="1984">shined</s>, or the <s n="3394">moon</s> <s n="1980">walking</s> in <s n="3368">brightness</s>; </v>
   <v n='27'>And my <s n="3820">heart</s> hath been <s n="5643">secretly</s> <s n="6601">enticed</s>, or my <s n="6310">mouth</s> hath <s n="5401">kissed</s> my <s n="3027">hand</s>: </v>
   <v n='28'><s n="1931">This</s> <s n="1571">also</s> were an <s n="5771">iniquity</s> to be punished by the <s n="6416">judge</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> I should have <s n="3584">denied</s> the <s n="410">God</s> that is <s n="4480 4605">above</s>. </v>
   <v n='29'><s n="518">If</s> I <s n="8055">rejoiced</s> at the <s n="6365">destruction</s> of him that <s n="8130">hated</s> me, or lifted up <s n="5782">myself</s> <s n="3588">when</s> <s n="7451">evil</s> <s n="4672">found</s> him: </v>
   <v n='30'><s n="3808">Neither</s> have I <s n="5414">suffered</s> my <s n="2441">mouth</s> to <s n="2398">sin</s> by <s n="7592">wishing</s> a <s n="423">curse</s> to his <s n="5315">soul</s>. </v>
   <v n='31'><s n="518">If</s> the <s n="4962">men</s> of my <s n="168">tabernacle</s> <s n="559">said</s> <s n="3808">not</s>, Oh <s n="4310">that</s> we <s n="5414">had</s> of his <s n="4480 1320">flesh</s>! we <s n="3808">cannot</s> be <s n="7646">satisfied</s>. </v>
   <v n='32'>The <s n="1616">stranger</s> did <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="3885">lodge</s> in the <s n="2351">street</s>: but I <s n="6605">opened</s> my <s n="1817">doors</s> to the <s n="734">traveler</s>. </v>
   <v n='33'><s n="518">If</s> I <s n="3680">covered</s> my <s n="6588">transgressions</s> as <s n="121">Adam</s>, by <s n="2934">hiding</s> mine <s n="5771">iniquity</s> in my <s n="2243">bosom</s>: </v>
   <v n='34'>Did I <s n="6206">fear</s> a <s n="7227">great</s> <s n="1995">multitude</s>, or did the <s n="937">contempt</s> of <s n="4940">families</s> <s n="2865">terrify</s> me, that I kept <s n="1826">silence</s>, and went not <s n="3318 3808">out</s> of the <s n="6607">door</s>? </v>
   <v n='35'>Oh <s n="4310">that</s> one <s n="5414">would</s> <s n="8085">hear</s> me! <s n="2005">behold</s>, my <s n="8420">desire</s> is, that the <s n="7706">Almighty</s> would <s n="6030">answer</s> me, and that mine <s n="376 7379">adversary</s> had <s n="3789">written</s> a <s n="5612">book</s>. </v>
   <v n='36'><s n="518">Surely</s> I would <s n="5375">take</s> it <s n="5921">upon</s> my <s n="7926">shoulder</s>, and <s n="6029">bind</s> it as a <s n="5850">crown</s> to me. </v>
   <v n='37'>I would <s n="5046">declare</s> unto him the <s n="4557">number</s> of my <s n="6806">steps</s>; <s n="3644">as</s> a <s n="5057">prince</s> would I go near <s n="7126">unto</s> him. </v>
   <v n='38'><s n="518">If</s> my <s n="127">land</s> <s n="2199">cry</s> <s n="5921">against</s> me, or that the <s n="8525">furrows</s> <s n="3162">likewise</s> thereof <s n="1058">complain</s>; </v>
   <v n='39'><s n="518">If</s> I have <s n="398">eaten</s> the <s n="3581">fruits</s> thereof <s n="1097">without</s> <s n="3701">money</s>, or have caused the <s n="1167">owners</s> thereof to <s n="5301">lose</s> their <s n="5315">life</s>: </v>
   <v n='40'>Let <s n="2336">thistles</s> <s n="3318">grow</s> <s n="8478">instead</s> of <s n="2406">wheat</s>, and <s n="890">cockle</s> <s n="8478">instead</s> of <s n="8184">barley</s>. The <s n="1697">words</s> of <s n="347">Job</s> are <s n="8552">ended</s>. </v>
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