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Job: What Can I Say?

¹ Then the LORD said to Job,

² "Will the faultfinder ^(C1)contend with the Almighty?
Let him who ^(C2)reproves God answer it."

³ Then Job answered the LORD and said,

⁴ "Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
I ^(C1)lay my hand on my mouth.

⁵ "Once I have spoken, and ^(C1)I will not answer;
Even twice, and I will add nothing more."

God Questions Job

⁶ Then the ^(C1)LORD answered Job out of the storm and said,

⁷ "Now ^(C1)gird up your loins like a man;
I will ^(C2)ask you, and you instruct Me.

⁸ "Will you really ^(C1)annul My judgment?
Will you ^(C2)condemn Me ^(C3)that you may be justified?

⁹ "Or do you have an arm like God,
And can you ^(C1)thunder with a voice like His?

¹⁰ "^(C1)Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity,
And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.

¹¹ "Pour out ^(C1)the overflowings of your anger,
And look on everyone who is ^(C2)proud, and make him low.

¹² "Look on everyone who is proud, and ^(C1)humble him,
And ^(C2)tread down the wicked ^(F1)where they stand.

¹³ "^(C1)Hide them in the dust together;
Bind ^(F1)them in the hidden place.

¹⁴ "Then I will also ^(F1)confess to you,
That your own right hand can save you.

God's Power Shown in Creatures

¹⁵ "Behold now, ^(F1)Behemoth, which ^(C1)I made ^(F2)as well as you;
He eats grass like an ox.

¹⁶ "Behold now, his strength in his loins
And his power in the muscles of his belly.

¹⁷ "He bends his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

¹⁸ "His bones are tubes of bronze;
His ^(F1)limbs are like bars of iron.

¹⁹ "He is the ^(C1)first of the ways of God;
Let his ^(C2)maker bring near his sword.

²⁰ "Surely the mountains ^(C1)bring him food,
And all the beasts of the field ^(C2)play there.

²¹ "Under the lotus plants he lies down,
In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.

²² "The lotus plants cover him with ^(F1)shade;
The willows of the brook surround him.

²³ "If a river ^(F1)rages, he is not alarmed;
He is confident, though the ^(C1)Jordan rushes to his mouth.

²⁴ "Can anyone capture him ^(F1)when he is on watch,
With ^(F2)barbs can anyone pierce his nose?