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Rh :And He walketh in the circuit of heaven.'
 * Wilt thou keep the old way
 * Which wicked men have trodden?
 * Who were snatched away before their time,
 * Whose foundation was poured out as a stream;
 * Who said unto God: 'Depart from us';
 * And what could the Almighty do unto them?
 * Yet He filled their houses with good things—
 * But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
 * The righteous saw it, and were glad,
 * And the innocent laugh them to scorn:
 * 'Surely their substance is cut off,
 * And their abundance the fire hath consumed.'


 * Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace;
 * Thereby shall thine increase be good.
 * Receive, I pray thee, instruction from His mouth,
 * And lay up His words in thy heart.
 * If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up—
 * If thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents,
 * And lay thy treasure in the dust,
 * And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;
 * And the Almighty be thy treasure,
 * And precious silver unto thee;
 * Then surely shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty,
 * And shalt lift up thy face unto God.
 * Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He will hear thee,
 * And thou shalt pay thy vows;
 * Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee,
 * And light shall shine upon thy ways.


 * When they cast thee down, thou shalt say: 'There is lifting up';
 * For the humble person He saveth.
 * He delivereth him that is innocent,
 * Yea, thou shalt be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

Then Job answered and said:


 * Even to-day is my complaint bitter;
 * My hand is become heavy because of my groaning.
 * Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
 * That I might come even to His seat!
 * I would order my cause before Him,
 * And fill my mouth with arguments.
 * I would know the words which He would answer me,
 * And understand what He would say unto me.
 * Would He contend with me in His great power?
 * Nay; but He would give heed unto me.
 * There the upright might reason with Him;
 * So should I be delivered for ever from my Judge.


 * Behold, I go forward, but He is not there,
 * And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
 * On the left hand, when He doth work, but I cannot behold Him,
 * He turneth Himself to the right hand, but I cannot see Him.


 * For He knoweth the way that I take;
 * When He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.