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Job 21:15

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Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And how is it helpful to us if we pray to him?"

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They said to God, "Withdraw from us," and they treated the Almighty as if he could do nothing,

What advantage is it to God, if you were just? Or what do you provide for him, if your way should be immaculate?

For he has said, "Man will not please God, even if he should travel with him."

For you said, "Having done what is right does not please you," and, "How will it benefit you, if I sin?"

Look upon me and listen to me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes, lest I fall asleep forever in death,

In your virtue, you confirmed the sea. You crushed the heads of the serpents in the waters.

But he responded: "Who is the Lord, that I should listen to his voice and release Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not release Israel."

lest perhaps, being filled, I might be enticed into denial, and say: 'Who is the Lord?' Or, being compelled by destitution, I might steal, and then perjure myself in the name of my God.

Take me from the way. Avert me from the path. Let the Holy One of Israel cease from before our face."

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. I have not said to the offspring of Jacob, "Seek me in vain." I am the Lord, who speaks justice, who announces what is right.

Your habitation is in the midst of deceit. In their deceitfulness, they have refused to know me, says the Lord."

According to their pastures, they have been filled up and have been satisfied. And they have lifted up their heart, and they have forgotten me.

And you have said, "What have we spoken against you?" You have said, "He labors in vain who serves God," and, "What advantage is it that we have kept his precepts, and that we have walked sorrowfully in the sight of the Lord of hosts?

Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

Until now, you have not requested anything in my name. Ask, and you shall receive, so that your joy may be full.




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