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Job 36:3

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I will review my knowledge from the beginning, and I will prove my Maker to be just.

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And Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was angry and indignant. But he was angry against Job because he described himself to be just in the presence of God.

But I see now that there is only breath in men, and that it is the inspiration of the Almighty that gives understanding.

For Job has said: "I am just, yet God has subverted my judgment.

Bear with me for a little while and I will show you; for I have still more to say in favor of God.

We are not worthy to be able to find him. Great in strength, great in judgment, great in justice: he is indescribable.

Should man be justified in relation to God, or will a man be more pure than his Maker?

Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?

The eloquence of the Lord is pure eloquence, silver tested by fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.

Certainly, O Lord, you are just. But if I may contend with you, while still speaking what is just to you: Why does the way of the impious prosper? Why is it well with all those who transgress and act unfairly?

And the Lord kept watch over the evil and has led it over us; the Lord, our God, is just in all his works, which he has accomplished, for we have not listened to his voice.

To you, O Lord, is justice, but to us is confusion of face, just as it is on this day for the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, for those who are near and those who are far off, in all the lands to which you have driven them, because of their iniquities by which they have sinned against you.

The Queen of the South shall arise in judgment with this generation, and she shall condemn it. For she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold, there is a greater than Solomon here.

What should we say next? Is there unfairness with God? Let it not be so!

The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments. God is faithful and without any iniquity. He is just and upright.

Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.

But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him.

But within the wisdom that is from above, certainly, chastity is first, and next peacefulness, meekness, openness, consenting to what is good, a plenitude of mercy and good fruits, not judging, without falseness.

and singing the canticle of Moses, the servant of God, and the canticle of the Lamb, saying: "Great and wondrous are your works, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of all ages.




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