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these things i did not understand
these things too wonderful to know
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Blameless & Upright
01:52
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By the edge of the sword the fields turned red
The fire fell and they were consumed
By the edge of the sword the fields turned red
A great wind came and your children were crushed
and I alone have escaped to tell
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I tore my robe and shaved my head
fell to the ground to worship
naked I came and naked I will depart
He gave, He has taken away
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My bones were touched
my flesh is cursed
I sat alone on ashes
Scraping at the boils
with remains of broken jars
oh, the broken shards
Do we take the good from the hand of God
and not accept the bad?
From the sole of my foot
to the crown of my head
my flesh is cursed
Friends they came
they raised their eyes
they didn’t know his face
They tore their robes
aloud they cried
throwing dust overhead
toward the sky
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Job's Lament
03:10
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Curse the night that said, “a child will be!”
Let the clouds settle in
and let the darkness terrify the day
And let the night be barren with no joyful voice within
Let the stars above grow dark
May it wait for light and never see the dawn
Why wasn’t I...
buried in the ground like a stillborn child?
I’d lie at peace
Where the wicked cease from raging
where the weary are at rest
the prisoners rest together
and the small and great are there
Yes, there is life for the bitter soul
who digs to find his death
and he gladly finds his grave
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Chapters 4 & 5 (Eliphaz)
06:51
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Who can keep from speaking?
You’ve encouraged many, Job
You strengthened weakest hands
and you helped the fallen man to stand
Now it’s come to you
A man who dwells in a house of clay
who’s foundation is dust
who’s crushed before the moth
In visions of the night
when the world is fast asleep
I could feel my shaking bones
my bristled hair it stood on end
a spirit past before my face
I could not discern its form
but the shape was standing still
there was silence, then a voice
Now it’s come to you
A man who dwells in a house of clay
who’s foundation is dust
who’s crushed before the moth
Unseen he dies
Call now!
Is there anyone who will answer you?
Anger slays the foolish
Jealousy kills the simple
Affliction never comes from the dust
trouble does not sprout from the ground
For man is born for trouble
as sparks fly upward
As for me, I would seek
I would place my cause before Him
Who does great and unsearchable things
wonders without number
Consider the joy of the man made right
For though He wounds, He also relieves
He strikes, but His hands also heal
Hear it and know for yourself
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If misery could be weighed
if laid upon the scales
it would be heavier than the sand of the seas
My words have been rash
His arrows are within me
poison runs through me
Answer my request that You would crush me
You would let loose Your hand and cut me off
But I take comfort in this
Rejoice in pain
I have not denied Your word
What is my strength, that I should wait?
What is my end to carry on?
Do I have the strength of stones
and is my body made of bronze?
Am I helpless?
Is deliverance far from me?
Am I the sea that You set a guard over me?
If I say, “sleep will comfort me”
You shatter me with dreams so I would rather die
than suffer like this
If I can’t live forever let me waste away
just let me be alone and count my days
for they are just a breath
What is man
That You magnify him?
That You are concerned for him?
That You examine him every morning?
That You try him at every moment?
Look away, long enough for me to swallow
Have I sinned?
What have I done to You?
Have I sinned?
Am I a burden to You?
Just forgive and take away
I will lie down in the dust
And You will seek me, but I will not be
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If God is just and you are upright
then call on Him
Though your beginning is small
the end will be better
Look to the former age
What did your fathers know?
We are of yesterday
a shadow that passes away
Can the rush grow up without the water
cut down before its time?
Like the godless hope
of fragile faith in a spider web
He leans upon his house
but it will not stand
Like the roots, grass, but a heap of stones
and they will say I did not know you
You will laugh again
This is the joy of his way
out of the dust, others may spring
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Who made the mountains?
And who shakes the Earth
and makes its pillars tremble?
Who told the sun when not to rise?
Who made the stars?
Who made Orion and The Bear?
The Seven Sisters
and the constellations of the South?
Who set forth the stars
and put the sea in its place?
if He passed me by
He’s like a form behind a veil
and if He takes my life
who will ask Him why?
How can I choose my words
to plead the mercy of my Judge?
If I called and He came
I would not believe that He had heard my voice
I am pierced by His thorn
and I still can’t catch my breath
I am soaked in bitterness
If it’s a question of strength
It’s You
You are strong
My days slip by like reed boats
and then they are gone
I’m washed in the snow
my hands cleansed with lye
I’m thrown to the ditch
so even my clothes would despise me
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Do not condemn me
Why do You contend with me?
You oppress and reject the labor of Your hands
Do You have eyes?
Do You see like me?
Do You have days?
Are Your years like mine
that You would seek my guilt?
You made me with Your hand
and You destroyed me
You made me with clay
and turned me to dust again
You clothed me with flesh
and knit me with skin
You granted me life
Depart from me!
Let me have a little cheer
before I go to darkness and shadow
to darkness itself
shadow where the light shines dark
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Chapter 11 (Zophar)
02:48
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Can you discover the depths
discover the limits?
Higher than the heavens
deeper than the sea
Longer than the Earth
broader than the sea
Who can restrain Him?
He knows a liar and He sees iniquity
Set your heart right
Spread out your hands to Him
Cast away the sin
Cast away the iniquity
Then you could lift up your face
and have no fear
You would forget your trouble
as waters flow you’d remember
Life would shine, darkness like the morning
There is hope
You would trust
You would lie at peace
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I am a joke
The blameless, the upright
The one who called on God and He moved
is a joke
The tide will rise and fall
What falls is not rebuilt
The nations rise and fall
They wander in the dark
With Him are wisdom and might
With Him are wisdom and strength
You worthless physicians!
When you speak for God
all your clever words
are proverbs of ashes
defenses of clay
Why put my life in my hands?
Though He slay me, yet I’ll hope in Him
Make known my offense
You make me possess the sins of my youth
Look away
I’m like a hired man
just let me put in my time
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There is hope for a tree
when it’s cut down
that it will sprout again
the shoots will not fail
and the roots grow old in the earth
and die in the dry soil
at the side of the water
they are made new
A man is face down
Like the waters fill from the seas
like the riverbeds, parched and dry
So a man is face down
till the heavens pass away
Oh, hide me
hide me in the grave
Hide me!
Set a limit and remember me!
When a man is face down
will he live again?
When transgression is covered up
My sin You will cast away
But a man is face down
There is hope for a tree
There is hope
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Chapter 15 (Eliphaz)
04:20
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Will the wise answer with the East Wind?
With useless words
you’ve thrown away your holy fear
It’s your mouth that condemns
not I
What do you know that we do not know?
Where you the first born man?
Where you here before these hills?
What do you know that we do not know?
Is the comfort of God still not enough for You?
And why does your heart carry you away?
The wicked man writhes in pain
Numbered are his years
the sounds of terror are in his ears
He does not believe that he’ll return from dark
Distress and anguish have left their mark
for he stretched out his hand against his God
He has lived in desolate cities
In houses that no one calls home
They will be ruined
He’ll never be rich
His wealth will not last
By the breath of his mouth he goes away
Don’t let him trust in emptiness
for emptiness will be his reward
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If I were in your place
I would strengthen you with words
and comfort you
But nothing I say helps
If I hold back what has left me
You have worn me out
I am skin and bones
His anger has torn me
and hunted me down
The ones that glare slap my face
I was at ease
but He shattered me
Without mercy, I am broken
I mourn and sit defeated
My face is red with weeping
and shadows ring my eyes
But my hands hold no violence
my prayer is pure
Oh Earth, don’t cover my blood
Who will hear my cry
but my Witness in heaven
my Advocate on high
Then man might plead with God
just like he would before his friends
I would pour out tears to Him
The grave is ready for me
The upright are shocked
The innocent condemn me as godless
Those with clean hands grow confident
But if all of them stood before me
I would not find even one wise
My days are past
My plans are torn apart
the wishes of my heart
Where is now my hope?
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That my words were writ down
Inscribed on a scroll
With iron pen and lead
Etched into stone forever
And I know that my Redeemer lives
And at the last
I’ll see His face
Though the worms will eat my flesh
I’ll see Him in this skin
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The joy of the wicked lasts but a moment
Though his pride reaches to the heavens
His head touches the clouds
He will be banished like a vision of the night
The heavens will expose his guilt
The Earth will rise up against him
Such is the fate from God
The heritage appointed
Why do you console me with nonsense
till there’s nothing left?
The heavens will expose his guilt
Look at me and clap your hand over your mouth
When I think of this I am terrified
trembling ceases my body
as I say, “why do the wicked live on?”
They grow old and increase in power and prosperity
He said I would lie in my grave in peace
I’ve no desire to know your ways
Are they like the straw swept away by the wind
like the chaff, by a gale?
Can anyone teach God anything?
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You took your poor brother’s bread
and you let the hungry starve
You turned away the widow
You broke the orphan’s arms
(Can a wise man be of use to God?)
Your sins are endless!
So the fear surrounds you
and a sudden dread comes
And the darkness you can’t see
the waters cover you
Isn’t a God above in heaven?
Look at the stars and see how high they are!
You say what can God see
when He’s hiding in the clouds?
So give up and give in
Make your peace with Him
Set His words in your heart
and your gold in the dust
Let Almighty be your gold
and He will hear you when you pray
He’ll shine a light on all your ways
and when you lift your face
when they cast you down
you’ll say, “the Humble He will save”
And the guilty man will find deliverance
in the innocence of your hand
If only I knew where to find Him
if I could go to His seat
I would state my case
and fill my mouth with arguments
What would He say?
Would He oppose me
or hear me out?
that the upright man would be
delivered from his Judge
I look ahead, but He is not there
So I look back, but I do not find Him
He works on my left, I cannot see Him
He turns on my right, but I am blind
He knows the way that I go
and when He’s tried me I know
I’ll come forth as gold
My foot has held to His path
I have not turned aside
I have treasured the words of His mouth
more than necessary food
Some take their poor brother’s pledge
(What his soul desires he does)
And they turn away the widow
(The darkness will not silence me)
And they let the hungry starve in the cold
His shelter is a stone in the rain, with no clothes
From the city hear the groans
of the wounded souls
that God doesn’t hear
The adulterer waits till twilight
He says, “no one will see me”
for he’s covered up his face
The Earth consumes the snow
like the grave does those who’ve sinned
His mother forgets him
while the worm so sweetly feeds
He’s exalted for a little while
then he’s cut off like the heads of grain
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Dominion and awe are His
He establishes order in the heights of heaven
Is there any number to His force?
And on who does the sun not rise?
How can Man be just?
How can Man be pure?
If the moon is not bright
and the stars are not pure
how much less is Man?
How can Man be just?
How can Man be pure?
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The dead tremble underwater
Hell is naked before Him
To God who stretched out the Norther Sky
and hangs the Earth on nothing
He wraps the water in the clouds
and covers up the Moon
He quieted the sea with His power
by His breath the skies are fair
He has pierced the serpent as he flees
These things are just a whisper of His power
and His might thunder, who could understand?
As God lives and His breath is in me
Till I die, I won't deny my integrity
This is the hyopcrites hope:
Though his children are multiplied
it's only for the sword
And the rest will starve or be buried by the plague
And their widows will not weep
though they gather up silver like dust
and gold like clay for the innocent
He lies down rich
When he opens his eyes
the flood comes in and the East Wind
carries him away in the night he is gone
thrown headlong
and met with only claps and jeers
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There is a mine for silver
there is a place where gold is tried
where copper's pulled up from the Earth
a man will search it out
in a place that's long forgotten
he dangles and he sways
below the Earth transformed with fire
its rock the source of sapphire
His eye sees all its treasures
He brings the hidden things to light
But where is wisdom found?
And where does understand dwell?
The Deep says, "it's not in me"
and the Sea says, "it's not here"
it can't be exchanged for the finest gold
it can't be bought or sold
Where is wisdom found?
Where does understanding dwell?
Death has heard a rumor
But God alone knows
He sees everything under heaven
for he set it and searched it out
To fear the Lord is wisdom
and to turn away from evil is understanding
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How I long for the months gone by
when His light was on my head
I could see through the dark
How I long for the days of my youth
when God was with me
with my children all around me
I went out to the gates of the city
When I took my seat in the square
the young men stepped aside
the old men rose and stood
the princes ceased from talking
their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths
The ear that heard me blessed me
The eye that saw me gave witness
that I saved the poor, the fatherless with no one
The dying man blessed me
I made the widow's heart sing
I put on righteousness like clothes
and justice was like my robe
I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame
I thought I would die in my house
with my days numbered as the sand
My glory was fresh in me
The bow was ever new in my hand
They waited for my words
and drank them as the spring rain
The light of my smile
they could scarcely believe
I chose their way
I was a king
the one to comfort those who mourn
Now the young men mock me
Those who dwell in the cliffs mock me with their songs
They spit in my face and block my roads
My safety vanishes like a cloud
My life ebbs aways, night pierces my bones
I've become as dust and ashes
I cry to You, O God, but You don't hear
I hoped for good then evil came
I waited for light and darkness remained
This churning inside never stops
I'm blackened but not by the sun
This black and pealing skin and fever burns my bones
My harp is tuned to mourning
My flute to the sounds of wailing
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If I have walked in vanity
or my heart has followed my eyes
Or if my hands have been defiled
let others eat what I have sown
Or if I have look on another woman
let another man sleep with my wife
That would be a crime!
A sin to be judged
with the fire that burns to Abaddon
If I've denied justice for the slave
when the same One made us both
If I've denied the poor
or eaten a morsel alone
or lifted my hand against the orphan
let my arm fall from my shoulder
If I have put my trust in gold
or the fortune that I gained
Or if my heart was enticed by the moon
and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth
If I have covered my sin like Adam
hiding my guilt in my heart
for I feared the crowd
If only someone would hear me!
I'd sign my defense
and wear it as a crown
If my land cries out
and all its furrows wet with tears
If I have eaten the stolen fruit
May only weeds grow up here
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It is spirit in man
By His breath He gives them understanding
I waited for your words
I listened to your reasonings
Not one of you answered his words
However now, please here my speech
The Spirit has made me, His breath gives me life
Refute me if you can, array yourselves before me
take your stand!
You are wrong
God is greater than Man
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Why do you complain
that He does not tell of all His doings?
In a vision of the night
when the world is fast asleep
He opens the ears of men to instruction
to turn them from wrong
to keep them from pride
to preserve the soul
to save the life
Or man is struck with pain, with an ache in his bones
food is not pleasing and he wastes away
If there is a mediator to remind a man
what is right for him
in grace let him say, "deliver him, I have a ransom!"
And let him be renewed as in his youth
He will pray
And He will accept to see his face with joy
and God may restore righteousness to Man
He will sing and say:
"I have sinned
He has redeemed
And my life shall see the light
My life shall see the light"
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Chapter 34
03:39
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God does no wrong
Who gave Him authority over the Earth?
If He wanted, He would gather to Himself
His Spirit and His breath
and all flesh will perish, Man would return to dust
Will you condemn the righteous, mighty One?
For His eyes are upon the ways of Man
and He sees all his steps
When He keeps quiet who can condemn?
and when He hides His face, who can behold Him?
Has anyone said to God:
"Teach me what I do not see
If I have sinned, I will not do it again"
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Look to the heavens and see
and behold the clouds
Do not desire the night
Remember to magnify His words
of which men have sung
Everyone has seen it, man looks on it from afar
He draws up drops of water
which distill as rain from the mist
which the clouds drop down and pour abundantly
Can anyone understand the spreading of clouds
the thunder from His canopy?
He scatters His light upon it
and covers the depths of the sea
For by these He judges the nations
He covers His hands with lightning
and commands it to strike
His thunder declares it, the cattle as well
Hear the thunder of His voice
He sends it forth under the heavens
His lightning to the ends of the Earth
He says to the snow, "fall on the Earth"
to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength
From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind
and cold from the scattering winds of the north
He saturates the thick clouds
He scatters His bright clouds
they swirl about, He causes it to come
Whether for correction, or for His land, or for mercy
Stand still and consider the wonderous works of God
For we can do nothing because of this darkness
Even now men cannot look at the light
when it is bright in the sky
When the wind has passed and cleared them
He comes from the north as golden splendor
For He is beyond our reach
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Behemoth
01:35
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34. |
Leviathan
04:36
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Restoration
06:28
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