4:2If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved?
But who can withhold himself from speaking?
4:3Behold, thou hast instructed many,
And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
4:4Thy words have upholden him that was falling,
And thou hast made firm the feeble knees.
4:5But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest;
It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
4:6Is not thy fear of God thy confidence,
And the integrity of thy ways thy hope?
4:7Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent?
Or where were the upright cut off?
4:8According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,
And sow trouble, reap the same.
4:9By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
4:10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
4:11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,
And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
4:12Now a thing was secretly brought to me,
And mine ear received a whisper thereof.
4:13In thoughts from the visions of the night,
When deep sleep falleth on men,
4:14Fear came upon me, and trembling,
Which made all my bones to shake.
4:15Then a spirit passed before my face;
The hair of my flesh stood up.
4:16It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof;
A form was before mine eyes:
There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
4:17Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
4:18Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants;
And his angels he chargeth with folly:
4:19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!
4:20Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed:
They perish for ever without any regarding it.
4:21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them?
They die, and that without wisdom.
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