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The Verdict of the Ruach: The Immunity of the Sovereign
Eliyhu spake moreover, and said,
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Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than Alahiym's?
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For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
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I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
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The Exalted Perimeter of Alahiym
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
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If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
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If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
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Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
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The Unanswered Cry of the Oppressed
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
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Songs in the Night
But none saith, Where is Eloah my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
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Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
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There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
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Surely El will not hear vanity, neither will Shadday regard it.
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The Demand for Amunah
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
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But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
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Therefore doth Iyob open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.