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The Continuation of Eliyphaz: The Theology of Retribution
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the qodesh ones wilt thou turn?
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For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
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The Fate of the Foolish
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
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Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
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The Source of Affliction
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
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Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
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The Committal to El
I would seek unto El, and unto Alahiym would I commit my cause:
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Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
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Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
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To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
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The Frustration of Human Wisdom
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
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He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
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They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
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The Deliverance of the Poor
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
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So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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The Chastening of Shadday
Behold, happy is the man whom Eloah correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of Shadday:
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For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
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The Six and Seven Troubles
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
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In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
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Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
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At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
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The Covenant with the Earth
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
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And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
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The Promise to the Seed
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
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Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
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The Arrogance of the Earthly Philosopher
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.