Book of Job - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 851
The Psalms, Solomon and Sacred Writers
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To make himself pleasing to Gov.
But listen, you wise men, to me:
GOD could not be forced to do sin
Or th’ ALMIGHIY to execute wrong; ’
But mans actions return on himself
And the tracks of a man find him outl
Most certainly GOD never wrongs,
The ALMIGHTY does not pervert right!
And who for Him organized earth?
Or who for Him fixed all the spheres
If He called back the heart and the breath
And the life, to Himself, all would cease,
All flesh would expire at once,
And man would return to the dust!
If you have understanding, hear this,
And attend to the sense of my words:
Could one who hates law ever rule?
And if right-would you charge him with wrong?
You're a rogue
What villains you are!
Much less, to who favours not kings
Nor repulses the face of the poor;
For His hand has created them all.
On a sudden they die at midnight! `
Men tremble and then pass away,
And the mighty fall down without strength.
For His eyes are on every man's paths,
And he looks upon all of their steps;
Nor darkness, nor shadow of death,
Can hide those who wallow in sin I
So He need not lay much on a man
To bring him to GOD to be judged.
He can suddenly ruin the great
And others set up in their stead
For He is aware of their acts,
And o’erthrows in a night, and they fall.
He strikes them, because they are bad,
_ In the place where their splendour appeared;
Because they turned oK from His paths
And paid no respect to His ways.
So the weak sent their cry up to Him;
And the shriek of the wretched He heard.
When He paciiies, who can disturb?
When He covers a face, who can reign?
Alike to a Nation or Man,
Preventing a vile man to rule,
Preventing a nation’s distress!
This should make them exclaim to their GOD,
‘ I have sinned;-·—but I will not persist;
I see nothing,·——s0 teach me yourself,
If wrcng,—I will cease from my acts.
Should He reward you, as you choose
With what you dislike or would wish ?
I think not.—··But say whatyou think.
Men of sense will declare as I do,
Andthe wise men will listen to me.
job has spoken beyond what he knows,
And his speeches have not had good sense.
I wish to see ]ob fairly tried,
Not turned out among wicked men,
Tho' rebellion he joined to his sins,
Clapped at us,·-and heaped words up at Gon l
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