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5‘Are Your days as the days of a mortal,
Or Your years as man’s years,
6That You should seek for my guilt
And search after my sin?
7‘According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty,
Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.
8‘Your hands fashioned and made me altogether,
And would You destroy me?
9‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again?
10‘Did You not pour me out like milk
And curdle me like cheese;
11Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
12‘You have granted me life and lovingkindness;
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
13‘Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart;
I know that this is within You:
14If I sin, then You would take note of me,
And would not acquit me of my guilt.
15‘If I am wicked, woe to me!
And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery.
16‘Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion;
And again You would show Your power against me.
17‘You renew Your witnesses against me
And increase Your anger toward me;
Hardship after hardship is with me.
18‘Why then have You brought me out of the womb?
Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!
19‘I should have been as though I had not been,
Carried from womb to tomb.’
20“Would He not let my few days alone?
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
21Before I go—and I shall not return—
To the land of darkness and deep shadow,
22The land of utter gloom as darkness itself,
Of deep shadow without order,
And which shines as the darkness.”
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Parallel Verses
American Standard VersionAre thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man's days,
Douay-Rheims BibleAre thy days as the days of man, and are thy years as the times of men:
Darby Bible TranslationAre thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man's days,
English Revised VersionAre thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man's days,
Webster's Bible TranslationAre thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
World English BibleAre your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man's years,
Young's Literal Translation As the days of man are Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man?
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The Sweet Uses of Adversity
Now, I propose to address myself to the two classes of persons who are making use of this question. First, I shall speak to the tried saint; and then I shall speak to the seeking sinner, who has been seeking peace and pardon through Christ, but who has not as yet found it, but, on the contrary, has been buffeted by the law, and driven away from the mercy-seat in despair. I. First, then, to THE CHILD OF GOD. I have--I know I have--in this great assembly, some who have come to Job's position. They …
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J. C. Roberston—Sketches of Church History, from AD 33 to the Reformation
Whether God Works in Every Agent?
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Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica
Whether the Damned are in Material Darkness?
Objection 1: It would seem that the damned are not in material darkness. For commenting on Job 10:22, "But everlasting horror dwelleth," Gregory says (Moral. ix): "Although that fire will give no light for comfort, yet, that it may torment the more it does give light for a purpose, for by the light of its flame the wicked will see their followers whom they have drawn thither from the world." Therefore the darkness there is not material. Objection 2: Further, the damned see their own punishment, for …
Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica
Whether the Fire of Hell is of the Same Species as Ours?
Objection 1: It would seem that this fire is not of the same species as the corporeal fire which we see. For Augustine says (De Civ. Dei xx, 16): "In my opinion no man knows of what kind is the everlasting fire, unless the Spirit of God has revealed it to anyone." But all or nearly all know the nature of this fire of ours. Therefore that fire is not of the same species as this. Objection 2: Further, Gregory commenting on Job 10:26, "A fire that is not kindled shall devour him," says (Moral. xv): …
Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica
That a Man Ought not to Reckon Himself Worthy of Consolation, but More Worthy of Chastisement
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Thomas A Kempis—Imitation of Christ
The Sad Case of a Relapse into Known and Deliberate Sin, after Solemn Acts Op Dedication to God and Some Progress Made in Religion.
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John Yeardley—Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel
Whether Christ Went Down into the Hell of the Lost?
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Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica
In the Work of the Redemption of Man, not Only the Mercy, but Also the Justice, of God is Displayed.
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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux—Some Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux
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