For he crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause;
He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a warrior.
And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.”
in spite of my right I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’
Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.
a bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory;
And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
Therefore thus says the Lord God: I will make a stormy wind break out in my wrath, and there shall be a deluge of rain in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to make a full end.
Behold, the storm of the Lord! Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”
so may you pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your hurricane!
Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me.
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
You lift me up on the wind; you make me ride on it, and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.
although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
I was at ease, and he broke me apart; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces; he set me up as his target;
And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
and there came a messenger to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “The Chaldeans formed three groups and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,
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