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And the LORD said vnto Satan, Hast thou considered my seruant Iob, that there is none like him in the earth; a perfect and an vpright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill? and still hee holdeth fast his integritie, although thou moouedst mee against him, to destroy him without cause.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to swallow him vp.

1611 marginal noteChap.1. ver.1.&8.

For the arrowes of the Almightie are within me, the poyson whereof drinketh vp my spirit: the terrors of God doe set themselues in aray against mee.

1611 marginal notePsal. 38.2.

I haue sinned, what shall I doe vnto thee, O thou preseruer of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to my selfe?

If thy children haue sinned against him, and he haue cast them away for their transgression:

1611 marginal noteHeb. in the hand of their transgression

He is wise in heart, and mightie in strength: who hath hardened himselfe against him, and hath prospered?

Thou renuest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation vpon me; Changes and warre are against me.

1611 marginal noteThat is, thy plagues.

But, O that God would speake, and open his lippes against thee,

For thou writest bitter things against mee, and makest me to possesse the iniquities of my youth.

1611 marginal notePsal. 25.7.

Thou preuailest for euer against him, and hee passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea thine owne lippes testifie against thee.