Job 8:6
If thou {wert} pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
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Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. {Art} thou not it that hath cut Rahab, {and} wounded the dragon?
Say ye to the righteous, that {it shall be} well {with him}: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle {shall be} in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. {thy tabernacle...: or, peace is thy tabernacle} {sin: or, err}
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me {to} the judgment {that} thou hast commanded.
The sacrifice of the wicked {is} an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright {is} his delight.
They run and prepare themselves without {my} fault: awake to help me, and behold. {help: Heb. meet}
Not for {any} injustice in mine hands: also my prayer {is} pure.
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. {assure: Gr. persuade}
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that {there is} none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? {considered: Heb. set thy heart on}
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. {make...: Heb. multiply prayer} {blood: Heb. bloods}
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast {us} not off for ever.
{Is} not {this} thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. {gave...: Heb. added all that had been to Job unto the double}
My defence {is} of God, which saveth the upright in heart. {My...: Heb. My buckler is upon God}
The curse of the LORD {is} in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle {shall be} in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. {thy tabernacle...: or, peace is thy tabernacle} {sin: or, err}
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and {yet} had condemned Job.
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.