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Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;

He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

Sheol is naked before `God', And Abaddon hath no covering.

The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.

He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent.

He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?

How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!

How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!

Dominion and fear are with him; He maketh peace in his high places.

Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth not his light arise?

How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

Job 26

Then Job answered and said,