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The Book of Job, Chapter 22, Verse 29

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Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
King James Version
When [men] are cast down, then thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
American Standard Version
When they cast [thee] down, thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; And the humble person he will save.
New English Translation
When people are brought low and you say‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast;
World English Bible
When they cast down, you shall say, 'be lifted up.' He will save the humble person.
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He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
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Then Job answered and said,
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Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
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Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
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I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
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I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
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Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.
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There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
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Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
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On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]: