Is it good unto thee? Dost thou take any pleasure in it, that those shouldest oppress? By thy absolute and irresistible power, without regard to that justice and clemency by which thou usest to govern mankind. Shouldest despise the work of thy hands Show thy contempt of thy creatures, either by denying them protection, or by destroying them. And shine upon the counsel of the wicked That is, by the methods of thy providence seem to favour the practices of wicked men, to whom thou givest prosperity and success, while thou frownest upon me and other good men. Far be it from Job to think that God did him wrong. But he is at a loss to reconcile his providences with his justice. And so other good men have often been, and will be, until the day shall declare it.

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