Holy Scripture
Job 16:20
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“Ver. 20. My friends are full of words; but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. For what is denoted by the eye, but the intent of the heart? as it is written, if thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. For when any thing is done with a good intention, the enacting of that intention contracts no soi…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
20Let my supplication come to the Lord, And let mine eye weep before him.
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18Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, And let my cry have no place.
19And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And my advocate is on high.
— Job 16:20 —
21Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, Even as the son of man with his neighbor!
22But my years are numbered and their end come, And I shall go by the way by which I shall not return.