Holy Scripture
Job 27:7
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“Let mine enemy be like the ungodly, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. In Holy Writ, the words 'like as' and 'as if' are sometimes put not for a likeness, but for the reality. Whence we have that; And we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father. And thus here also 'like,' and…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, And they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.
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5Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; For I will not let go my innocence,
6But keeping fast to my righteousness I will by no means let it go: For I am not conscious to myself of having done anything amiss.
— Job 27:7 —
8For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? Will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved?
9Will God hear his prayer? Or, when distress has come upon him,