Holy Scripture
Job 9:16
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“And when I have called and He hath answered me, yet do I not believe that He hath hearkened unto my voice. For very often the mind is set on fire with the flame of Divine love, and is uplifted to behold heavenly things and secret mysteries. It is now transported on high, and pierced with full affection, is made strang…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
16And if I should call and he should not hearken, I cannot believe that he has listened to my voice.
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14Oh then that he would hearken to me, or judge my cause.
15For though I be righteous, he will not hearken to me: I will entreat his judgment.
— Job 9:16 —
17Let him not crush me with a dark storm: But he has made my bruises many without cause.
18For he suffers me not to take breath, But he has filled me with bitterness.