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Jó 31 — Bíblia The Message, 2002 | Gospelmais
40 versículos · The Message, 2002
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1"I made a solemn pact with myselfnever to undress a girl with my eyes.
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1I made a covenant with my eyesnot to gaze upon a virgin.
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2So what can I expect from God?What do I deserve from God Almighty above?
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2What portion comes from God above,what heritage from the Almighty on high?
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3Isn't calamity reserved for the wicked?Isn't disaster supposed to strike those who do wrong?
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3Is it not calamity for the unrighteous,and woe for evildoers?
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4Isn't God looking, observing how I live?Doesn't he mark every step I take?
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4Does he not see my ways,and number all my steps?
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5"Have I walked hand in hand with falsehood,or hung out in the company of deceit?
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5If I have walked in falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit,
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6Weigh me on a set of honest scalesso God has proof of my integrity.
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6Let God weigh me in the scales of justice;thus will he know my innocence!
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7If I've strayed off the straight and narrow,wanted things I had no right to,messed around with sin,
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7If my steps have turned out of the way,and my heart has followed my eyes,or any stain clings to my hands,
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8Go ahead, then—give my portion to someone who deserves it.
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8Then may I sow, but another eat,and may my produce be rooted up!
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9"If I've let myself be seduced by a womanand conspired to go to bed with her,
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9If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door;
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10Fine, my wife has every right to go aheadand sleep with anyone she wants to.
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10Then may my wife grind for another,and may others kneel over her!
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11For disgusting behavior like that,I'd deserve the worst punishment you could hand out.
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11For that would be heinous,a crime to be condemned,
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12Adultery is a fire that burns the house down;I wouldn't expect anything I count dear to survive it.
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12A fire that would consume down to Abaddon till it uprooted all my crops.
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13"Have I ever been unfair to my employeeswhen they brought a complaint to me?
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13Had I refused justice to my manservantor to my maidservant, when they had a complaint against me,
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14What, then, will I do when God confronts me?When God examines my books, what can I say?
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14What then should I do when God rises up?What could I answer when he demands an account?
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15Didn't the same God who made me, make them?Aren't we all made of the same stuff, equals before God?
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15Did not he who made me in the belly make him?Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?
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16"Have I ignored the needs of the poor,turned my back on the indigent,
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16If I have denied anything that the poor desired, or allowed the eyes of the widow to languish
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17Taken care of my own needs and fed my own facewhile they languished?
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17While I ate my portion alone,with no share in it for the fatherless,
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18Wasn't my home always open to them?Weren't they always welcome at my table?
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18Though like a father he has reared me from my youth,guiding me even from my mother's womb—
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19"Have I ever left a poor family shivering in the coldwhen they had no warm clothes?
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19If I have seen a wanderer without clothing,or a poor man without covering,
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20Didn't the poor bless me when they saw me coming,knowing I'd brought coats from my closet?
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20Whose limbs have not blessed mewhen warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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21"If I've ever used my strength and influenceto take advantage of the unfortunate,
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21If I have raised my hand against the innocentbecause I saw that I had supporters at the gate—
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22Go ahead, break both my arms,cut off all my fingers!
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22Then may my arm fall from the shoulder,my forearm be broken at the elbow!
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23The fear of God has kept me from these things—how else could I ever face him?
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23For I dread calamity from God,and his majesty will overpower me.
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24"Did I set my heart on making big moneyor worship at the bank?
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24Had I put my trust in goldor called fine gold my security;
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25Did I boast about my wealth,show off because I was well-off?
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25Or had I rejoiced that my wealth was great,or that my hand had acquired abundance—
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26Was I ever so awed by the sun's brillianceand moved by the moon's beauty
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26Had I looked upon the light as it shone, or the moon in the splendor of its progress,
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27That I let myself become seduced by themand worshiped them on the sly?
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27And had my heart been secretly enticedto blow them a kiss with my hand,
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28If so, I would deserve the worst of punishments,for I would be betraying God himself.
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28This too would be a crime for condemnation,for I should have denied God above.
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29"Did I ever crow over my enemy's ruin?Or gloat over my rival's bad luck?
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29Had I rejoiced at the destruction of my enemyor exulted when evil came upon him,
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30No, I never said a word of detraction,never cursed them, even under my breath.
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30Even though I had not allowed my mouth to sinby invoking a curse against his life—
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31"Didn't those who worked for me say,'He fed us well. There were always second helpings'?
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31Had not the men of my tent exclaimed,"Who has not been filled with his meat!"
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32And no stranger ever had to spend a night in the street;my doors were always open to travelers.
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32No stranger lodged in the street,for I opened my door to wayfarers—
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33Did I hide my sin the way Adam did,or conceal my guilt behind closed doors
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33t Had I, all too human, hidden my sinsand buried my guilt in my bosom
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34Because I was afraid what people would say,fearing the gossip of the neighbors so muchThat I turned myself into a recluse?You know good and well that I didn't.
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34Because I feared the great multitudeand the scorn of the clans terrified me—then I should have remained silent, and not come out of doors!
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35"Oh, if only someone would give me a hearing!I've signed my name to my defense—let theAlmighty One answer!I want to see my indictment in writing.
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35t Oh, that I had one to hear my case:here is my signature: let the Almighty answer me!Let my accuser write out his indictment!
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36Anyone's welcome to read my defense;I'll write it on a poster and carry it around town.
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36Surely, I should wear it on my shoulder or put it on me like a diadem;
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37I'm prepared to account for every move I've ever made—to anyone and everyone, prince or pauper.
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37Of all my steps I should give him an account;like a prince I should present myself before him.
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38"If the very ground that I farm accuses me,if even the furrows fill with tears from my abuse,
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38If my land has cried out against metill its furrows wept together;
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39If I've ever raped the earth for my own profitor dispossessed its rightful owners,
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39If I have eaten its strength without paymentand grieved the hearts of its tenants;
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40Then curse it with thistles instead of wheat,curse it with weeds instead of barley."The words of Job to his three friends were finished.
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40Then let the thorns grow instead of wheatand stinkweed instead of barley!The words of Job are ended.