The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible: affliction;
JOB 10:16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and
again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
JOB 10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine
indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
JOB 10:18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh
that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
JOB 10:19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have
been carried from the womb to the grave.
JOB 10:20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may
take comfort a little,
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: thine enemies shall devour them.
ISA 26:12 LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast
wrought all our works in us.
ISA 26:13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion
over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
ISA 26:14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they
shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made
all their memory to perish.
ISA 26:15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased
the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the
ends of the earth.
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