The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Tanach: Job 11: 8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than the nether-world; what canst thou know?
Job 11: 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Job 11: 10 If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him?
Job 11: 11 For He knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it?
Job 11: 12 But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.
Job 11: 13 If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward Him--
Job 11: 14 If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents--
Job 11: 15 Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear;
Job 11: 16 For thou shalt forget thy misery; thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away;
Job 11: 17 And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
Job 11: 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.
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