The Discipline of Suffering

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Teth. It is good for a man, when he hath borne the yoke from his youth.

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Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.

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Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

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Jod. He shall give his cheek to him that striketh him, he shall be filled with reproaches.

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Caph. For the Lord will not cast off for ever.

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Caph. For if he hath cast off, he will also have mercy, according to the multitude of his mercies.

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Caph. For he hath not willingly afflicted, nor cast off the children of men.

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Lamed. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the land,

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Lamed. To turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the most High,

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Lamed. To destroy a man wrongfully in his judgment, the Lord hath not approved.

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Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not?

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Mem. Shall not both evil and good proceed out of the mouth of the Highest?

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Mem. Why hath a living man murmured, man suffering for his sins?