The Discipline of Suffering

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Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.

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He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid it upon him.

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He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.

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He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach.

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For the Lord doth not cast off to the age.

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For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.

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For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men.

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To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth,

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To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,

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To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.

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Who is this--he hath said, and it is, And the Lord hath not commanded it ?

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From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.

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What--sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?