that it would: Job 3:20-22, Job 7:15-16, Job 14:13; Numbers 11:14-15; 1 Kings 19:4; Jonah 4:3, Jonah 4:8; Revelation 9:6
that he would: Job 19:21; Psalms 32:4; Isaiah 48:10-13
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Job 6:9
Job 6:9
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I. A DESPERATE MAN'S DEFENCE.
1. Job's calamities surveyed.
2. Job's grief justified.
II. A MISERABLE MAN'S PRAYER.
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