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15. And from the wicked 

 their light is with-holden, and 

 the high arm fhall be broken. 



16. Haft thou entered into 

 the fprings of the Sea ? or haft 

 thou walked in the fearch of 

 the Depth ? 



1 7. Have the gates of Death 

 been opened unto thee? or haft 

 thou feen the doors of the fha- 

 dow of Death ? 



18. Haft thou perceived the 

 breadth of the Earth ? Declare 

 if thou knoweft it all. 



ig. Where is the way where 

 light dvvelleth ? and as for dark- 

 nefs, where is the place there- 

 of? 



20. That thou fliouldeft take 

 it to the bound thereof, and 

 that thou fliouldeft know the 

 paths to the houfe thereof? 



21. Knoweft thou it, be- 

 caufe thou waft then born ? or, 

 becaufe the number of thy days 

 is great ? 



22. Haft thou entered into 

 the treafures of the fnow ? Or 

 haft thou feen the treafures of 

 the hail ? 



23. Which 



15. The light of the wickccS 

 ftiall be taken from them, and 

 their lifted-up arm fliall be 

 broken. 



16. Haft thou penetrated to 

 the bottom of the Sea, and 

 walked over the fources which 

 renovate the Abyfs ? 



1 7. Have thefe gates of Death 

 been opened to thee ; and haft 

 thou furveyed the dark dif- 

 gorgings of the Depth ? 



18. Haft thou obferved where 

 the breadth of the Earth ter- 

 minates? If thou knoweft all 

 thefe things, declare them unta 

 Me. 



19. Tell me where the light 

 inhabits, and what is the place 

 of darknefs, 



20. That thou mayeft con- 

 du6l each to it's deftination, 

 feeing thou knoweft their ha- 

 bitation, and the way that leads 

 to it. 



21. Didft thou know, as 

 thefe things already exifted, 

 that thou thyfelf wert to be 

 born ; and hadft thou then dif- 

 covered the fleeting number of 

 thy days ? 



22. 23. Haft thou, I fay, en- 

 tered into the treafures of the 

 fnow, and furveyed thofe tre- 

 mendous refervoirs of hail, 



which 



