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If you seek God,
    if you ask the Almighty for mercy,
if you are clean and upright,
    surely then, he’ll act on your behalf
        and restore your rightful[a] place.
Your beginning may be small,
    but later years[b] will be very great.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:6 Lit. and bring peace to your righteous
  2. Job 8:7 Lit. days

But if you will seek God earnestly
    and plead(A) with the Almighty,(B)
if you are pure and upright,
    even now he will rouse himself on your behalf(C)
    and restore you to your prosperous state.(D)
Your beginnings will seem humble,
    so prosperous(E) will your future be.(F)

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