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31 “I made a covenant with my eyes. Why, then, should I look upon a maid?
2 “What portion is of God from above, and inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3 “Is it not destruction to the wicked, and strange calamity to the workers of iniquity?
4 “Does He not behold my ways, and tell all my steps,
5 “if I have walked in vanity or if my foot has hurried to deceit?
6 “Let God weigh me in the just balance, and He shall know my uprightness.
7 “If my step has turned out of the way, or my heart has walked after my eye, or if any blot has clung to my hands,
8 “let me sow, and let another eat. Yea, let my plants be rooted out.
9 “If my heart has been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at the door of my neighbor,
10 “let my wife grind to another man, and let other men bow down upon her.
11 “For this is a wickedness, and iniquity, to be condemned.
12 “Yea, this is a fire that shall devour to destruction, and which shall root out all my increase.
13 “If I contemned the judgment of my servant, and of my maid, when they contended with me,
14 “what then shall I do when God stands up? And when He shall visit, what shall I answer?
15 “He Who has made me in the womb, has He not made him? Has not He alone fashioned us in the womb?
16 “If I kept the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 “or have eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of them
18 “(for from my youth has he grown up with me, as with a father, and from my mother’s womb have I been a guide to her).
19 “If I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or any poor without covering,
20 “if his loins have not thanked me because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
21 “if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless when I saw that I might help him in the gate,
22 “let my arm fall from my shoulder, and my arm be broken from the bone.
23 “For God’s punishment is fearful to me, and I could not be delivered from His Highness.
24 “If I made gold my hope, or have said to the wedge of gold, ‘You are my confidence,’
25 “if I rejoiced because my substance was great, or because my hand had gotten much,
26 “if I beheld the Sun when it shined, or the Moon walking in brightness,
27 “if my heart flattered me in secret, or if my mouth kissed my hand,
28 “(this also had been an iniquity to be condemned, for I had denied the God above),
29 “if I rejoiced at his destruction who hated me, or was moved to joy when evil came upon him
30 “(no, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by wishing a curse on his soul),
31 “have the men of my Tabernacle not said, ‘Who has not been satisfied with his food?’
32 “The stranger did not lodge in the street. I opened my doors to him who went by the way.
33 “I have hidden my sins, as Adam, concealing my iniquity in my bosom.
34 “Though I feared a great multitude, yet the most contemptible of the families feared me. So I kept silent, and did not go out of the door.
35 “Oh that I had someone to hear me! Behold, my sign that the Almighty will witness for me. Though my adversary would write a book,
36 “would not I take it upon my shoulder and bind it as a crown to me?
37 “I will tell him the number of my goings, and go to him as to a prince.
38 “If my land cries against me, or its furrows complain together,
39 “if I have eaten its fruits without silver, or I have grieved the souls of its masters,
40 “let thistles grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed in the place of barley.” THE WORDS OF JOB ARE ENDED.
32 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he esteemed himself just.
2 Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the [b]Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled. His wrath was kindled against Job, because he justified himself more than God.
3 Also, his anger was kindled against his three friends, because they could not find an answer, yet condemned Job.
4 (Now Elihu had waited until Job had spoken. For they were older than he.)
5 So when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, his wrath was kindled.
6 Therefore, Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, answered and said, “I am young in years, and you are ancient. Therefore, I doubted and was afraid to show you my opinion.
7 “I said, ‘The days shall speak. And the multitude of years shall teach wisdom.’
8 “Surely, there is a spirit in man. But the inspiration of the Almighty gives understanding.
9 “Men of many years may not be wise, nor might the aged understand judgment.
10 “Therefore, I say, hear me. I will show my opinion also.
11 “Behold, I waited upon your words, listened to your knowledge, while you sought out reasons.
12 “Yea, when I had considered you, lo, there were none of you that reproved Job, nor answered his words.
13 “Lest you would say, ‘We have found wisdom. God has cast him down, not man.’
14 “Still, he has not directed his words to me. Nor will I answer him by your words.”
15 “They, fearing, answered no more, but left off their talk.
16 “When I had waited (for they did not speak, but stood still and answered no more),
17 “I answered in my turn, and I showed my opinion.
18 “For I am full of matter. The spirit within me compels me.
19 “Behold, my belly is as the wine which has no vent, like the new bottles that burst.
20 “I will speak, so that I may take breath. I will open my lips and will answer.
21 “I will not, now, accept the person of any man, nor will I give titles to man.
22 “For I may not give titles, lest my Maker should take me away suddenly.”
33 “Therefore, Job, please hear my talk and listen to all my words.
2 “Behold, now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
3 “My words are in the uprightness of my heart. And my lips shall speak pure knowledge.
4 “The Spirit of God has made me. And the breath of the Almighty has given me life.
5 “If you can give me an answer, prepare yourself. Stand before me.
6 “Behold, I am as your mouth before God. I am also formed from the clay.
7 “Behold, my terror shall not scare you, nor shall my hand be heavy upon you.
8 “Doubtless you have spoken in my ears, and I have heard the voice of your words.
9 “I am clean, without sin. I am innocent and there is no iniquity in me.
10 “Lo, He has found occasions against me, and counted me for His enemy.
11 “He has put my feet in the stocks, and looks narrowly to all my paths.
12 “Behold, in this you have not done right. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
13 “Why do you strive against Him? For He does not give account of all His matters.
14 “For God speaks once or twice, and one does not see it.
15 “In dreams and visions of the night, when sleep falls upon men, and they sleep upon beds,
16 “then He opens the ears of men, even by their corrections which He had sealed,
17 “so that He might cause man to turn away from his enterprise, and that He might hide the pride of man,
18 “and keep back his soul from the pit, and that his life should not pass by the sword.
19 “He is also stricken with sorrow upon his bed, and the grief of his bones is great,
20 “so that his life causes him to abhor bread, and his soul desirable food.
21 “His flesh fails, so that it cannot be seen. And his bones, which were not seen, clatter.
22 “So his soul draws to the grave, and his life to the executioner.
23 “If there is a messenger with him, an interpreter, one of a thousand to declare to man his righteousness,
24 “then He will have mercy upon him, and will say, ‘Deliver him, so that he does not go down into the pit. For I have received a reconciliation.’
25 “Then shall his flesh be as fresh as a child’s, and shall return as in the days of his youth.
26 “He shall pray to God, and he will be favorable to Him, and he shall see His Face with joy. For He will render to man His righteousness.
27 “He looks upon men. And if one says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted righteousness, and it did not profit me,’
28 “He will deliver his soul from going into the pit. And his life shall see the light.
29 “Lo, all these things will God work twice or three times with a man,
30 “so that He may turn back his soul from the pit, to be illuminated in the light of the living.
31 “Mark well, O Job. Hear me! Keep silent, and I will speak.
32 “If there is something, answer me, and speak. For I desire to justify you.
33 “If you have nothing, hear me. Hold your tongue, and I will teach you wisdom.”
3 Do we begin to praise ourselves again? Or do we need, as some others, letters of recommendation to you, or of recommendation from you?
2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, which is understood and read by all mankind;
3 in that you appear to be the letter of Christ, ministered by us, and written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tablets of stone, but on fleshly tablets of the heart.
4 And such trust we have through Christ toward God.
5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to think anything of ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,
6 Who has also made us able ministers of the New Testament - not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7 If then, the ministry of death (written with letters and engraved in stones) was glorious; so that the children of Israel could not behold the face of Moses because of the Glory of his countenance (a Glory which has gone away),
8 how shall not the ministry of the Spirit be more glorious?
9 For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, the ministry of righteousness much more exceeds it in glory.
10 For even that which was glorified was not glorified in this point: that is, regarding the exceeding glory.
11 For if that which is abolished was glorious, much more so shall that which remains be glorious.
12 Seeing then that we have such trust, we use great boldness of speech.
13 And we are not as Moses, who put a veil upon his face so that the children of Israel would not look intently into the end of that which would be abolished.
14 But their minds were hardened. For until this day remains the same covering in the reading of the old Testament, which veil is put away in Christ.
15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, the veil is laid over their hearts.
16 Nevertheless, when their heart shall be turned to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
17 Now, the Lord is the Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 But we all, with unveiled face, behold as in a mirror the Glory of the Lord; and are changed into the same image, from glory to Glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.
43 Judge me, O God, and defend my cause against the unmerciful people. Deliver me from the deceitful and wicked man.
2 For You are the God of my strength. Why have You put me away? Why do I go so mourning when the enemy oppressed me?
3 Send Your light and Your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your Holy Mountain, and to Your Tabernacles.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God, even to the God of my joy and gladness. And upon the harp will I give thanks to You, O God, my God.
5 Why are You cast down, my soul? And why are You disquieted within me? Wait on God; for I will still give Him thanks, my present help and my God. To him who excels: A Psalm to give instruction, committed to the sons of Korah.
8 He who sows iniquity shall reap affliction. And the rod of his anger shall fail.
9 He who has a generous eye shall be blessed, for he gives his bread to the poor.
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