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Bildad Claims God Rewards the Good
8 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2 “How long will you say these things,
And the (A)words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
3 Does (B)God pervert justice?
Or does [a]the Almighty pervert what is right?
4 (C)If your sons sinned against Him,
Then He sent them into the [b]power of their transgression.
5 If you would (D)seek God earnestly
And plead for the grace of [c]the Almighty,
6 If you are pure and upright,
Indeed now (E)He would rouse Himself for you
And make your righteous (F)abode at peace.
7 Though your beginning was insignificant,
Yet your (G)end will increase greatly.
8 “Please (H)ask of past generations,
And establish the things searched out by their fathers.
9 For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because (I)our days on earth are but a shadow.
10 Will they not instruct you and tell you,
And bring forth words from their hearts?
11 “Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the rushes grow without water?
12 While it is still green and not cut down,
Yet it dries up before any other [d]plant.
13 So are the paths of (J)all who forget God;
And the (K)hope of the godless will perish,
14 Whose confidence is fragile,
And whose trust a (L)spider’s [e]web.
15 He relies on his (M)house, but it does not stand;
He holds fast to it, but it is not established.
16 He [f](N)thrives before the sun,
And his (O)shoots go forth over his garden.
17 His roots wrap around a rock pile;
He looks upon a house of stones.
18 If He swallows him up from (P)his place,
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘(Q)I never saw you.’
19 Behold, (R)this is the joy of [g]His way;
And out of the dust others will spring.
20 Behold, (S)God will not reject a blameless man,
Nor (T)will He strengthen the hand of the evildoers.
21 He will yet fill (U)your mouth with laughter
And your lips with shouting.
22 Those who hate you will be (V)clothed with shame,
And the (W)tent of the wicked will be no longer.”
Job Replies There Is No Adjudicator
9 Then Job answered and said,
2 “In truth I know that this is so;
But how can a (X)man be in the right [h]before God?
3 If one desired to (Y)contend with Him,
He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
4 (Z)Wise in heart and (AA)mighty in power,
Who has (AB)stiffened his neck against Him and been at peace?
5 (AC)God is the One who removes the mountains, they know not how,
When He overturns them in His anger;
6 The One who (AD)shakes the earth out of its place,
And its (AE)pillars tremble;
7 The One who says for the (AF)sun [i]not to shine,
And sets a seal upon the stars;
8 Who alone (AG)stretches out the heavens,
And [j](AH)tramples down the waves of the sea;
9 Who makes the (AI)Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
And the (AJ)chambers of the south;
10 Who (AK)does great things, unsearchable,
And wondrous works, innumerable.
11 Were He to sweep by me, (AL)I would not see Him;
Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
12 Were He to snatch away, who could (AM)turn Him back?
Who could say to Him, ‘(AN)What are You doing?’
13 “God will not turn back His anger;
Beneath Him crouch the helpers of (AO)Rahab.
14 How then can (AP)I [k]answer Him,
And choose my words [l]before Him?
15 For (AQ)though I were right, I could not [m]answer;
I would have to (AR)plead for the grace of my judge.
16 If I called and He answered me,
I could not believe that He was giving ear to my voice.
17 For He (AS)bruises me with a tempest
And multiplies my wounds without cause.
18 He will (AT)not allow me to get my breath,
But saturates me with (AU)bitterness.
19 If it is a matter of power, (AV)behold, He is the mighty one!
And if it is a matter of justice, who can make [n]Him testify?
20 (AW)Though I am righteous, my mouth will (AX)condemn me;
Though I am blameless, He will declare me perverse.
21 I am (AY)blameless;
I do not know my soul;
I (AZ)reject my life.
22 It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He (BA)consumes the blameless and the wicked.’
23 If the scourge puts to death suddenly,
He (BB)mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 The earth (BC)is given into the hand of the wicked;
He (BD)covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, then who is it?
25 “Now (BE)my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away; (BF)they do not see good.
26 They sweep by like (BG)reed boats,
Like an (BH)eagle that swoops on its food.
27 Though I say, ‘I will forget (BI)my musing,
I will forsake my sad countenance and be cheerful,’
28 I am (BJ)afraid of all my pains;
I know that (BK)You will not acquit me.
29 I am accounted (BL)wicked;
Why then should I toil in vain?
30 If I should (BM)wash myself with snow
And cleanse (BN)my hands with lye,
31 Yet You would plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would abhor me.
32 For (BO)He is not a man as I am that (BP)I may answer Him,
That we may go to court for judgment together.
33 There is no (BQ)adjudicator between us,
Who may lay his hand upon us both.
34 Let Him (BR)remove His rod from me,
And let not dread of Him terrify me.
35 Then I (BS)would speak and not fear Him;
But I am not like that in myself.
Job Cries Out to God
10 “(BT)My soul is loathed by my life;
I will abandon all restraint in myself to (BU)my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say to God, ‘(BV)Do not account me as wicked;
Let me know why You contend with me.
3 Is it good to You that You (BW)oppress,
That You reject (BX)the labor of Your hands,
And [o]cause (BY)the counsel of the wicked to shine forth?
4 Have You eyes of flesh?
Or do You (BZ)see as a mortal man sees?
5 Are Your days as the days of a mortal man,
Or (CA)Your years as man’s years,
6 That (CB)You should seek for my guilt
And search after my sin?
7 According to Your knowledge (CC)I am indeed not wicked,
Yet there is (CD)no [p]deliverer from Your hand.
8 ‘(CE)Your hands fashioned and made me [q]altogether,
(CF)And would You swallow me up?
9 Remember now, that You have made me as (CG)clay;
And would You (CH)turn me into dust again?
10 Did You not pour me out like milk
And curdle me like cheese,
11 Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
12 You have (CI)made alongside me life and lovingkindness;
And Your care has kept my spirit.
13 Yet (CJ)these things You have concealed in Your heart;
I know that this is within You:
14 If I sin, then You would (CK)take note of me
And (CL)would not acquit me of my guilt.
15 If (CM)I am wicked, woe to me!
And (CN)if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
I am sated with disgrace—so see my misery!
16 Should my head be set on high, (CO)You would hunt me like a lion;
And again You would show Your (CP)wonders against me.
17 You renew (CQ)Your witnesses against me
And increase Your vexation toward me;
[r](CR)Hardship after hardship is with me.
18 ‘(CS)Why then have You brought me out of the womb?
Would that I had breathed my last and no eye had seen me!
19 I should have been as though I had not been,
Carried from womb to tomb.’
20 Would He not cease (CT)for a few of my days?
[s](CU)Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
21 Before I go—(CV)and I shall not return—
(CW)To the land of darkness and (CX)shadow of death,
22 The land of utter gloom as the thick darkness itself,
Of the shadow of death, without order,
And which shines as the thick darkness.”
Zophar Asks, Can You Find the Depths of God?
11 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
2 “Shall a multitude of words go unanswered,
And a (CY)man of lips be in the right?
3 Shall your boasts silence men?
And shall you (CZ)mock and none rebuke?
4 (DA)You have said, ‘My learning is pure,
And (DB)I am innocent in your eyes.’
5 But would that God might speak,
And open His lips against you,
6 And tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom [t](DC)has two sides.
Know then that God [u]forgets a part of (DD)your iniquity.
7 “(DE)Can you find the depths of God?
Can you find the limits of the Almighty?
8 They are (DF)high as [v]the heavens, what can you do?
Deeper than (DG)Sheol, what can you know?
9 Its measure is longer than the earth
And broader than the sea.
10 If He sweeps by or shuts up,
Or calls an assembly, (DH)who can turn Him around?
11 For (DI)He knows worthless men,
And He (DJ)sees wickedness, [w]so will He not carefully consider it?
12 [x](DK)Yet an empty headed man will obtain a heart of wisdom,
And the [y]foal of a (DL)wild donkey is born a man.
13 “(DM)If you would (DN)set your heart right
And (DO)spread out your hand to Him,
14 If wickedness is in your hand, (DP)put it far away,
And do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents;
15 Then, indeed, you could (DQ)lift up your face without moral defect,
And you would be steadfast and (DR)not fear.
16 For you would (DS)forget your trouble,
As (DT)waters that pass by, so you would remember it.
17 And your lifetime would (DU)arise brighter than noonday;
Darkness would be like the morning.
18 Then you would trust, because there is hope;
And you would search around and rest securely.
19 You would (DV)lie down and none would make you tremble,
And many would (DW)entreat your [z]favor.
20 But the (DX)eyes of the wicked will come to an end,
And escape will (DY)perish from them;
And their (DZ)hope is (EA)the expiring of their soul.”
The Resurrection of Christ
15 Now (A)I make known to you, brothers, the (B)gospel which I proclaimed as good news to you, which also you received, (C)in which also you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, (D)if you hold fast [a]the word which I proclaimed to you as good news, (E)unless you believed for nothing.
3 For (F)I delivered to you [b]as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died (G)for our sins (H)according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was (I)raised on the third day (J)according to the Scriptures, 5 and that (K)He appeared to (L)Cephas, then (M)to the twelve. 6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some (N)have fallen asleep. 7 After that, He appeared to [c](O)James, then to (P)all the apostles, 8 and last of all, as [d]to one untimely born, (Q)He appeared to me also. 9 For I am (R)the least of the apostles, [e]and not worthy to be called an apostle, because I (S)persecuted the church of God. 10 But by (T)the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I (U)labored even more than all of them, yet (V)not I, but the grace of God with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
The Resurrection of the Dead
12 Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there (W)is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised. 14 And (X)if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. 15 Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we bore witness [f]against God that He (Y)raised [g]Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; (Z)you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who (AA)have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are (AB)of all men most to be pitied.
20 But now Christ (AC)has been raised from the dead, the (AD)first fruits of those who have (AE)fallen asleep. 21 For since (AF)by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For (AG)as in Adam all die, so also in [h]Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ (AH)the first fruits, after that (AI)those who are Christ’s at (AJ)His coming. 24 Then comes the end, when He hands over (AK)the kingdom to the (AL)God and Father, when He has abolished (AM)all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign (AN)until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy to be (AO)abolished is death. 27 For (AP)He has put all things in subjection under His feet. But when He says, “(AQ)All things are put in subjection,” it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him. 28 And when (AR)all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that (AS)God may be all in all.
Do Not Forsake Me, O Yahweh
A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.
38 O Yahweh, (A)reprove me not in Your wrath,
And discipline me not in Your burning anger.
2 For Your (B)arrows have pressed deep into me,
And (C)Your hand has pressed down upon me.
3 There is (D)no soundness in my flesh (E)because of Your indignation;
There is no health (F)in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my (G)iniquities go over my head;
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
5 My [a]wounds stink and rot
Because of (H)my [b]folly.
6 I am bent over and (I)greatly bowed down;
I (J)go mourning all day long.
7 For my loins are filled with (K)burning,
And there is (L)no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am (M)faint and [c]badly crushed;
I [d](N)groan because of the [e]agitation of my heart.
9 Lord, all (O)my desire is [f]before You;
And my (P)sighing is not hidden from You.
10 My heart throbs, (Q)my strength forsakes me;
And the (R)light of my eyes, even [g]that [h]has gone from me.
11 My [i](S)loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen (T)stand afar off.
12 Those who (U)search for my life (V)lay snares for me;
And those who (W)seek [j]to do me evil have [k]threatened destruction,
And they (X)meditate on deception all day long.
13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a (Y)mute man who does not open his mouth.
14 And I am like a man who does not hear,
And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For (Z)I [l]wait on You, O Yahweh;
You (AA)will answer, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Save, lest they be glad over me,
Who, when my foot stumbles, (AB)magnify themselves against me.”
17 For I am (AC)ready to fall,
And (AD)my [m]sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I [n](AE)confess my iniquity;
I am full of (AF)anxiety because of my sin.
19 But my (AG)enemies are vigorous and [o]strong,
And those who wrongfully (AH)hate me abound.
20 And those who (AI)repay evil for good,
They (AJ)accuse me, for I pursue what is good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Yahweh;
O my God, (AK)do not be far from me!
22 Make (AL)haste to help me,
O Lord, (AM)my salvation!
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