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Job 40

1 But the Lord, answering Job out of the whirlwind, said:

2 Gird your waist like a man. I will question you, and you must answer me.

3 Will you make my judgment null and void; and will you condemn me so that you may be justified?

4 And do you have an arm like God, or a voice like thunder?

5 Envelop yourself with splendor, and raise yourself up on high, and be glorious, and put on splendid garments.

6 Scatter the arrogant with your wrath, and, when you see all the arrogant, humble them.

7 Look down upon each of the arrogant and confound them, and crush the impious in their place.

8 Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.

9 Then I will confess that your right hand is able to save you.

10 Behold, the behemoth, whom I created along with you, eats hay like an ox.

11 His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.

12 He draws up his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs have been drawn together.

13 His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.

14 He is the beginning of the ways of God, who made him; he will use him as his sword.

15 The mountains bring forth grass for him; all the beasts of the field will play there.

16 He sleeps in the shadows, under the cover of branches, and in moist places.

17 The shadows cover his shadow; the willows of the brook will encircle him.

18 Behold, he will drink a river and not be amazed, and he has confidence that the Jordan could flow into his mouth.

19 He will seize him through his eyes, as if with a hook, and he will bore through his nostrils, as if with stakes.

20 Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, and can you bind his tongue with a cord?

21 Can you place a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with an arm band?

22 Will he offer many prayers to you, or speak to you quietly?

23 Will he form a covenant with you, and will you accept him as a servant forever?

24 Will you play with him as with a bird, or tether him for your handmaids?

25 Will your friends cut him into pieces, will dealers distribute him?

26 Will you fill up bags with his hide, and let his head be used as a home for fishes?

27 Place your hand upon him; remember the battle and speak no more.

28 Behold, his hope will fail him, and in the sight of all, he will be thrown down.

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Job

Job 41

1 I will not rouse him, as the cruel would do, for who is able to withstand my countenance?

2 Who has given to me beforehand, so that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.

3 I will not spare him, nor his powerful words and counterfeit attempts at supplication.

4 Who can reveal the beauty of his garment? And who can enter the middle of his mouth?

5 Who can open the doors of his face? I gave fear to the circle of his teeth.

6 His body is like shields fused together, like dense scales pressed over one another.

7 One is joined to another, and not even air can pass between them.

8 They adhere to one another, and they hold themselves in place and will not be separated.

9 His sneezing has the brilliance of fire, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

10 Lamps proceed from his mouth, like torches of fire burning brightly.

11 Smoke passes out of his nostrils, like a pot that is heated and boiling.

12 His breath causes coal to burn, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.

13 Strength dwells in his neck, and destitution goes before his presence.

14 The parts of his body work in harmony together. He will send lightning bolts against him, and they will not be carried to another place.

15 His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith’s anvil.

16 When he will be raised up, the angels will be afraid, and, because they are terrified, they will purify themselves.

17 When a sword catches up with him, it will not be able to settle in, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.

18 For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood.

19 The archer will not cause him to flee; the stones of the sling have been turned into stubble for him.

20 He will treat the hammer as if it were stubble, and he will ridicule those who brandish the spear.

21 The beams of the sun will be under him, and he will dispense gold to them as if it were clay.

22 He will make the depths of the sea boil like a pot, and he will set it to bubble just as ointments do.

23 A path will shine after him; he will esteem the abyss as if it were weakening with age.

24 There is no power on the earth that is being compared to him, who has been made so that he fears no one.

25 He sees every prominent thing; he is king over all the sons of arrogance.

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Job

Job 42

1 Then Job, responding to the Lord, said:

2 I know that you are able to do all things, and that no thoughts are hidden from you.

3 So, who is it that would disguise a lack of knowledge as counsel? Therefore, I have been speaking foolishly, about things whose measure exceeds my knowledge.

4 Listen, and I will speak. I will question you, and you may answer me.

5 By paying attention with the ear, I have heard you, but now my eye sees you.

6 Therefore, I find myself reprehensible, and I will do penance in embers and ashes.

7 But after the Lord had finished speaking these words to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Themanite: My wrath has been kindled against you, and against your two friends, because you have not been speaking correctly in my eyes, as my servant Job has done.

8 Therefore, have seven bulls and seven rams brought to you, and go to my servant Job, and offer these as a holocaust for yourselves. But also, my servant Job will pray for you; I will accept his face, so that foolishness will not be imputed to you. For you have not been speaking correctly about me, as my servant Job has done.

9 So Eliphaz the Themanite, and Baldad the Suhite, and Zophar the Naamathite departed, and they did just as the Lord had spoken to them, and the Lord accepted the face of Job.

10 Likewise, the Lord was moved by the repentance of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave to Job twice as much as he had before.

11 Yet all his brethren came to him, and all his sisters, and everyone who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house. They also shook their heads over him and comforted him, because of all the bad things that God had inflicted on him. And each one of them gave him one female sheep, and one earring of gold.

12 And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job even more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys.

13 And he had seven sons and three daughters.

14 And he called the name of one, Daylight, and the name of the second, Cinnamon, and the name of the third, Horn of Cosmetics.

15 And, in the whole world, there were not found women so beautiful as the daughters of Job. And so their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers.

16 But Job lived long after these events, for a hundred and forty years, and he saw his children, and his children’s children, all the way to the fourth generation, and he died an old man and full of days.

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Psalm

Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.

2 But his will is with the law of the Lord, and he will meditate on his law, day and night.

3 And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.

4 Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.

5 Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just.

6 For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.

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Psalm 2

1 Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?

2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:

3 “Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”

4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.

5 Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.

6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.

7 The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.

8 Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.

9 You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.

10 And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.

11 Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.

12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just.

13 Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him.

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Psalm 3

1 A Psalm of David. When he fled from the face of his son, Absalom.

2 Lord, why have those who trouble me been multiplied? Many rise up against me.

3 Many say to my soul, “There is no salvation for him in his God.”

4 But you, Lord, are my supporter, my glory, and the one who raises up my head.

5 I have cried out to the Lord with my voice, and he has heard me from his holy mountain.

6 I have slept, and I have been stupefied. But I awakened because the Lord has taken me up.

7 I will not fear the thousands of people surrounding me. Rise up, Lord. Save me, my God.

8 For you have struck all those who oppose me without cause. You have broken the teeth of sinners.

9 Salvation is of the Lord, and your blessing is upon your people.

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Psalm 4

1 In parts according to verses. A Psalm of David.

2 When I called upon him, the God of my justice heeded me. In tribulation, you have enlarged me. Have mercy on me, and heed my prayer.

3 Sons of men, how long will you be dull in heart, so that whatever you love is in vain, and whatever you seek is false?

4 And know this: the Lord has made wondrous his holy one. The Lord will heed me when I cry out to him.

5 Be angry, and do not be willing to sin. The things that you say in your hearts: be sorry for them on your beds.

6 Offer the sacrifice of justice, and hope in the Lord. Many say, “Who reveals to us what is good?”

7 The light of your countenance, Lord, has been sealed upon us. You have given joy to my heart.

8 By the fruit of their grain, wine, and oil, they have been multiplied.

9 In peace itself, I will sleep and I will rest.

10 For you, O Lord, have established me singularly in hope.

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Psalm

Psalm 5

1 Unto the end. For her who pursues the inheritance. A Psalm of David.

2 O Lord, listen closely to my words. Understand my outcry.

3 Attend to the voice of my prayer, my King and my God.

4 For to you, I will pray. In the morning, Lord, you will hear my voice.

5 In the morning, I will stand before you, and I will see. For you are not a God who wills iniquity.

6 And the malicious will not dwell close to you, nor will the unjust endure before your eyes.

7 You hate all who work iniquity. You will destroy all who speak a lie. The bloody and deceitful man, the Lord will abominate.

8 But I am in the multitude of your mercy. I will enter your house. I will show adoration toward your holy temple, in your fear.

9 Lord, lead me in your justice. Because of my enemies, direct my way in your sight.

10 For there is no truth in their mouth: their heart is vain.

11 Their throat is an open sepulcher. They have acted deceitfully with their tongues. Judge them, O God. Let them fall by their own intentions: according to the multitude of their impiety, expel them. For they have provoked you, O Lord.

12 But let all those who hope in you rejoice. They will exult in eternity, and you will dwell in them. And all those who love your name will glory in you.

13 For you will bless the just. You have crowned us, O Lord, as if with a shield of your good will.

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Psalm 6

1 In parts according to verses. A Psalm of David. For the octave.

2 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your anger.

3 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my bones have become disturbed,

4 and my soul has been very troubled. But as for you, Lord, when?

5 Turn to me, Lord, and rescue my soul. Save me because of your mercy.

6 For there is no one in death who would be mindful of you. And who will confess to you in Hell?

7 I have labored in my groaning. Every night, with my tears, I will wash my bed and drench my blanket.

8 My eye has been troubled by rage. I have grown old among all my enemies.

9 Scatter before me, all you who work iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.

10 The Lord has heard my supplication. The Lord has accepted my prayer.

11 Let all my enemies be ashamed and together be greatly troubled. May they be converted and become ashamed very quickly.

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Psalm 7

1 A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush, the son of Jemini.

2 O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me:

3 lest at any time, like a lion, he might seize my soul, while there is no one to redeem me, nor any who can save.

4 O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this:

5 if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies:

6 let the enemy pursue my soul, and take hold of it, and trample my life into the earth, and drag down my glory into the dust.

7 Rise up, Lord, in your anger. And be exalted to the borders of my enemies. And rise up, O Lord my God, according to the precept that you commanded,

8 and a congregation of people will surround you. And, because of this, return on high.

9 The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within me.

10 The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God.

11 Just is my help from the Lord, who saves the upright of heart.

12 God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day?

13 Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready.

14 And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire.

15 Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity.

16 He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made.

17 His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point.

18 I will confess to the Lord according to his justice, and I will sing a psalm to the name of the Lord Most High.