Job 41
23The folds of his flesh are tightly joined;
they are firm and immovable.
24His chest is as hard as a rock,
as hard as a lower millstone!
25When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified;
they withdraw before his thrashing.
26The sword that reaches him has no effect,
nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
27He regards iron as straw
and bronze as rotten wood.
28No arrow can make him flee;
slingstones become like chaff to him.
29A club is regarded as straw,
and he laughs at the sound of the lance.
30His undersides are jagged potsherds,
spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
31He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;
he makes the sea like a jar of ointment.
32He leaves a glistening wake behind him;
one would think the deep had white hair!
33Nothing on earth is his equal—
a creature devoid of fear!
34He looks down on all the haughty;
he is king over all the proud.”
Job 42
Job Submits Himself to the LORD
1Then Job replied to the LORD:
2“I know that You can do all things
and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
3You asked, ‘Who is this
who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’
Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.
4You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak.
I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’
5My ears had heard of You,
but now my eyes have seen You.
6Therefore I retract my words,
and I repent in dust and ashes.”
The LORD Rebukes Job’s Friends
7After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
9So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.
The LORD Blesses Job
10After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.11All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
12So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.13And he also had seven sons and three daughters.14He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.15No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.16After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.17And so Job died, old and full of years.
Psalms
Psalms 1
BOOK I
The Two Paths
1Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
or set foot on the path of sinners,
or sit in the seat of mockers.
2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD,
and on His law he meditates day and night.
3He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
yielding its fruit in season,
whose leaf does not wither,
and who prospers in all he does.
4Not so the wicked!
For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6For the LORD guards the path of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalms 2
The Triumphant Messiah
1Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
2The kings of the earth take their stand
and the rulers gather together,
against the LORD
and against His Anointed One:
3“Let us break Their chains
and cast away Their cords.”
4The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord taunts them.
5Then He rebukes them in His anger,
and terrifies them in His fury:
6“I have installed My King on Zion,
upon My holy mountain.”
7I will proclaim the decree
spoken to Me by the LORD:
“You are My Son;
today I have become Your Father.
8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance,
the ends of the earth Your possession.
9You will break them with an iron scepter;
You will shatter them like pottery.”
10Therefore be wise, O kings;
be admonished, O judges of the earth.
11Serve the LORD with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry
and you perish in your rebellion,
when His wrath ignites in an instant.
Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
Psalms 3
Deliver Me, O LORD!
A Psalms of David, when he fled from his son Absalom.
1O LORD, how my foes have increased!
How many rise up against me!
2Many say of me,
“God will not deliver him.”
Selah
3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
4To the LORD I cry aloud,
and He answers me from His holy mountain.
Selah
5I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
6I will not fear the myriads
set against me on every side.
7Arise, O LORD!
Save me, O my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth of the wicked.
8Salvation belongs to the LORD;
may Your blessing be on Your people.
Selah
Psalms 4
Answer Me When I Call!
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
1Answer me when I call,
O God of my righteousness!
You have relieved my distress;
show me grace and hear my prayer.
2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned?
How long will you love vanity and seek after lies?
Selah
3Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself;
the LORD hears when I call to Him.
4Be angry, yet do not sin;
on your bed, search your heart and be still.
Selah
5Offer the sacrifices of the righteous
and trust in the LORD.
6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?”
Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.