Job 11 Cross References - Brenton

¹ Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said, ² He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed is the short lived offspring of woman. ³ Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee? ⁴ For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him. ⁵ But oh that the Lord would speak to thee, and open his lips to thee! ⁶ Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord. ⁷ Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end of that which the Almighty has made? ⁸ Heaven is high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know? ⁹ Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea. ¹⁰ And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done? ¹¹ For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook it. ¹² But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman is like an ass in the desert. ¹³ For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up thine hands towards him; ¹⁴ if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put if far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation. ¹⁵ For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; and thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear. ¹⁶ And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared. ¹⁷ And thy prayer shall be as the morning star, and life shall arise to thee as from the noonday. ¹⁸ And thou shalt be confident, because thou hast hope; and peace shall dawn to thee from out of anxiety and care. ¹⁹ For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee; and many shall charge, and make supplication to thee. ²⁰ But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.

¹¹ Now his three friends having heard of all the evil that was come upon him, came to him each from his own country: Eliphaz the king of the Thaemans, Baldad sovereign of the Saucheans, Sophar king of he Minaeans: and they came to him with one accord, to comfort and to visit him.

¹ Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,

² How long wilt thou speak these things, how long shall the breath of thy mouth be abundant in words?

³ What! is there any reason in vain words? or what will hinder thee from answering?

² How long wilt thou continue? forbear, that we also may speak.

^{11 (139:11)} A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.

¹⁹ By a multitude of words thou shalt not escape sin; but if thou refrain thy lips thou wilt be prudent.

⁴ For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery.

⁴ But ye are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases.

⁹ For it were well if he would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things in your power ye should attach yourselves to him,

² Will a wise man give for answer a mere breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly, ³ reasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit?

² Weary I intreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods.

³ Raise me, and I will speak; then ye shall not laugh me to scorn.

²⁵ But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, and will make my words of no account?

⁷ What man is as Job, drinking scorning like water?

^{16 (34:16)} They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.

^{16 (82:16)} Fill their faces with dishonour; so shall they seek thy name, O Lord.

¹⁷ I have not sat in the assembly of them as they mocked, but I feared because of thy power: I sat alone, for I was filled with bitterness.

¹⁰ Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God.

²⁹ Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again with the just. ³⁰ For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding?

²⁰ If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O thou that understandest the mind of men? why hast thou made me as thine accuser, and why am I a burden to thee?

² I know of a truth that it is so: for how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord? ³ For if he would enter into judgment with him, God would not hearken to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges of a thousand.

⁷ For thou knowest that I have not committed iniquity: but who is he that can deliver out of thy hands?

⁴ For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;

⁵ For Job has said, I am righteous: the Lord has removed my judgment. ⁶ And he has erred in my judgment: my wound is severe without unrighteousness of mine.

² What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast said, I am righteous before the Lord?

³ Who would then know that I might find him, and come to an end of the matter? ⁴ And I would plead my own cause, and he would fill my mouth with arguments. ⁵ And I would know the remedies which he would speak to me, and I would perceive what he would tell me. ⁶ Though he should come on me in his great strength, then he would not threaten me; ⁷ for truth and reproof are from him; and he would bring forth my judgment to an end.

³⁵ (Oh that I had a hearer,) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and as to the written charge which I had against any one,

⁶ Thou art formed out of the clay as also I: we have been formed out of the same substance. ⁷ My fear shall not terrify thee, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee. ⁸ But thou hast said in mine ears, (I have heard the voice of thy words;) because thou sayest, I am pure, not having sinned; ⁹ I am blameless, for I have not transgressed. ¹⁰ Yet he has discovered a charge against me, and he has reckoned me as an adversary. ¹¹ And he has put my foot in the stocks, and has watched all my ways. ¹² For how sayest thou, I am righteous, yet he has not hearkened to me? for he that is above mortals is eternal. ¹³ But thou sayest, Why has he not heard every word of my cause? ¹⁴ For when the Lord speaks once, or a second time, ¹⁵ sending a dream, or in the meditation of the night; (as when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, in slumberings on the bed:) ¹⁶ then opens he the understanding of men: he scares them with such fearful visions: ¹⁷ to turn a man from unrighteousness, and he delivers his body from a fall. ¹⁸ He spares also his soul from death, and suffers him not to fall in war.

¹ And after Elius had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, saying, ² Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in his heart, and thinks to conceal them from me?

^{1 (39:31)} And the Lord God answered Job, and said, ^{2 (39:32)} Will any one pervert judgment with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer. ^{3 (39:33)} And Job answered and said to the Lord, ^{4 (39:34)} Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these arguments? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. ^{5 (39:35)} I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.

^{8 (40:3)} Do not set aside my judgment: and dost thou think that I have dealt with thee in any other way, than that thou mightest appear to be righteous?

⁷ And it came to pass after the Lord had spoken all these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Thaemanite, Thou hast sinned, and thy two friends: for ye have not said anything true before me, as my servant Job has.

²⁹ The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever, to do all the words of this law.

¹³ And after all that is come upon us because of our evil deeds, and our great trespass, it is clear that there is none such as our God, for thou has lightly visited our iniquities, and given us deliverance;

⁴ For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against him and endured?

⁵ Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty.

⁸ Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used thee as his counsellor? and has wisdom come only to thee?

¹¹ Thou hast been scourged for but few of thy sins: thou hast spoken haughtily and extravagantly.

²⁸ And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.

^{14 (24:14)} The Lord is the strength of them that fear him; and his covenant is to manifest truth to them.

^{10 (102:10)} He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities.

^{43 (105:43)} Many a time he delivered them; but they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities. ^{44 (105:44)} Ye the Lord looked upon their affliction, when he heard their petition. ^{45 (105:45)} And he remembered his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercy. ^{46 (105:46)} And he caused them to be pitied in the sight of all who carried them captive.

²² HETH. It is the mercies of the Lord, that he has not failed me, because his compassions are not exhausted. Pity us, O Lord, early every month: for we are not brought to an end, because his compassions are not exhausted.

²⁸ But there is a God in heaven revealing mysteries, and he has made known to king Nabuchodonosor what things must come to pass in the last days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are as follows,

⁴⁷ And the king answered and said to Daniel, Of a truth your God is a God of gods, and Lord of kings, who reveals mysteries; for thou has been able to reveal this mystery.

⁹ who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:

¹⁴ Behold, these are parts of his way; and we will hearken to him at the least intimation of his word: but the strength of his thunder who knows, when he shall employ it?

²³ and we do not find another his equal in strength: as for him that judges justly, dost thou not think that he listens?

^{19 (76:19)} Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters, and thy footsteps cannot be known.

^{3 (144:3)} The Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and there is no end to his greatness.

¹¹ All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: he has also set the whole world in their heart, that man might not find out the work which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end.

²⁸ And now, hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding.

¹⁸ For will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and the heaven of heavens will not suffice thee, what then is this house which I have built?

¹² Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud?

⁶ Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering.

⁵ If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do?

^{11 (102:11)} For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him.

^{6 (138:6)} The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot attain to it. ^{7 (138:7)} Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence? ^{8 (138:8)} If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present.

¹³ let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name only is exalted; his praise is above the earth and heaven,

² The glory of God conceals a matter: but the glory of a king honours business. ³ Heaven is high, and earth is deep, and a king's heart is unsearchable.

⁹ But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.

² Though they hid themselves in hell, thence shall my hand drag them forth; and though they go up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

²⁴ For he surveys the whole earth under heaven, knowing the things in the earth: ²⁵ all that he has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water.

^{5 (64:5)} Thou art wonderful in righteousness. Hearken to us, O God our Saviour; the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are on the sea afar off: ^{6 (64:6)} who dost establish the mountains in thy strength, being girded about with power; ^{7 (64:7)} who troublest the depth of the sea, the sounds of its waves. ^{8 (64:8)} The nations shall be troubled, and they that inhabit the ends of the earth shall be afraid of thy signs; thou wilt cause the outgoings of morning and evening to rejoice.

^{9 (138:9)} If I should spread my wings to fly straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, it would be vain, ^{10 (138:10)} for even there thy hand would guide me, and thy right hand would hold me.

³⁰ How should one pursue a thousand, and two rout tens of thousands, if God had not sold them, and the Lord delivered them up?

¹⁸ for he causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: he smites, and his hands heal.

¹² If he would take away, who shall turn him back? or who shall say to him, What hast thou done? ¹³ For if he has turned away his anger, the whales under heaven have stooped under him.

¹⁴ If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against man, who shall open?

²⁹ And he will give quiet, and who will condemn? and he will hide his face, and who shall see him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man also:

⁸ And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out its mother's womb.

^{8 (30:8)} And thou hast not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a wide place.

²⁷ I will give dominion to Sion, and will comfort Jerusalem by the way.

^{35 (4:32)} and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who shall withstand his power, and say to him, What has thou done?

¹³ And thou has said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark? ¹⁴ A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.

²¹ For he surveys the works of men, and nothing of what they do has escaped him. ²² Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves. ²³ For he will not lay upon a man more than right.

¹¹ For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.

¹⁴ Thou seest it; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into thy hands: the poor has been left to thee; thou wast a helper to the orphan.

^{22 (34:22)} Thou hast seen it, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, withdraw not thyself from me.

^{11 (93:11)} The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.

^{8 (5:7)} If thou shouldest see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter: for there is a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.

⁹ The heart is deep beyond all things, and it is the man, and who can know him? ¹⁰ I the Lord try the hearts, and prove the reins, to give to every one according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his devices.

² that they may concert together as men singing in their heart: I remember all their wickedness: now have their own counsels compassed them about; they came before my face.

¹³ His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: wherefore dost thou look upon despisers? wilt thou be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?

¹³ who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty

⁵ What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has a fodder?

² So then ye alone are men, and wisdom shall die with you? ³ But I also have a heart as well as you.

¹⁴ For who, being a mortal, is such that he shall be blameless? or, who that is born of a woman, that he should be just?

⁵ And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands? ⁶ whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts. ⁷ He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer. ⁸ He will survey the mountains as his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.

^{5 (50:5)} For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me.

^{9 (61:9)} But the sons of men are vain; the sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in the balances; they are all alike formed out of vanity. ^{10 (61:10)} Trust not in unrighteousness, and lust not after robberies: if wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it.

^{22 (72:22)} But I was vile and knew not: I became brutish before thee.

^{6 (91:6)} A foolish man will not know, and a senseless man will not understand this.

² For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men. ³ God has taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the holy. ⁴ Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children?

¹⁸ I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, and that to shew that they are breasts.

²⁴ she has extended her ways over the waters of the desert; she was hurried along by the lusts of her soul; she is given up to them, who will turn her back? none that seek her shall be weary; at the time of her humiliation they shall find her.

³ And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do with all your heart return to the Lord, take away the strange gods from the midst of you, and the groves, and prepare your hearts to serve the Lord, and serve him only; and he shall deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.

¹⁴ And he did evil, for he directed not his heart to seek the Lord.

³ Nevertheless some good things have been found in thee, forasmuch as thou didst remove the groves from the land of Juda, and didst direct thine heart to seek after the Lord.

⁸ Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;

⁵ But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty. ⁶ If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.

²¹ Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; then thy fruit shall prosper. ²² And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

^{31 (67:31)} Ambassadors shall arrive out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hand readily to God.

^{8 (77:8)} That they should not be as their fathers, a perverse and provoking generation; a generation which set not its heart aright, and its spirit was not steadfast with God.

^{9 (87:9)} Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to thee, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to thee.

^{6 (142:6)} I spread forth my hands to thee; my soul thirsts for thee, as a dry land. Pause.

⁷ Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed?

⁵ Is not thy wickedness abundant, and thy sins innumerable?

²³ And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord, thou hast thus removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation.

³² I will see apart from myself: do thou shew me if I have done unrighteousness; I will not do so any more.

^{2 (100:2)} and I will be wise in a blameless way. When wilt thou come to me? I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

¹⁵ When ye stretch forth your hands, I will turn away mine eyes from you: and though ye make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.

³⁰ I will judge you, O house of Israel, saith the Lord, each one according to his way: be converted, and turn from all your ungodliness, and it shall not become to you the punishment of iniquity. ³¹ Cast away from yourselves all your ungodliness wherein ye have sinned against me; and make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why should ye die, O house of Israel?

³ And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side. ⁴ And I will bring it forth, saith the Lord Almighty, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name: and it shall rest in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, and the timber of it, and the stones of it.

⁵ but Cain and his sacrifices he regarded not, and Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell. ⁶ And the Lord God said to Cain, Why art thou become very sorrowful and why is thy countenance fallen?

¹⁵ Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: and if I should be righteous, I cannot lift myself up, for I am full of dishonour.

²⁶ Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven.

^{1 (26:1)} A Psalm of David, before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my Saviour; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

^{1 (45:1)} For the end, for the sons of Core; a Psalm concerning secret things. God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us.

^{6 (111:6)} For he shall not be moved for ever; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. ^{7 (111:7)} He shall not be afraid of any evil report: his heart is ready to trust in the Lord. ^{8 (111:8)} His heart is established, he shall not fear, till he shall see his desire upon his enemies.

^{6 (118:6)} Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments. ^{7 (118:7)} I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness.

²⁶ In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and he leaves his children a support.

¹ The ungodly man flees when no one pursues: but the righteous is confident as a lion.

¹¹ And I will establish my covenant with you and all flesh shall not any more die by the water of the flood, and there shall no more be a flood of water to destroy all the earth.

⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of the first-born, Manasse; for God, said he, has made me forget all my toils, and all my father's house.

¹⁵ My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.

¹¹ The light has proved darkness to thee, and water has covered thee on thy lying down.

⁷ that they may forget their poverty, and may not remember their troubles any more.

^{20 (5:19)} For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God troubles him in the mirth of his heart.

¹ And in that day thou shalt say, I will bless thee, O Lord; for thou wast angry with me, but thou hast turned aside thy wrath, and hast pitied me. ² Behold, my God is my Saviour; I will trust in him, and not be afraid: for the Lord is my glory and my praise, and is become my salvation.

⁴ Fear not, because thou has been put to shame, neither be confounded, because thou was reproached: for thou shalt forget thy former shame, and shalt no more at all remember the reproach of thy widowhood.

⁹ From the time of the water of Noe this is my purpose: as I sware to him at that time, saying of the earth, I will no more be wroth with thee, neither when thou art threatened,

¹⁶ which shall be blessed on the earth; for they shall bless the true God: and they that swear upon the earth shall swear by the true God; for they shall forget the former affliction, it shall not come into their mind.

¹⁰ And king David blessed the Lord before the congregation, saying, Blessed art thou, O Lord God of Israel, our Father, from everlasting and to everlasting.

¹¹ And all his brethren and his sisters heard all that had happened to him, and they came to him, and so did all that had known him from the first: and they ate and drank with him, and comforted him, and wondered at all that the Lord had brought upon him: and each one gave him a lamb, and four drachms' weight of gold, even of unstamped gold. ¹² And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job, more than the beginning: and his cattle were fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, a thousand she-asses of the pastures. ¹³ And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. ¹⁴ And he called the first Day, and the second Casia, and the third Amalthaea's horn. ¹⁵ And there were not found in comparison with the daughters of Job, fairer women than they in all the world: and their father gave them an inheritance among their brethren. ¹⁶ And Job lived after his affliction a hundred and seventy years: and all the years he lived were two hundred and forty: and Job saw his sons and his sons' sons, the fourth generation. ¹⁷ And Job died, an old man and full of days: ^(42:17A) and it is written that he will rise again with those whom the Lord raises up. ^(42:17B) This man is described in the Syriac book as living in the land of Ausis, on the borders of Idumea and Arabia: and his name before was Jobab; ^(42:17C) and having taken an Arabian wife, he begot a son whose name was Ennon. And he himself was the son of his father Zare, one of the sons of Esau, and of his mother Bosorrha, so that he was the fifth from Abraam. ^(42:17D) And these were the kings who reigned in Edom, which country he also ruled over: first, Balac, the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dennaba: but after Balac, Jobab, who is called Job, and after him Asom, who was governor out of the country of Thaeman: and after him Adad, the son of Barad, who destroyed Madiam in the plain of Moab; and the name of his city was Gethaim. ^(42:17E) And his friends who came to him were Eliphaz, of the children of Esau, king of the Thaemanites, Baldad sovof the Sauchaeans, Sophar king of the Minaeans.

^{6 (36:6)} And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day.

^{14 (91:14)} Then shall they be increased in a fine old age; and they shall be prosperous; that they may declare

^{4 (111:4)} To the upright light has sprung up in darkness: he is pitiful, and merciful, and righteous.

¹⁸ But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.

⁸ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily spring forth: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of God shall compass thee. ⁹ Then shalt thou cry, and God shall hearken to thee; while thou art yet speaking he will say, Behold, I am here. If thou remove from thee the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech; ¹⁰ and if thou give bread to the hungry from thy heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as noon-day:

^{3 (6:4)} let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find him ready as the morning, and he will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth.

⁸ Rejoice not against me, mine enemy; for I have fallen yet shall arise; for though I should sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me. ⁹ I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he make good my cause: he also shall maintain my right, and shall bring me out to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

⁶ And it shall come to pass in that day that there shall be no light, ⁷ and there shall be for one day cold and frost, and that day shall be known to the Lord, and it shall not be day nor night: but towards evening it shall be light.

² But to you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise, and healing shall be in his wings: and ye shall go forth, and bound as young calves let loose from bonds.

⁵ And your threshing time shall overtake the vintage, and your vintage shall overtake your seed time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full; and ye shall dwell safely upon your land, and war shall not go through your land. ⁶ And I will give peace in your land, and ye shall sleep, and none shall make you afraid; and I will destroy the evil beasts out of your land,

¹¹ For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures?

⁶ And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope.

²⁷ And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him, and he shall grant thee power to pay thy vows. ²⁸ And he shall establish to thee again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon thy paths. ²⁹ Because thou hast humbled thyself; and thou shalt say, Man has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes.

⁵ I lay down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord will help me.

⁸ I will both lie down in peace and sleep: for thou, Lord, only hast caused me to dwell securely.

^{5 (42:5)} Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

²⁴ For if thou rest, thou shalt be undismayed; and if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly. ²⁵ And thou shalt not be afraid of alarm coming upon thee, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men. ²⁶ For the Lord shall be over all thy ways, and shall establish thy foot that thou be not moved.

³² The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: but he who is secure in his own holiness is just.

²⁶ And Abimelech came to him from Gerara, and so did Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army. ²⁷ And Isaac said to them, Wherefore have ye come to me? whereas ye hated me, and sent me away from you. ²⁸ And they said, We have surely seen that the Lord was with thee, and we said, Let there be an oath between us and thee, and we will make a covenant with thee, ²⁹ that thou shalt do no wrong by us, as we have not abhorred thee, and according as we have treated thee well, and have sent thee forth peaceably; and now thou art blessed of the Lord. ³⁰ And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank. ³¹ And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbour; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in safety.

⁶ And I will give peace in your land, and ye shall sleep, and none shall make you afraid; and I will destroy the evil beasts out of your land,

⁸ Now then take seven bullocks, and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and he shall offer a burnt-offering for you. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will only accept him: for but his sake, I would have destroyed you, for ye have not spoken the truth against my servant Job. ⁹ So Eliphaz the Thaemanite, and Baldad the Sauchite, and Sophar the Minaean, went and did as the Lord commanded them: and he pardoned their sin for the sake of Job.

^{12 (44:12)} And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate thy favour.

⁶ Many court the favour of kings; but every bad man becomes a reproach to another man.

¹⁴ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Egypt has laboured for thee; and the merchandise of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall pass over to thee, and shall be thy servants; and they shall follow after thee bound in fetters, and shall pass over to thee, and shall do obeisance to thee, and make supplication to thee: because God is in thee; and there is no God beside thee, O Lord.

¹⁴ And the sons of them that afflicted thee, and of them that provoked thee, shall come to thee in fear; and thou shalt be called Sion, the city of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁶ then will I do thus to you: I will even bring upon you perplexity and the itch, and the fever that causes your eyes to waste away, and disease that consumes your life; and ye shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them.

⁶⁵ Moreover among those nations he will not give thee quiet, neither by any means shall the sole of thy foot have rest; and the Lord shall give thee there another and a misgiving heart, and failing eyes, and a wasting soul.

¹³ Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish. ¹⁴ For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.

⁵ He shall promise mischief to his companions: but their eyes have failed for their children.

¹⁴ And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, and let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king.

⁸ For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord and be saved?

²² And God shall cast trouble upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

¹⁶ But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.

²² Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.

^{3 (68:3)} I am weary of crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.

²⁴ The ungodly is engulphed in destruction; but the desire of the righteous is acceptable.

²⁰ The lamp of him that reviles father or mother shall be put out, and his eyeballs shall see darkness.

¹⁷ PHE. While we yet lived our eyes failed, while we looked in vain for our help. TSADE. We looked to a nation that could not save.

¹⁴ And flight shall perish from the runner, and the strong shall not hold fast his strength, and the warrior shall not save his life:

¹⁹ As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him. ²⁰ Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? and is not this day gloom without brightness?

¹ I saw the Lord standing on the altar: and he said, Smite the mercy-seat, and the porch shall be shaken: and cut through into the heads of all; and I will slay the remnant of them with the sword: no one of them fleeing shall escape, and no one of them, striving to save himself shall be delivered. ² Though they hid themselves in hell, thence shall my hand drag them forth; and though they go up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. ³ If they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, thence will I search them out and take them; and if they should go down from my presence into the depths of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.