Job 42 Cross References - ISV

¹ Job Repents and is RestoredJob replied to the LORD: ² “I know that you can do anything and nothing that you plan is impossible. ³ You asked, ‘Who is this that darkens counsel without knowledge?’ Well now, I have talked about what I don’t understand— awesome things beyond me that I don’t know. ⁴ Listen now, and I will speak for myself; I’ll interrogate you and then inform me. ⁵ I’ve heard you with my ears; and now I’ve seen you with my eyes. ⁶ As a result, I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
⁷ Job’s Friends are RestoredAfter these words had been spoken by the LORD to Job, the LORD spoke to Eliphaz from Teman: “My anger is burning against you along with your two friends, since you haven’t spoken correctly about me, as did my servant Job. ⁸ So take seven bulls and seven rams and bring them to my servant Job. And bring a whole burnt offering for yourselves and my servant Job will pray for you. I’ll encourage him by not responding as your disgraceful folly deserves, since you didn’t speak about me correctly as did my servant Job. ⁹ So Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamath did precisely as the LORD had spoken to them, because the LORD showed favor to Job.
¹⁰ Job’s Prosperity ReturnsThe LORD restored Job’s prosperity after he prayed for his friends. The LORD doubled everything that Job had once possessed. ¹¹ Then all his brothers and sisters and all those who knew him before arrived. They ate food with him in his house, mourned for him, and consoled him for all the trouble that the LORD had brought and placed on him. Some gave him gold bullion and some brought gold earrings.
¹² The LORD blessed Job during the latter part of his life more than the former, since he owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys. ¹³ He also had seven sons and three daughters. ¹⁴ He named the first daughter Jemima, the second Keziah, and the name of the third was Keren-happuch. ¹⁵ No one could find more beautiful women in the whole land than Job’s daughters. Their father gave them their inheritance along with their brothers. ¹⁶ Job lived 140 years after this, and saw his children and grandchildren to the fourth generation. ¹⁷ Then Job died at an old age, having lived a full life.

¹⁴ Is anything impossible for the LORD? At the time set for it, I will return to you—about a year from now—and Sarah will have a son.”

¹³ Job Stands Petrified Before God“But he is One—who can change him? He does whatever he wants to do.

²¹ wouldn’t God find out since he knows the secrets of the heart?

² You know when I rest and when I am active. You understand what I am thinking when I am distant from you.

²¹ Many plans occupy the mind of a man, but the LORD’s purposes will prevail.

¹⁴ I have concluded that everything that God undertakes will last for eternity—nothing can be added to it nor taken away from it—and that God acts this way so that people will fear him.

²⁷ For the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has planned, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”

¹³ “I am God; also from ancient days I am the one. And there is no one who can deliver out of my hand; when I act, who can reverse it?”

¹⁰ I declare from the beginning things to follow, and from ancient times things that have not yet been done; saying, ‘My purpose will stand, and he will accomplish everything that I please.’

¹⁰ I am the LORD who searches the heart, who tests the inner depths to give to each person according to what he deserves, according to the fruit of his deeds.

¹⁷ ‘LORD! Look, you made the heavens and the earth with your great power and your outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for you!

¹⁰ The Invasion Strategy“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is what’s going to happen on the very day that you begin your invasion: You’ll be thinking, making evil plans,

³⁵ All who live on the earth are nothing compared to him. He does what he wishes with the heavenly armies and with those who live on earth. No one can hold back his power or say to him, ‘What did you do?’

²⁶ Jesus looked at them intently and said, “For humans this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”

²⁷ Jesus looked at them intently and said, “For humans it’s impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God.”

³⁶ He kept repeating, “Abba! Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I want but what you want.”

²⁷ Jesus replied, “The things that are impossible for people are possible for God.”

²⁴ Jesus, however, did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people ²⁵ and didn’t need anyone to tell him what people were like, because he himself knew what was in every person.

¹⁷ He asked him a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”
Peter was deeply hurt that he had asked him a third time, “Do you love me?” So he told him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you!”
Jesus told him, “Feed my sheep.

¹¹ In the Messiah we were also chosen when we were predestined according to the purpose of the one who does everything that he wills to do,

¹² For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow, as it judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart. ¹³ No creature can hide from him, but everyone is exposed and helpless before the eyes of the one to whom we must give a word of explanation.

² “Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel without knowing what he’s talking about?

⁵ LORD, my God, You have done great things: marvelous works and your thoughts toward us. There is no one who compares to you! I will try to recite your actions, even though there are too many to number.

¹ A Davidic Song of Ascents
Hope in the LORD LORD, my heart is not arrogant, nor do I look haughty. I do not aspire to great things, nor concern myself with things beyond my ability.

⁶ Knowledge like this is too amazing for me. It is beyond my reach, and I cannot fathom it.

² Surely I am beyond the senselessness of any man; I do not perceive things the way human beings do. ³ I never acquired wisdom, but I know what the Holy One knows. ⁴ Who has ascended to heaven, and then descended? Who has collected the wind in his hands? Who has wrapped up waters in a garment? Who has established all the farthest points of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you know!

²⁷ Abraham answered, “Look, even though I am only dust and ashes, I’ve ventured to speak to my LORD.

³⁰ Abraham then asked, “I hope my LORD will not be angry if I speak. What if 30 are found there?”
The LORD answered, “I won’t do it for the sake of those 30.”
³¹ “Look,” Abraham said, “I’ve presumed to speak to my LORD… so what if 20 are found there?”
“For the sake of those 20,” the LORD responded, “I won’t destroy it.”
³² Finally, Abraham inquired, “I hope my LORD will not be angry if I speak only once more. What if ten are found there?”
He replied, “For the sake of those ten I won’t destroy it.”

³ Stand up like a man! I’ll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!”

⁷ “Stand up like a man! I’ll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!

⁶ Then he told the two of them: “Pay attention to what I have to say! When there is a prophet among you, won’t I, the LORD, reveal myself to him in a vision? Won’t I speak with him in a dream? ⁷ But that’s not how it is with my servant Moses, since he has been entrusted with my entire household! ⁸ I speak to him audibly and in visions, not in mysteries. If he can gaze at the image of the LORD, why aren’t you afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

¹² “A message was confided to me; my ear caught a whisper of it.

⁸ Job Justifies His Innocence“Look! If I go east, he isn’t there! If I go to the west, I don’t perceive him. ⁹ If he’s working in the north, I can’t observe him; If he turns south, I can’t see him.

¹⁴ Indeed, these are the fringes of his ways, and how faint is the whisper we’ve heard of it! But who can comprehend the thunder of his might?”

²² Abaddon and death said, ‘We did hear a rumor about it.’

¹⁶ That’s when he opens the ear of mankind, authenticating his messages to them,

¹ Holy is the LORDIn the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne, high and exalted. The train of his robe filled the Temple.

⁵ “How terrible it will be for me!” I cried, “because I am ruined! I’m a man with unclean lips, and I live among a people with unclean lips! And my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies!”

¹⁸ No one has ever seen God. The unique God, who is close to the Father’s side, has revealed him.

⁴¹ Isaiah said this when he saw his glory and spoke about him.

⁴⁵ The one who sees me sees the one who sent me.

⁵⁵ But Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. ⁵⁶ He said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

¹⁷ Consequently, faith results from listening, and listening results through the word of the Messiah.

¹⁷ I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, the most glorious Father, would give you a wise spirit, along with revelation that comes through knowing the Messiah fully. ¹⁸ Then, with the eyes of your hearts enlightened, you will know the confidence that is produced by God having called you, the rich glory that is his inheritance among the saints,

²⁷ Nevertheless, as soon as Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He even slept in sackcloth and wandered around meekly.

⁶ and said, “My God, I am too ashamed and hurt to turn to you, because we’re in our iniquities over our heads. Furthermore, my God, our sins have grown as high as the heavens.

¹ Mordecai Seeks Esther’s HelpWhen Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his garments and clothed himself in sackcloth and ashes. He went into the middle of the city and cried out with a loud and bitter cry. ² He came as far as the front of the king’s gate, because no one was allowed to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth. ³ In every province where the order of the king and his edict reached, among the Jewish people there was great mourning, fasting, weeping, and lamenting, and many lay down on sackcloth and ashes.

⁸ Job took a broken piece of pottery to scrape himself while sitting among the ashes.

³¹ you’ll still drop me into the Pit, and my own clothes will despise me.

¹⁹ “He tossed me into the mire; I’ve become like dust and ashes.

³ Job Acknowledges His LimitationsThen Job replied to the LORD. He said: ⁴ “I must look insignificant to you! How can I answer you? I’m speechless.

¹⁷ True sacrifice to God is a broken spirit. A broken and chastened heart, God, you will not despise.

⁵ “Now, let me tell you, won’t you please, what I’m going to do to my vineyard. “I’m going to take away its protective hedge, and it will be devoured; I’ll break down its wall, and it will be trampled.

⁵ “Is this the kind of fast that I have chosen, merely a day for a person to humble himself? Is it merely for bowing down one’s head like a bulrush, for lying on sackcloth and ashes? Is this what you call a fast, an acceptable day to the LORD?

¹⁹ Indeed, after I turned away, then I repented. And after I came to understand, I slapped my forehead. I was both ashamed and humiliated because I bear the disgrace of my youth.’”

⁶³ Then you will remember, be ashamed, and you won’t open your mouth anymore due to humiliation when I will have made atonement for you for everything that you’ve done,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

⁴³ You’ll remember all your practices and evil actions by which you’ve become defiled. You’ll loathe yourselves because of all the evil things you’ve done.

³¹ Then you’ll remember your lifestyles and practices that were not good. You’ll hate yourselves as you look at your own iniquities and loathsome practices.

³ “So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking him in prayer and supplication, accompanied with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

⁶ When the message reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, removed his royal garments, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat down in ashes. ⁷ Then he had this proclamation published throughout Nineveh: “By decree of the king and his nobles: No man or animal, herd or flock, is to taste anything, graze, or drink water. ⁸ Instead, let both man and animal clothe themselves with sackcloth and cry out to God forcefully. Let every person turn from his evil ways and from his tendency to do violence. ⁹ Who knows but that God may relent, have compassion, and turn from his fierce anger, so that we are not exterminated?”
¹⁰ God took note of what they did—that they turned from their evil ways. Because God relented concerning the trouble about which he had warned them, he did not carry it out.

²¹ “How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! Because if the miracles that happened in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

¹³ Jesus Denounces Unrepentant Cities
“How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! If the miracles that happened in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁸ I will get up, go to my father, and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and you. ¹⁹ I don’t deserve to be called your son anymore. Treat me like one of your hired men.”’

⁸ and finally he was seen by me, as though I were born abnormally late.
⁹ For I am the least of the apostles and not even fit to be called an apostle because I persecuted God’s church.

¹³ In the past I was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. But I received mercy because I acted ignorantly in my unbelief, ¹⁴ and the grace of our Lord overflowed toward me, along with the faith and love that are in the Messiah Jesus. ¹⁵ This is a trustworthy saying that deserves complete acceptance: To this world Messiah came, sinful people to reclaim. I am the worst of them. ¹⁶ But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the worst sinner, the Messiah Jesus might demonstrate all of his patience as an example for those who would believe in him for eternal life.

⁷ Therefore, submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you. ⁸ Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. ⁹ Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the Lord’s presence, and he will exalt you.

¹¹ Job’s Friends VisitWhen Job’s three friends heard all these tragedies that happened to him, they each traveled from their home towns to visit him. Eliphaz came from Teman, Bildad came from Shuah, and Zophar came from Naamath. They met together and went to console and comfort him.

¹ Eliphaz: the Innocent Don’t SufferIn reply, Eliphaz from Teman answered:

¹ Bildad: God Rewards the GodlyThen in response, Bildad from Shuah said:

¹ Zophar Accuses JobZophar from Naamath had this to say:

⁵ “But what if God were to speak? What if he were to talk with you, ⁶ and disclose his wise secrets? After all, there’s so much more to understanding. So be aware that God will exact from you less than your sin deserves.”

² But then Barachel’s son Elihu from Buz, one of Ram’s descendants, got really angry. He was furious with Job because he had been declaring himself righteous instead of vindicating God. ³ Furthermore, he was furious with his three friends because they had not answered Job, but instead had condemned him.

⁵ but when he saw that there had been no response from those three, he got even more angry.

⁴ Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment.

¹⁷ Then Abraham interceded with God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants so they could bear children,

¹² Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to dine with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

¹ Balaam’s First SacrificeBalaam told Balak, “Build for me here seven altars and prepare here for me seven bulls and seven rams.”

¹⁴ So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, and from there to the top of Mount Pisgah, where he built seven altars and then offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

²⁹ Balaam told Balak, “Build seven altars for me right here. Then prepare seven bulls and seven rams.”

³⁵ David took from her what she had brought him and told her, “Go up to your house in peace. Look, I’ve heard your request and will grant it.”

²⁶ As God helped the descendants of Levi who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

²¹ where they brought seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering on behalf of the kingdom, the Holy Place, and Judah. He ordered that the priests, as descendants of Aaron, place the offerings on the LORD’s altar.

⁵ When their time of feasting had concluded, Job would rise early in the morning to send for them and consecrate them to God. He would offer a burnt offering for each one, because Job thought, “Perhaps my children sinned by cursing God in their hearts.” Job did this time and again.

³⁰ He’ll even deliver the guilty, who will be delivered through your innocence.”

⁹ So Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamath did precisely as the LORD had spoken to them, because the LORD showed favor to Job.

¹⁰ He neither deals with us according to our sins, nor repays us equivalent to our iniquity.

¹⁴ “All the descendants of those who oppressed you will come bending low before you, and all those who despised you will bow down at your feet. They’ll call you ‘The City of the LORD,’ ‘Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’”

¹¹ Then the LORD told me, “Don’t pray for the welfare of these people.

¹ The Destiny of the JudgedThen the LORD told me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were standing before me, I wouldn’t be favorably disposed toward this people. Send them out of my presence! Let them go!

¹⁴ Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job lived in that land, they would only save their own lives on account of their righteousness,” declares the Lord GOD.

²³ Each day during the seven days of the festival, he is to provide a burnt offering to the LORD, consisting of seven bulls and seven rams without defect, offered each day throughout the seven days, along with a male goat offered each day as a sin offering.

⁸ When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Offer that to your governor—would he be pleased with you or receive you favorably?” asks the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. ⁹ “And now, go ahead and implore God by saying, ‘Be gracious to us.’ Will he receive you favorably and accept offerings like that from your hand?” asks the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

¹⁷ Then a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him!”

²³ “So if you are presenting your gift at the altar and remember there that your brother has something against you, ²⁴ leave your gift there before the altar and first go and be reconciled to your brother. Then come and offer your gift.

⁶ so that we would praise his glorious grace that he gave us in the Beloved One.

¹⁴ Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will pay him back for what he did.

²⁵ Therefore, because he always lives to intercede for them, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him.

⁴ for it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

¹⁰ By God’s will we have been sanctified once and for all through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus, the Messiah.
¹¹ Day after day every priest stands and repeatedly offers the same sacrifices that can never take away sins. ¹² But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, “he sat down at the right hand of God.” ¹³ Since that time, he has been waiting for his enemies to be made a footstool for his feet. ¹⁴ For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

¹⁴ Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

¹⁶ Therefore, make it your habit to confess your sins to one another and to pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

⁶ This man, Jesus the Messiah, is the one who came by water and blood—not with water only, but with water and with blood. The Spirit is the one who verifies this, because the Spirit is the truth.

¹⁶ If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray that God would give him life. This applies to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not telling you to pray about that.

⁹ I will make those who belong to the synagogue of Satan—those who claim to be Jews and aren’t, but are lying—come and bow down at your feet. Then they will realize that I have loved you.

²⁷ You’ll entreat him and he’ll listen to you as you fulfill your vows.

³¹ Elihu’s Challenge to Job“Has anyone ever really told God, ‘I’ve endured, and I won’t act corruptly anymore. ³² What I don’t see, instruct me! If I’ve done anything evil, I won’t repeat it!’

⁸ So take seven bulls and seven rams and bring them to my servant Job. And bring a whole burnt offering for yourselves and my servant Job will pray for you. I’ll encourage him by not responding as your disgraceful folly deserves, since you didn’t speak about me correctly as did my servant Job.

¹¹ My son, do not reject the LORD’s discipline, and do not despise his correction, ¹² because the LORD corrects the person he loves, just as a father corrects the son he delights in.

⁷ The Fine Art of Enjoying LifeGo ahead and enjoy your meals as you eat. Drink your wine with a joyful attitude, because God already has approved your actions.

²⁴ The Two Foundations
“Therefore, everyone who listens to these messages of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on a rock.

⁵ His mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

⁶ Now get up, go into the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”

³³ So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. All of us are here now in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has ordered you to say.”

⁸ By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.

⁴ So Moses cried out to the LORD: “What am I to do with these people? Just a little more and they’ll stone me.”
⁵ Then the LORD told Moses, “Go over in front of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

² They asked, “Has the LORD spoken only through Moses? Hasn’t he also spoken through us?”
But the LORD heard it.

¹³ So Moses prayed to the LORD: “O LORD, please heal her.”

¹ The People RebelAt this, the entire assembly complained, started to shout, and cried through the rest of that night. ² All the Israelis complained against Moses and Aaron. Then the entire assembly responded, “We wish that we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness. ³ What’s the point in the LORD bringing us to this land? To die by the sword so our wives and children would become war victims? Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?”
⁴ Then they told each other, “Let’s assign a leader and go back to Egypt.”

¹⁰ But the entire congregation was talking about stoning them to death.
God Rebukes Unbelieving IsraelSuddenly, the glory of the LORD appeared at the Tent of Meeting to all of the Israelis.

¹³ Moses Intercedes for IsraelBut Moses responded to the LORD, “When Egypt hears that you’ve brought this people out from among them with a mighty demonstration of power, ¹⁴ they’ll also proclaim to the inhabitants of this land that they’ve heard you’re among this people, LORD, whom they’ve seen face to face, since your cloud stands guard over them. You’ve guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night. ¹⁵ But if you slaughter this people all at the same time, then the nations who heard about your fame will say, ¹⁶ ‘The LORD slaughtered this people in the wilderness because he wasn’t able to bring them to the land that he promised them.’
¹⁷ “Now, let the power of the LORD be magnified, just as you promised when you said, ¹⁸ ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in faithful love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he won’t acquit the guilty. He recalls the iniquity of fathers to the third and fourth generation.’
¹⁹ “Forgive, please, the iniquity of this people, according to your great, faithful love, in the same way that you’ve carried this people from Egypt to this place.”
²⁰ God Responds to MosesThe LORD responded, “I’ve forgiven them based on what you’ve said.

²¹ “Separate yourselves from among this community, and I’ll destroy them in a moment.”
²² Then they fell on their faces and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, will you be angry at the entire congregation on account of one man’s sin?”

⁴⁶ Then Moses told Aaron. “Take the censer, put fire on it from the altar, and burn some incense. Then walk quickly to the congregation and atone for them, because wrath has already come out from the LORD—the plague has begun.”
⁴⁷ So Aaron took the censer, just as Moses had spoken, and ran out to the center of the assembly, where a plague had begun among the people. He set the incense on fire and atoned for the people. ⁴⁸ He stood between the dead and the living and restrained the plague.

¹⁸ But remember the LORD your God, because he is the one who gives you the ability to produce wealth, in order to confirm his covenant that he promised by an oath to your ancestors, as is the case today.

²⁰ It was as had been the case with Aaron, the LORD was very angry and about to destroy him, but I prayed for Aaron at that time.

³ then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and will show compassion to you. He will gather you from among the peoples where he had scattered you.

⁷ The LORD makes people poor and he makes people rich, he brings them low, and he also exalts them.

⁹ Amaziah asked the man of God, “What are we to do about the 100 talents that I have paid to the army of Israel?”
The man of God answered, “The LORD has a lot more than that to give you!”

³ His livestock included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and many servants. Indeed, the man’s stature greatly exceeded that of many people who lived in the East.

¹⁸ because though he wounds, but then applies bandages; though he strikes, his hands still heal. ¹⁹ “He will deliver you through six calamities; and calamity won’t touch you throughout the seventh. ²⁰ He will deliver you from death by famine; in war from the power of the sword.

⁶ if you are clean and upright, surely then, he’ll act on your behalf and restore your rightful place. ⁷ Your beginning may be small, but later years will be very great.

²⁴ Bury your gold nuggets in the dust, and your source of gold among the stones in a streambed, ²⁵ and then the Almighty will be your gold and your refined silver.

⁷ May Israel’s deliverance come from Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice, and Israel will be glad.

⁶ Would that Israel’s deliverance come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad.

¹ To the Director: A Psalm by the descendants of Korah.
Restore Us, God LORD you have favored your land and restored the fortunes of Jacob. ² You took away the iniquity of your people, forgiving all their sins Interlude ³ You withdrew all your wrath and turned away from your burning anger.

¹ A Song of Ascents
The Exiles Restored When the LORD brought back Zion’s exiles, we were like dreamers.

⁴ Restore our exiles, LORD, like the streams of the Negev. ⁵ Those who weep while they plant will sing for joy while they harvest. ⁶ The one who goes out weeping, carrying a bag of seeds, will surely return with a joyful song, bearing sheaves from his harvest.

⁴ The reward of humility is the fear of the LORD, along with wealth, honor, and life.

² “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her heavy service has been completed, that her penalty has been paid, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.”

⁷ Instead of your shame you will receive double, and instead of disgrace people will shout with joy over your inheritance; therefore you will inherit a double portion in their land; everlasting joy will be yours.”

⁸ “The silver belongs to me, as does the gold,” declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

²⁷ “The rich man said, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father’s house—

⁵⁰ It was my hand that made all these things, wasn’t it?’”

⁶⁰ Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” After he had said this, he died.

²² When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a half shekel and two bracelets for her wrists, weighing 10 shekels and presented them to her.

⁵³ Then the servant brought out some silver and gold items, along with some clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave gifts to her brother and to her mother.

³⁵ All his sons and daughters showed up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He kept saying, “Leave me alone! I’ll go down to the next world, still mourning for my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.

³² They also buried the bones of Joseph, which the Israelis brought up from Egypt, in the parcel of ground at Shechem that Jacob had purchased from the descendants of Shechem’s father Hamor, for 100 pieces of silver. It became part of the inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.

²⁷ But some troublemakers said, “How can this man deliver us?” They despised him and did not bring him a gift. But Saul remained silent.
The Ammonites Threaten Jabesh-gilead²⁸Meanwhile, Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had been severely oppressing the descendants of Gad and descendants of Reuben, gouging out their right eyes and not allowing Israel to have a deliverer. No one was left among the Israelis across the Jordan whose right eye Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had not gouged out. However, 7,000 men had escaped from the Ammonites and entered Jabesh-gilead.

⁴ A word from you has supported those who have stumbled, and has strengthened faltering knees.

²² When did I ever ask you for anything, say ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth?’ ²³ or say ‘Deliver me from my enemy’s control,’ or ‘Redeem me from the domination of ruthless people’?”

⁵ and encourage you with what I have to say; my words of comfort would lessen your pain.

¹³ Job’s Family and Friends Abandoned Him“My brothers are alienated from me; my acquaintances are estranged; ¹⁴ my relatives have failed me; and my friends have abandoned me.

⁷ When a person’s ways please the LORD, even his enemies will be at peace with him.

³ Strengthen the feeble hands, and support the stumbling knees. ⁴ Say to those with anxious hearts, ‘Be strong, do not be afraid! Here is your God— he will bring vengeance, he will bring divine retribution, and he will save you.’

¹⁹ and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.

¹⁵ Rejoice with those who are rejoicing. Cry with those who are crying.

²⁶ If one part suffers, every part suffers with it. If one part is praised, every part rejoices with it.

¹² Live as God’s PeopleTherefore, strengthen your tired arms and your weak knees,

³ Continue to remember those in prison as if you were in prison with them, as well as those who are mistreated, since they also are only mortal.

³⁵ “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become wealthy. He has provided him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, camels and donkeys.

¹² Isaac Grows WealthyIsaac received a 100-fold return on what he planted that year in the land he received, because the LORD blessed him. ¹³ He became very wealthy and lived a life of wealth, becoming more and more wealthy. ¹⁴ He owned so many sheep, cattle, and servants that the Philistines eventually became envious of him.

¹⁶ and fed you in the desert with manna that neither you nor your ancestors had known, to humble and test you so that things go well with you later.

⁷ Your beginning may be small, but later years will be very great.

³⁸ Then he blessed them, and they became numerous; he multiplied their cattle.

¹³ May our granaries be filled, storing produce in abundance; may our sheep bring forth thousands, even tens of thousands in our fields. ¹⁴ May our cattle grow heavy with young, with no damage or loss. May there be no cry of anguish in our streets! ¹⁵ Happy are the people to whom these things come; happy are the people whose God is the LORD.

²² The blessing of the LORD establishes wealth, and difficulty does not accompany it.

⁸ The conclusion of something is better than its beginning, and a patient attitude is more valuable than a proud one.

¹⁷ Advice for the WealthyTell those who are rich in this age not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, let them place their confidence in God, who lavishly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

¹¹ We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job’s endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord—that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

² Seven sons and three daughters had been born to him.

⁴¹ Yet he lifted the needy from affliction and made them families like a flock.

³ Children are a gift from the LORD; a productive womb, the LORD’s reward.

²⁰ “The children who are grieving at present will yet say in your hearing, ‘This place is too crowded for me; make room for me, so I may have a place to live.’

⁷ “The daughters of Zelophehad are telling the truth. You are certainly to give to them a possession for an inheritance among their father’s relatives. You are to pass on the inheritance of their father to them.

¹⁸ Sometime later, she came to Othniel and persuaded him to ask her father for a field.
As she dismounted from her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you want?”
¹⁹ She replied, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me also some springs of water.” So he gave her the upper and lower springs.

⁴ Appoint three men from each tribe and I’ll send them. They’ll begin to go through the land and record a description of it, categorized according to their inheritance, and then they’ll report back to me.

¹² May our sons in their youth be like full-grown plants, and our daughters like pillars destined to decorate a palace.

²⁰ “At this time Moses was born. He was beautiful in the sight of God, and for three months he was cared for in his father’s house.

³² where Terah died at the age of 205 years.

⁷ Abraham lived for 175 years,

²⁸ Isaac had lived a total of 180 years

²⁸ He lived for seventeen more years in Egypt, until he was 147 years old.

²³ Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim’s children, as well as the children who had been born to Manasseh’s son Machir, whom he adopted as his own.

²⁶ Some time later, Joseph died at the age of 110 years, and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.

⁷ Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyesight wasn’t impaired and he was still vigorous and strong.

²⁹ The Death of Joshua
Some time later, Joshua servant of the LORD died at the age of 110 years, and

¹⁰ We live for 70 years, or 80 years if we’re healthy, yet even in the prime years there are troubles and sorrow. They pass by quickly and we fly away.

⁶ And may you see your children’s children! Peace be on Israel!

⁶ Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the pride of children is their parents.

¹⁵ Now as for you, you’ll die peacefully, join your ancestors, and be buried at a good old age.

⁸ then passed away, dying at a ripe old age, having lived a full life, and joined his ancestors.

² so that you, your children, and your grandchildren may fear the LORD your God. Keep all his decrees and commandments that I’m giving you every day of your life, so you may live a long time.

²⁶ You’ll go to your grave at a ripe old age; like a stack of grain that’s harvested at just the right time.

¹⁶ I will satisfy him with long life; I will show him my deliverance.

¹⁶ Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are riches and honor.