Job 22 Cross References - MSTC

¹ So Eliphaz the Temanite gave answer, and said, ² "May a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? ³ Is it any advantage to the Almighty that thou art righteous? Or what doth it profit him, that thy ways are perfect? ⁴ Is he afraid to reprove thee, and to step forth with thee into judgment? ⁵ Is not thy wickedness great, and thine ungracious deeds innumerable? ⁶ Thou hast taken the pledge from thy brethren for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing; ⁷ To such as were weary, hast thou given no water to drink, and thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry. ⁸ Should such one then as useth violence, wrong and oppression, doing all things of partiality, and having respect of persons, dwell in the land? ⁹ Thou hast sent widows away empty and oppressed the poor fatherless. ¹⁰ Therefore art thou compassed about with snares on every side, and suddenly vexed with fear. ¹¹ Shouldest thou then see no darkness? Should not the water flood run over thee? ¹² Now because that God is higher than the heavens, and because thou seest the stars are so high, ¹³ wilt thou therefore say, 'Tush, how should God know? Doth his dominion reach beyond the clouds? ¹⁴ Tush, the clouds cover him that he may not see, for he dwelleth in heaven.' ¹⁵ "Well, thou wilt keep the old way, that all wicked men have gone: ¹⁶ which were cut down out of time, and whose foundation was as a running water, ¹⁷ which said unto God, 'Go from us.' And what did the Almighty do with them? ¹⁸ He filled their houses with good things. But the council of the ungodly is far from me. ¹⁹ For with joy shall the godly, and with gladness shall the innocent, ²⁰ see that their increase shall be hewn down, and their posterity consumed with fire. ²¹ "Therefore reconcile thee unto God, and be content, so shall all things prosper with thee right well. ²² Receive the law at his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. ²³ For if thou wilt turn to the Almighty, thou shalt stand fast, and all unrighteousness shall be far from thy dwelling: ²⁴ He shall give thee a harvest, which in plenty and abundance shall exceed the dust of the earth, and the gold of Ophir like river stones. ²⁵ Yea, the Almighty his own self shall be thine harvest, and the heap of thy money. ²⁶ Then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and lift up thy face unto God. ²⁷ Then shalt thou make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt keep thy promises. ²⁸ Then, look what thou takest in hand: he shall make it to prosper with thee, and the light shall shine in thy ways. ²⁹ For who so humbleth himself, him shall he set up: and who so looketh meekly, shall be healed. ³⁰ If thou be innocent, he shall save thee: and through the unguiltiness of thine hands shalt thou be delivered."

¹³ that thou keep the commandments of the LORD and his ordinances which I command thee this day, for thy wealth?

¹⁵ What manner of fellow is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, to submit ourselves unto him?'

⁶ If thou sinnest, what doest thou unto him? If thine offenses be many, how gettest thou his favour? ⁷ If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hands: ⁸ of such an ungodly person as thou, and of the son of man that is righteous - as thou pretendest to be?

² O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, "Thou art my God, my goods are nothing like unto thee."

¹³ Well is him that findeth wisdom, and obtaineth understanding, ¹⁴ for the getting of it is better than any merchandise of silver, and the profit of it is better than gold. ¹⁵ Wisdom is more worth than precious stones, and all the things that thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. ¹⁶ Upon her righthand is long life, and upon her left hand is riches and honour. ¹⁷ Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peaceable. ¹⁸ She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and blessed are they that keep her fast.

⁷ The chief point of wisdom is that thou be willing to obtain wisdom, and before all thy goods to get the understanding. ⁸ Make much of her and she shall promote thee: Yea, if thou embracest her, she shall bring thee unto honour. ⁹ She shall make thee a gracious head, and garnish thee with the crown of glory."

¹² If thou be wise, thy wisdom shall do thyself good: but if thou thinkest scorn thereof, it shall be thine own harm.

¹¹ Wisdom is better than riches; yea, much more worth than the eyesight. ¹² For wisdom defendeth as well as money, and the excellent knowledge and wisdom giveth life to him that have it in possession.

²⁹ Wherfore if thy right eye offend thee, pluck him out, and cast him from thee: better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, than that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

¹⁰ So likewise ye, when ye have done all those things which are commanded unto you, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done that which was our duty to do.'"

⁷ Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap. ⁸ He that soweth in his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption: but he that soweth in the spirit shall, of the spirit, reap life everlasting.

¹⁷ I know my God, that thou provest the heart and hast pleasure in plainness. And in plainness of mine heart I have willingly given all this. And now I see thy people, which are here in gladness to offer willingly to thee.

¹⁰ But as for my way, he knoweth it: and tryeth me as the gold in the fire. ¹¹ My foot doth keep his path; his highway have I holden, and will not go out of it. ¹² I have not forsaken the commandment of his lips; but look, what he charged me with his mouth, that have I shut up in my heart.

¹ {To the Chanter, for praising, a Psalm of David} I said, "I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue. I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle, while the ungodly is in my sight."

³ which walk in his ways, and do no wickedness. ⁴ Thou hast given straight charge to keep thy commandments: ⁵ O that my ways were made so direct, that I might keep thy statutes! ⁶ So shall I not be confounded, while I have respect unto all thy commandments.

⁵⁹ I call mine own ways to remembrance, and turn my feet into thy testimonies.

¹⁰ He hath no pleasure in the strength of a horse, neither delighteth he in any man's legs. ¹¹ But the LORD's delight is in them that fear him, and put their trust in his mercy.

¹ A false balance is an abomination to the LORD; but a true weight pleaseth him.

²⁰ The LORD abhorreth a fained heart; but he hath pleasure in them that are undefiled.

²² The LORD abhoreth deceitful lips; but they that labour for truth please him.

⁸ The LORD abhorreth the sacrifice of the ungodly; but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable to him.

¹⁷ Ye grieve the LORD with your words, and yet ye say, 'Wherewithal have we grieved him?' In this, that ye say: 'All that do evil are good in the sight of God, and such please him.' Or else where is the God that punisheth?

¹⁶ And therefore study I to have a clear conscience toward God, and toward man also.

¹ Seeing that we have such promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and grow up to full holiness in the fear of God.

¹⁸ I received all, and have plenty. I was even filled after that I have received of Epaphroditus, that which came from you, an odor that smelleth sweet, a sacrifice accepted and pleasant to God.

¹² Am I a sea, or a whalefish, that thou keepest me so in prison?

¹⁹ If men will speak of strength, he is the strongest of all; if men will speak of righteousness, who dare be my record?

³² For he that I must give answer unto, and with whom I go to law, is not a man as I am.

³ Doest thou open thine eyes upon such one, and bringest me in thy judgment?

²¹ Though a body might plead with God, as one man doth with another,

²⁹ But beware of the sword, for the sword will be avenged of wickedness. And be sure, that there is a judgment."

⁶ Will he plead against me with his great power and strength? No, but he will make me the stronger. ⁷ He that is just shall enter disputation with him, and my judge shall deliver me forever.

²³ For no man shall be suffered to go into judgment with God.

¹¹ When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment; every man therefore is but vanity. Selah.

⁶ At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are fallen.

¹⁶ It is burnt with fire, and cut down; O let them perish at the rebuke of thy wrath.

³ If thou, LORD wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O LORD who may abide it? ⁴ But there is mercy with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

² And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

¹⁴ For God shall judge all works and secret things, whether they be good or evil.

¹⁴ The LORD shall come forth to reason with the senators and princes of his people, and shall say thus unto them, "It is ye that have burnt up my vineyard; the robbery of the poor is in your house. ¹⁵ Wherefore do ye oppress my people, and mar the faces of the innocents?" Thus shall the LORD God of Hosts revile them.

¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be fervent therefore and repent.

⁷ "Consider, I pray thee: who ever perished being an innocent? Or, when were the godly destroyed? ⁸ For, as I have proved by experience, they that plow iniquity and sow wretchedness, reap the same. ⁹ With the blast of God they perish, and with the breath of his anger are they consumed away. ¹⁰ The roaring of the lion, the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the lion's whelps are broken. ¹¹ The lion perisheth, for lack of prey, and the lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

⁶ that he might show thee out of his secret wisdom how manifold his law is! Then shouldest thou know that God had forgotten thee, because of thy sins.

¹⁴ if thou wouldst put away the wickedness which thou hast in hand, so that no ungodliness dwelt in thy house;

⁵ But thy wickedness teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen thee a crafty tongue. ⁶ Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea thine own lips shape the answer.

³¹ He will never apply himself to faithfulness and truth, so sore is he deceived with vanity. ³² He shall perish, before his time be worn out, and his hand shall not be green. ³³ He shall be plucked off as an untimely grape from the vine, and shall let his flower fall, as the olive doth. ³⁴ For the congregation of hypocrites is unfruitful, and the fire shall consume the houses of such as are greedy to receive gifts.

²⁷ "But I know what ye think; yea, and what ye imagine against me unrighteously.

³ And with Job's three friends he was angry also, because they had found no reasonable answer to overcome him.

¹² Who can tell how oft he offendeth? O cleanse thou me from my secret faults.

¹² For innumerable troubles are come about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me, that I am not able to look up. Yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.

²⁶ If thou take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, see that thou deliver it unto him again by that the sun go down.

⁶ No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge, for then he taketh a man's life to pledge.

¹⁰ If thou lend thy brother any manner succour, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch a pledge: ¹¹ but shalt stand without and the man to whom thou lendest, shall bring thee the pledge out at the door. ¹² Furthermore, if it be a poor body, go not to sleep with his pledge: ¹³ but deliver him the pledge again by that the sun go down, and let him sleep in his own raiment and bless thee. And it shall be righteousness unto thee, before the LORD thy God. ¹⁴ Thou shalt not defraud a hired servant that is needy and poor, whether he be of thy brethren or a stranger that is in thy land within thy cities. ¹⁵ Give him his hire the same day, and let not the sun go down thereon. For he is needy and therewith sustaineth his life, lest he cry against thee unto the LORD and it be sin unto thee. ¹⁶ The fathers shall not die for the children nor the children for the fathers: but every man shall die for his own sin. ¹⁷ Hinder not the right of the stranger nor of the fatherless, nor take widow's raiment to pledge. ¹⁸ But remember that thou wast a servant in Egypt, and how the LORD thy God delivered thee thence. Wherefore I command thee to do this thing.

³ that drive away the ass of the fatherless; that take the widow's ox for a pledge;

⁹ They spoil the sucking fatherless children, and put the poor in prison, ¹⁰ insomuch that they let him go naked without clothing, and take way the sheaf of the hungry.

¹⁹ Have I seen any man perish through nakedness and want of clothing? Or any poor man for lack of raiment, ²⁰ whose sides thanked me not, because he was warmed with the wool of my sheep?

⁷ he grieveth nobody; he giveth his debtor his pledge again; he raketh none other man's goods by violence; he parteth his meat with the hungry; he clotheth the naked;

¹² he grieveth the poor and needy; he robbeth and spoileth; he giveth not the debtor his pledge again; he lifteth up his eyes unto Idols, and meddle with abominable things;

¹⁶ he vexeth no man; he keepeth no man's pledge, he neither spoileth, nor robbeth any man; he dealeth his meat with the hungry; he clotheth the naked;

⁸ they lie beside every altar upon clothes taken to pledge, and in the house of their gods they drink the wine of the oppressed.

⁷ When one of thy brethren among you is waxed poor in any of thy cities within thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, see that thou harden not thine heart nor shut to thine hand from thy poor brother: ⁸ But open thine hand unto him and lend him sufficient for his need which he hath. ⁹ And beware that there be not a point of Belial in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, 'The seventh year, the year of freedom is at hand,' and therefore it grieve thee to look on thy poor brother and givest him nought and he then cry unto the LORD against thee and it be sin unto thee. ¹⁰ But give him, and let it not grieve thine heart to give. Because that for that thing, the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works and in all that thou puttest thine hand to. ¹¹ For the land shall never be without poor. Wherefore I command thee, saying, 'Open thine hand unto thy brother that is needy and poor in thy land.'

¹⁷ Have I eaten my portion alone, that the fatherless hath had no part with me?

³¹ Yet they of mine own household say, 'Who shall let us to have our belly full of his flesh?'

⁹ He hath dispersed abroad, and given to the poor, his righteousness remaineth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

²⁴ Some man giveth out his goods, and is richer; but the niggard, having enough, will depart from nothing, and yet is ever in poverty. ²⁵ He that is liberal in giving, shall have plenty; and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself.

¹⁷ He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the LORD; and look, what he layeth out, it shall be paid him again.

⁷ Yea, and to break the bread to the hungry; and to bring the poor that are harborless unto house; and when thou seest a naked, that thou clothe him and that thou shouldest withdraw thyself from helping thine own flesh?

¹⁰ Yea If thou layest away thy burdens, and holdest thy fingers, and ceasest from blasphemous talking; if thou hast compassion upon the hungry, and refreshest the troubled soul: Then shall thy light spring out in the darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noon day.

⁴² For I was a hungered, and ye gave me no meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me no drink. I was harborless, and ye lodged me not.

²⁰ Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him: if he thirst, give him drink. For in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

¹¹ And the elders and nobles of his city, which dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letter which she had sent unto them. ¹² They proclaimed fasting, and set Naboth on high among the people, ¹³ and there came in two unthrifty persons and sat before him. And the two unthrifty persons witnessed against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth did curse God and the king." And upon that they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones to death. ¹⁴ And then they sent to Jezebel saying, "Naboth is stoned to death." ¹⁵ And when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned to death, she said to Ahab, "Up, and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, which he denied to give thee for silver, for Naboth is not alive, but dead."

⁸ Will ye accept the person of God, or will ye contend with him?

⁷ When I went through the city unto the gate, and when they set me a chair in the street; ⁸ When the young men, as soon as they saw me, hid themselves, and when the aged arose, and stood up unto me; ⁹ when the princes left of their talking, and laid their hand to their mouth; ¹⁰ when the mighty kept still their voice, and when their tongues cleaved to the roof of their mouths; ¹¹ When all they that heard me, called me happy, and when all they that saw me, wished me good. ¹² "For I delivered the poor when he cried, and the fatherless that wanted help. ¹³ He that should have been lost, gave me a good word, and the widow's heart praised me. ¹⁴ And why? I put upon me righteousness, which covered me as a garment, and equity was my crown. ¹⁵ I was an eye unto the blind, and a foot to the lame; ¹⁶ I was a father unto the poor, and when I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligently. ¹⁷ I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of their teeth.

³⁴ For if I had feared any great multitude of people, or if I had been despised of the simple; Oh then should I have been afraid. Thus have I quietly spent my life, and not gone out at the door.

⁸ The ungodly walk on every side; when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke.

³ the captain of fifty and the honorable, the senators and men of understanding, the masters of crafts and orators.

¹⁵ By the head, is understood the senator and honorable man, and by the tail, the Prophet that preacheth lies.

³ yet they say they do well when they do evil. As the prince will, so sayeth the judge: that he may do him a pleasure again. The great man speaketh what his heart desireth; and the hearers allow him.

²¹ Vex not a stranger, neither oppress him, for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. ²² Ye shall trouble no widow nor fatherless child: ²³ If ye shall trouble them, they shall cry unto me, and I will surely hear their cry; ²⁴ and then will my wrath wax hot and I will kill you with sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.

¹⁹ "'Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, fatherless and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

²¹ For they maintain the barren, and make them that they cannot bear, and unto widows they do no good.

¹² "For I delivered the poor when he cried, and the fatherless that wanted help. ¹³ He that should have been lost, gave me a good word, and the widow's heart praised me.

¹⁶ "When the poor desireth anything of me, have I denied it them? Have I caused the widow stand waiting for me in vain? ¹⁷ Have I eaten my portion alone, that the fatherless hath had no part with me? ¹⁸ For mercy grew up with me from my youth, and compassion from my mother's womb.

²¹ Did I ever lift up my hand to hurt the fatherless; yea, in the gates where I saw myself to be in authority?

¹⁵ Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious; search out the wickedness which he hath done, that he may perish.

¹⁷ For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken, and the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

⁶ They murder the widow and the stranger, and put the fatherless to death.

¹⁷ Study to do righteously, and help the oppressed. Avenge the fatherless and defend the cause of widows. Come, let us show each his grief to other and make an atonement, saith the LORD.

²³ Thy princes are traitors and companions of thieves. They love gifts altogether, and gape for rewards. As for the fatherless, they help him not to his right, neither will they let the widows causes come before them.

² wherethrough the poor are oppressed on every side, and the innocents of my people are therewith robbed of judgment: that widows may be your prey, and that ye may rob the fatherless.

⁷ In thee have they despised father and mother, in thee have they oppressed the stranger, in thee have they vexed the widow and the fatherless.

²² Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will upon Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and bruise his strong arm - yet is it but a broken one - and will smite the sword out of his hand.

⁵ I will come and punish you, and I myself will be a swift witness against the witches, against the adulterers, against false swearers: yea, and against those that wrongfully keep back the hireling's duty, which vex the widows and the fatherless, and oppress the stranger, and fear not me, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

³ And there was a certain widow in the same city, which came unto him saying, 'Avenge me of mine adversary.' ⁴ And he would not for a while. But afterward he said unto himself, 'Though I fear not God, nor care for man, ⁵ yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her: lest at the last she come, and hag on me.'"

⁴ For the arrows of the almighty are in me, whose indignation hath drunk up my spirit, and the terrible fears of God fight against me.

²¹ Withdraw thine hand from me, and let not the fearful dread of thee make me afraid.

⁸ For his feet shall be taken in the net, and he is at his wits end. ⁹ His foot shall be holden in the gilder, and the thirsty shall catch him. ¹⁰ The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a pitfall in the way.

⁶ know this then: that it is God which hath handled me so violently, and hath compassed me about with his net.

⁶ Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire, brimstone, storm and tempest: this shall be their portion to drink.

²⁷ even when the thing that ye be afraid of, falleth in suddenly like a storm, and your misery like a tempest: yea, when trouble and heaviness cometh upon you.

²⁵ Thou needest not to be afraid of any sudden fear, neither for the violent rushing of the ungodly, when it cometh. ²⁶ For the LORD shall be beside thee, and keep thy foot that thou be not taken.

³ For when they shall say, "Peace, no danger," then cometh on them sudden destruction, as the travailing of a woman with child, and they shall not escape.

¹⁴ Insomuch that they run into darkness by fair day, and grope about them at the noonday, like as in the night.

⁶ The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his candle shall be put out with him.

¹⁸ he shall be driven from the light into darkness, and cast clean out of the world.

⁸ "He hath hedged up my way, that I cannot pass; he hath set darkness in my gate.

³⁴ Moreover, canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that they may pour down a great rain upon thee?

⁷ One deep calleth another with the voice of thy water-pipes, all thy waves and water floods are gone over me.

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, of David} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in, even unto my soul. ² I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is; I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me.

⁴ Yea, the waters had drowned us, the stream had gone over our soul. ⁵ The deep waters of the proud had gone even unto our soul.

¹⁹ But the way of the ungodly is as the darkness, wherein men fall, or they be aware.

²² and behold, there is trouble and darkness; vexation is round about him, and the cloud of error. And out of such adversity, shall he not escape.

² He drove me forth, and led me: Yea, into darkness, but not in to light.

⁵⁴ They poured water upon my head, then thought I, "Now am I undone."

² a dark and gloomy day, a cloudy and black day. As the morning is spread over the mountains, so it this populous and strong people: such as have not been since the beginning, neither shall be after them for evermore. ³ Before him shall be a consuming fire, and behind him a burning flame. The land shall be as a garden of pleasure before him, but behind him shall it be a very waste wilderness, and there is no man, that shall escape him.

³ For thou hadst cast me down deep in the midst of the sea; and the flood compassed me about: and all thy waves and rolls of water went over me.

¹² And the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

⁸ He is higher than heaven; what wilt thou do? Deeper than hell; how wilt thou then know him?

³ For I will consider thy heavens, even the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained. ⁴ What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And what is the son of man that thou visitest him?

³ As for our God, he is in heaven; he doth whatsoever it pleaseth him.

¹⁶ All the whole heavens are the LORD's; but the earth hath he given unto the children of men.

² and let not thine heart speak anything rashly before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few.

¹⁵ For thus sayeth the high and excellent, even he that dwelleth in everlastingness, whose name is the holy one: I dwell high above and in the sanctuary, and with him also, that is of a contrite and humble spirit: that I may heal a troubled mind, and a contrite heart.

¹ Thus sayeth the LORD: Heaven is my seat, and the earth is my footstool. Where shall now the house stand, that ye build unto me? And where shall be the place, that I will dwell in?

¹¹ He hath said in his heart, "Tush, God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face, so that he will never see it."

⁷ Behold, they speak against me with their mouth, and swords are under their lips, for who reproveth them?

⁵ They have devised mischief, and communed among themselves how they may lay snares. "Tush," say they, "Who shall see them?"

¹¹ "Tush," say they, "How should God perceive it? Is there knowledge in the most high?"

⁷ And yet they say, "Tush, the LORD seeth not, the God of Jacob regardeth it not." ⁸ Take heed, ye unwise among the people: O ye fools, when will ye understand? ⁹ He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that made the eye, shall not he see?

¹⁵ Woe be unto them that seek so deep, to hide their imagination before the LORD, which rehearse their counsels in the darkness, and say, "Who seeth us, or who knoweth us?"

¹² Then said he unto me, "Thou son of man, hast thou seen what the Senators of the house of Israel do secretly, everyone in his chamber? For they say, 'Tush, the LORD seeth us not, the LORD regardeth not the world.'"

⁹ Then said he unto me, "The wickedness of the house of Israel and Judah is very great: so that the land is full of blood, and the city full of unfaithfulness. For they say, 'Tush, the LORD regardeth not the earth, he seeth us not.'

¹² At the same time will I seek through Jerusalem with lanterns, and visit them that continue in their dregs, and say in their hearts, "Tush, the LORD will do neither good nor evil."

⁹ He holdeth back his stool, that it can not be seen, and spreadeth his clouds before it.

²² There is no darkness, nor thick shadow, that can hide the wicked doers from him.

¹⁴ from the habitation of his dwelling, he considereth all them that dwell on the earth.

² Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} O LORD, thou searchest me out, and knowest me. ² Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts afar off.

¹¹ If I say, "Peradventure the darkness shall cover me, then shall my night be turned to day." - ¹² Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but the night is as clear as the day; the darkness and light are both alike.

²⁴ May any man hide himself so, that I shall not see him, sayeth the LORD? Do not I fulfill heaven and earth, sayeth the LORD?

² For there is nothing covered, that shall not be uncovered: neither hid, that shall not be known. ³ For whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness: that same shall be heard in light. And that which ye have spoken in the ear, even in secret places, shall be preached even on the top of the houses.

⁵ And when the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was increased upon the earth, and that all the imagination and thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,

¹¹ And the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and was full of mischief. ¹² And God looked upon the earth, and lo it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. ¹³ Then said God to Noah, "The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of their mischief. And lo, I will destroy them with the earth.

²⁶ "As it happened in the time of Noah, so shall it be in the time of the son of man. ²⁷ They ate, they drank, they married wives and were married even unto the same day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

¹¹ In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, that same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened,

¹⁷ And the flood came forty days and forty nights upon the earth, and the water increased and bare up the ark and it was lift up from off the earth. ¹⁸ And the water prevailed and increased exceedingly upon the earth: and the ark went upon the top of the waters. ¹⁹ And the waters prevailed exceedingly above measure upon the earth, so that all the high hills which are under all the parts of heaven were covered: ²⁰ even fifteen cubits high prevailed the waters, so that the hills were covered. ²¹ And all flesh that moved on the earth, both birds, cattle and beasts, perished; with all that crept on the earth, and all men: ²² so that all that had the breath of life in the nostrils of it, throughout all that was on dry land, died. ²³ Thus was destroyed all that was upon the earth; both man, beasts, worms and fowls of the air, so that they were destroyed from the earth: save Noah was reserved only and they that were with him in the ark. ²⁴ And the waters prevailed upon the earth, a hundred and fifty days.

¹⁹ the waters pierce through the very stones by little and little, the floods wash away the gravel and the earth. Even so destroyest thou the hope of man in like manner.

³² He shall perish, before his time be worn out, and his hand shall not be green.

²³ But as for them, thou, O God, shalt bring them into the pit of destruction. The bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. Nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O LORD.

²⁴ Yet will I say, "O my God, take me not away in the midst of my age; as for thy years, they endure throughout all generations."

¹⁷ be neither too unrighteous also nor too foolish, lest thou die before thy time.

²⁶ And whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth them not the same, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: ²⁷ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

³⁷ As the time of Noah was, so likewise shall the coming of the son of man be. ³⁸ For as in the days before the flood: they did eat and drink, marry, and were married, even unto the day that Noah entered in to the ship, ³⁹ and knew of nothing till the flood came and took them all away. So shall also the coming of the son of man be.

¹⁹ In which spirit, he also went and preached unto the spirits that were in prison, ²⁰ which were in time past disobedient, when the long suffering of God abode exceeding patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few — that is to say eight souls — were saved by water,

⁵ neither spared the old world, but saved Noah, the eighth preacher of righteousness, and brought in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

¹⁰ Their bullock gendereth, and that not out of time: their cow calveth, and is not unfruitful.

¹⁴ They say unto God, 'Go from us: we desire not the knowledge of thy ways! ¹⁵ What manner of fellow is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, to submit ourselves unto him?'

⁶ There be many that say, "Who will show us any good? LORD lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us."

¹¹ Tread out of the way, go out of the path, turn the holy one of Israel from us."

¹⁴ Ye have said, 'It is but lost labour, to serve God: What profit have we for keeping his commandments, and for walking humbly before the LORD of Hosts?

²⁹ And, behold, they cried out, saying, "O Jesus, the son of God, what have we to do with thee? Art thou come hither to torment us before the time be come?"

³⁴ And, behold, all the city came out, and met Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him to depart out of their coasts.

²⁸ And as it seemed not good unto them to be a known of God, even so God delivered them up unto a lewd mind, that they should do those things which were not comely,

⁷ The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich; bringeth low, and heaveth up on high.

⁶ "The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperity; and they that maliciously meddle against God, dwell without care: yea, God giveth all things richly with his hand.

¹⁶ Lo, there is utterly no goodness in them, therefore will not I have to do with the counsel of the ungodly.

¹ O Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.

¹⁴ From the men of thy hand, O LORD, from the men, I say, and from the evil world, which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.

² Thou plantest them, they take root, they grow, and bring forth fruit. They boast much of thee, yet doest thou not punish them.

¹⁷ Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he showed his benefits, in giving us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."

¹⁶ 'After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David which is fallen down, and that which is fallen in decay of it will I build again and I will set it up,

²³ And though he slay suddenly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent.

¹¹ O let the mount Zion rejoice, and the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

⁶ The righteous also shall see this, and fear, and shall laugh him to scorn.

¹⁰ The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, and shall wash his feet in the blood of the ungodly.

⁸ Zion heareth of it and rejoiceth; yea, and the daughters of Judah are glad because of thy judgments, O LORD.

⁴² The righteous will consider this and rejoice; the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped.

¹⁰ When it goeth well with the righteous, the city is merry; and when the ungodly perish, there is gladness.

²⁰ Rejoice over her thou heaven, and ye holy apostles, and prophets: for God hath given your judgment on her."

¹ And after that, I heard the voice of much people in heaven saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and honour, and power be ascribed to the Lord our God, ² for true and righteous are his judgments, for he hath judged the great whore which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants of her hand." ³ And again they said, "Hallelujah! And smoke rose up for evermore."

²⁴ Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven,

¹⁶ And while he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The fire of God is fallen from heaven, it hath consumed, and burnt up all thy sheep and servants: and I only ran my way, to tell thee."

⁷ "Consider, I pray thee: who ever perished being an innocent? Or, when were the godly destroyed?

³ Doth God pervert the thing that is lawful? Or, doth the Almighty destroy the thing that is right? ⁴ When thy sons sinned against him, did not he punish them for their wickedness?

³⁰ He shall never come out of darkness, the flame shall dry up his branches, with the blast of the mouth of God shall he be taken away.

¹⁸ But he shall labour, and yet have nothing to eat. Great travail shall he make for riches, but he shall not enjoy them. ¹⁹ And why? He hath oppressed the poor, and not helped them: houses hath he spoiled, and not builded them.

²⁶ There shall no darkness be able to hide him. An unkindled fire shall consume him; and look, what remaineth in his house, it shall be destroyed.

²⁷ "But I know what ye think; yea, and what ye imagine against me unrighteously. ²⁸ For ye say, 'Where is the prince's palace? Where is the dwelling of the ungodly?

¹ There were present, at the same season, that showed him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate mingled with their own sacrifice. ² And Jesus answered, and said unto them, "Suppose ye that these Galileans, were greater sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered such punishment? ³ I tell you, Nay, but except ye repent, ye shall all in likewise perish. ⁴ Or those eighteen upon which the tower in Siloam fell and slew them: think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwell in Jerusalem? ⁵ I tell you, Nay: But except ye repent, ye all shall likewise perish."

²⁹ And even the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. ³⁰ "After these examples, shall it be in the day when the son of man shall appear.

⁶ and turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, overthrew them, damned them, and made of them an example unto all that after should live ungodly; ⁷ And just Lot, vexed with the uncleanly conversation of the wicked, delivered he -

⁹ And thou, Solomon my son: know God thy father and serve him with a pure heart and lust of soul. For the LORD searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of thoughts. If thou shalt seek him, he will be found of thee: But and if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.

¹⁰ The lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they who seek the LORD shall want no manner of thing that is good.

⁵ Or who will enforce me to keep or make peace?

¹⁹ I make the fruits of thanksgiving. I give peace unto them that are far off, and to them that are nigh, say I the LORD, that make him whole. ²⁰ But the wicked are like the raging sea, that cannot rest; whose water foameth with the mire and gravel. ²¹ Even so the wicked have no peace, sayeth my God.

²⁵ Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest that adversary deliver ye to the judge, and the judge deliver ye to the minister, and then thou be cast into prison.

³ This is life eternal: that they might know thee, that only very God, and whom thou hast sent, Jesus Christ.

³⁶ Ye know the preaching that God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, which is Lord over all things;

⁶ For it is God that commanded the light to shine out of darkness, which hath shined in our hearts, for to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

²⁰ Now then are we messengers in the room of Christ: even as though God did beseech you through us. So pray we you, in Christ's stead, that ye be at one with God:

¹⁴ For he is our peace, which hath made of both one, and hath broken down the wall in the midst, that was a stop between us, ¹⁵ and hath also put away, through his flesh, the cause of hatred — that is to say, the law of commandments contained in the law written — for to make of twain one new man in himself, so making peace. ¹⁶ And to reconcile both unto God in one body through his cross, and slew hatred thereby: ¹⁷ and came, and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.

⁷ And the peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your hearts, and minds in Christ Jesus.

¹ And now hearken, Israel, unto the ordinances and laws which I teach you, for to do them: that ye may live and go and conquer the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. ² Ye shall put nothing unto the word which I command you, neither do ought therefrom, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

⁶ And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. ⁷ And thou shalt whet them on thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou art at home in thine house and as thou walkest by the way; and when thou liest down and when thou risest up. ⁸ And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand. And they shall be papers of remembrance between thine eyes, ⁹ and shalt write them upon the posts of thy house and upon thy gates.

¹² I have not forsaken the commandment of his lips; but look, what he charged me with his mouth, that have I shut up in my heart.

¹¹ Thy words have I hid within my heart, that I should not sin against thee.

¹ My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and keep my commandments by thee, ² that thou wilt incline thin ears unto wisdom; apply thine heart then to understanding. ³ For if thou criest after wisdom, and callest for knowledge; ⁴ If thou seekest after her as after money, and diggest for her as for treasures; ⁵ then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For it is the LORD that giveth wisdom, out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. ⁷ He preserveth the welfare of the righteous, and defendeth them that walk innocently; ⁸ He keepeth them in the right path, and preserveth the way of his saints. ⁹ Then shalt thou understand righteousness, judgment and equity - yea, and every good path.

⁴ he taught me also, saying, "Let thine heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them even in the midst of thine heart.

¹⁶ When I had found thy words, I ate them up greedily: they have made my heart joyful and glad, for I call upon thy name, O LORD God of Hosts.

³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth good things. And an evil man out of his evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things.

⁵² Then said he unto them, "Therefore every scribe which is taught unto the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, which bringeth forth, out of his treasure, things both new and old."

¹⁹ But Mary kept all those sayings, and pondered them in her heart.

⁵¹ And he went with them, and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.

¹ Furthermore, we beseech you brethren, and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that ye increase more and more, even as ye have received of us, how ye ought to walk and to please God. ² Ye remember what commandments we gave you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹³ Up, and sanctify the people and bid them to sanctify themselves against the morrow: for so sayeth the LORD God of Israel, 'The excommunication is among you Israel, and therefore ye cannot stand before your enemies, until ye have put the excommunication from among you. ¹⁴ Tomorrow morning ye shall come by your tribes. And the tribe which the LORD shall find guilty, shall come by kindreds. And the kindred which the LORD shall find guilty, shall come by households. And the household which the LORD shall find faulty, shall come man by man. ¹⁵ And he that is found in the excommunication shall be burnt with fire, both he and all that pertaineth unto him, because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.'" ¹⁶ And so Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes: and the tribe of Judah was caught.

⁵ If thou wouldest now resort unto God betimes, and make thy humble prayer to the Almighty; ⁶ If thou wouldest live a pure and godly life; should he not wake up unto thee immediately, and give thee the beauty of righteousness again?

¹³ "If thou hadst now a right heart, and liftest up thine hands toward him; ¹⁴ if thou wouldst put away the wickedness which thou hast in hand, so that no ungodliness dwelt in thy house;

¹⁴ If he break down a thing, who can set it up again? If he shut a thing, who will open it?

¹⁵ Other men shall dwell in his house - which now is none of his - and brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

²² Thus the LORD shall smite Egypt, and heal it again: and so shall they turn to the LORD, and he also shall have mercy upon them, and save them.

⁶ Therefore, O ye children of Israel, turn again from that infidelity wherein you drowned yourselves.

¹⁵ He that leadeth a godly life - say I - and speaketh the truth; He that abhorreth to do violence and deceit; he that keepeth his hand that he touch no reward; which stoppeth his ears, that he hear no counsel against the innocent; which holdeth down his eyes, that he see none evil.

⁶ Seek the LORD, while he may be found, and call upon him while he is nigh. ⁷ Let the ungodly man forsake his ways and the unrighteous his imaginations, and turn again unto the LORD: so shall he be merciful unto him; and to our God, for he is ready to forgive.

⁴ I will repair thee again, O thou daughter of Israel, that thou mayest be fast and sure. Thou shalt take thy tabrets again, and go forth, with them that lead the dance.

¹ Turn Israel unto the LORD thy God: For thou art fallen for thy wickednesses' sake. ² Take words with you and turn unto the Lord. And say unto him, "Remit all wickedness and given things, and we will pay thee openly

³ And say thou unto them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: Turn you unto me, sayeth the LORD of Hosts; and I will turn me unto you, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

³ Then said he unto me, 'This is the curse, that goeth forth over the whole earth: for all thieves shall be judged after this book, and all swearers shall be judged according to the same. ⁴ I will bring it forth, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, so that it shall come to the house of the thief, and to the house of him, that falsely sweareth by my name: and shall remain in his house, and consume it, with the timber and stones thereof.'

²⁰ but showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Jewry, and to the gentiles, that they should repent, and turn to God, and do the right works of repentance.

⁷ and steadfast in the faith, as ye have learned: and therein be plenteous in giving thanks.

¹⁹ But the sure ground of God remaineth, and hath this seal: the Lord knoweth them that are his, and let every man that calleth on the name of Christ, depart from iniquity.

²⁰ But ye, dearly beloved, edify yourselves in your most holy faith, praying in the holy ghost,

²⁹ Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these are the sons of Joktan.

²⁸ And they went to Ophir and fetched from thence gold, to the sum of four hundred and twenty two talents, and brought it to Solomon.

²¹ And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the wood of Lebanon were of pure gold. And as for silver, it was nothing worth in the days of Solomon.

⁴⁸ And Jehoshaphat made ships in the sea to go to Ophir for gold, but they went not: for the ships brake at Eziongeber.

⁵ Moreover, the brazen altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur had made, was at Gibeon also, before the tabernacle of the LORD. And Solomon and the congregation went to visit it.

¹⁰ And thereto the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon which brought gold from Ophir, brought also Algum wood and precious stones.

²⁷ And the king made silver in Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and Cedar trees as plenteous as the mulberry trees that grow in the valleys.

²⁵ Have I rejoiced because my substance was great, and because my hand gat so much?

⁹ Kings' daughters go in thy goodly array, and upon thy righthand standeth the queen in a vesture of the most fine gold.

¹² I will make a man dearer than fine gold, and a man to be more worth than a golden wedge of Ophir.

¹ After these deeds, the word of God came unto Abram in a vision, saying, "Fear not Abram, I am thy shield; and thy reward shall be exceeding great."

⁵ The LORD himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup; thou shalt maintain my lot. ⁶ The lot is fallen unto me in fair ground; yea I have a goodly heritage.

² The LORD is my stony rock, and my defense, my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge. {TYNDALE: The LORD is my rock, my castle and my deliverer. God is my strength, and in him will I trust: my shield and the horn that defendeth me: mine high hold and refuge.}

¹¹ For the LORD God is a light and defense; the LORD will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

⁶ Let truth and faithfulness be in her time: power, health, wisdom, knowledge and the fear of God are her treasure.

¹⁰ Be not afraid, for I will be with thee. Look not behind thee, for I will be thy God, to strengthen thee, help thee, and to keep thee with this righthand of mine.

³¹ What shall we then say unto these things? if God be on our side: who can be against us?

¹⁰ as sorrowing and yet always merry, as poor and yet make many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

⁵ Hearken, my dear beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, which are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to them that love him?

¹⁵ Then mightest thou lift up thy face without shame! Then shouldest thou be sure, and have no need to fear.

¹⁰ Hath he such pleasure and delight in the Almighty, that he dare always call upon God?

⁹ For he sayeth, 'Though a man be good, yet is he naught before God.'

¹ {A Psalm of David} Unto thee, O LORD, will I lift up my soul;

⁴ Delight thou in the LORD, and he shall give thee thy heart's desire.

⁴ Comfort the soul of thy servant, for unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

⁸ O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning; for in thee is my trust. Show thou me the way that I should walk in; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

³ As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. In his shadow was my desire to sit, for his fruit was sweet to my mouth.

¹⁴ Then shalt thou have thy pleasure in the LORD, which shall carry thee high above the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the LORD's own mouth hath so promised.

²² I delight in the law of God, as concerning the inner man.

²⁰ But if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things. ²¹ Dearly beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we trust to God ward;

²⁶ For if he submit himself unto God, he is gracious, and showeth him his countenance joyfully, and rewardeth man for his righteousness.

²⁸ Insomuch that they have caused the voice of the poor to come unto him, and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in necessity.

¹⁴ Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the most highest. ¹⁵ And call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me."

¹² Unto thee, O God, will I pay my vows; unto thee will I give thanks.

¹³ I will go into thine house with burnt-offerings, to pay thee my vows, ¹⁴ which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble.

¹⁷ I called unto him with my mouth, and gave him praises with my tongue. ¹⁸ If I incline unto wickedness with my heart, the LORD will not hear me. ¹⁹ But God hath heard me; and considered the voice of my prayer. ²⁰ Praised be God, which hath not cast out my prayer, nor turned his mercy from me.

¹⁵ When he calleth upon me, I shall hear him: Yea I am with him in his trouble; whereout I will deliver him, and bring him to honour.

¹ I am well pleased, that the LORD hath heard the voice of my prayer,

¹⁴ I will pay my vows, now, in the presence of all his people;

⁴ If thou make a vow unto God, be not slack to perform it. As for foolish vows, he hath no pleasure in them.

⁹ Then shouldest thou call, and the LORD answer; then shouldest thou cry, and he shall say, "Lo, here am I. For I the LORD thy God am merciful."

⁹ But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving, and will pay that that I have vowed, that saving cometh of the LORD."

¹⁴ And this is the confidence that we have in him: that if we ask ought, according to his will, he heareth us. ¹⁵ And if we know that he hear us whatsoever we ask, we know that we shall have the petitions that we desire of him.

³ When his light shined upon my head; when I went after the same light and shining, even through the darkness.

⁴ Grant thee thy heart's desire, and fulfill all thy mind.

¹⁷ And the glorious majesty of the LORD our God be upon us. Prosper thou the work of our hands upon us; O prosper thou our handiwork.

¹¹ There is sprung up a light for the righteous, and a joyful gladness for such as are true hearted.

⁴ Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness: he is merciful, loving and righteous.

¹⁸ The path of the righteous shineth as the light, and is ever brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.

²¹ and thine ears hearken to his word that cryeth after thee and sayeth, "This is the way. Walk ye in it. Turn not aside; neither to the righthand nor to the left."

³⁷ {Mem} What is he then that sayeth, "There should something be done without the LORD's commandment:

² But unto you that fear my name, shall the Son of righteousness arise, and health shall be under his wings: ye shall go forth, and multiply as the fat calves.

²² And whatsoever thing ye shall ask in your prayers if ye believe, ye shall receive it."

¹² Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness: but shall have the light of life."

¹⁵ For that, ye ought to say, "If the Lord will, and if we live, let us do this or that."

¹⁹ He delivereth thee out of six troubles, so that in the seventh there can no harm touch thee. ²⁰ In the midst of hunger he saveth thee from death: and when it is war, from the power of the sword. ²¹ He shall keep thee from the perilous tongue so that when trouble cometh, thou shalt not need to fear. ²² In destruction and dearth thou shalt be merry, and shalt not be afraid for the beasts of the earth: ²³ But the castles in the land shall be confederate with thee, and the beasts of the field shall give thee peace. ²⁴ Yea, thou shalt know that thy dwelling place shall be in rest: thou shalt behold thy substance, and be no more punished for sin. ²⁵ Thou shalt see also, that thy seed shall increase, and that thy posterity shall be as the grass upon the earth. ²⁶ Thou shalt come to thy grave in a fair age, like as the corn sheaves are brought in to the barn in due season. ²⁷ Lo, this we ourselves have proved by experience, and even this it is. Hearken thou to it also, that thou mayest take heed to thyself."

² I will be glad and rejoice in thee; yea, my songs will I make of thy name, O thou most highest. ³ While mine enemies are driven back, they fall and perish at thy presence.

¹⁴ Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him up out of all danger, for he hath known my name. ¹⁵ When he calleth upon me, I shall hear him: Yea I am with him in his trouble; whereout I will deliver him, and bring him to honour. ¹⁶ With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

⁹ For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, lo, thine enemies shall perish, and all the workers of wickedness shall be scattered abroad. ¹⁰ But my horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn; and shall be anointed with fresh oil. ¹¹ Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies, and mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise up against me.

⁶ For though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off.

²³ After pride cometh a fall; but a lowly spirit bringeth great worship.

² As for these things, my hand hath made them all, and they are all created, sayeth the LORD. Which of them shall I then regard? Even him that is of a lowly troubled spirit, and standeth in awe of my works.

²⁶ Thus sayeth the LORD God: Take away the mitre, and put off the crown, and so is it away: the humble is exalted, and the proud brought low. ²⁷ Punish, punish, yea, punish them will I, and destroy them. And that shall not be fulfilled till he come, to whom the judgment belongeth, and to whom I have given it.

¹² But whosoever exalteth himself, shall be brought low. And he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

⁵² He putteth Down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted them of low degree.

¹¹ For whosoever exalteth himself, shall be brought low. And he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted."

⁹ And he put forth this similitude, unto certain which trusted in themselves, that they were perfect, and despised others. ¹⁰ "Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are; extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this publican. ¹² I fast twice in the week. I give tithe of all that I possess.' ¹³ And the publican stood afar off, and would not lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote his breast, saying, 'God be merciful to me, a sinner.' ¹⁴ I tell you, This man departed home to his house justified more than the other. For every man that exalteth himself, shall be brought low: And he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted."

⁶ but giveth more grace?

⁵ Likewise, ye younger submit yourselves unto the elder. Submit yourselves every man, one to another. Knit yourselves together in lowliness of mind. For God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.

²⁶ And the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, I will spare all the place for their sakes." ²⁷ And Abraham answered and said, "Behold, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, and yet am but dust and ashes. ²⁸ What though there lack five of fifty righteous, wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five?" And he said, "If I find there forty and five I will not destroy them." ²⁹ And he spake unto him yet again, and said, "What if there be forty found there?" And he said, "I will not do it for forty's sake." ³⁰ And he said, "O let not my LORD be angry, that I speak. What if there be found thirty there?" And he said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there." ³¹ And he said, "Oh, see, I have begun to speak unto my LORD, what if there be twenty found there?" And he said, "I will not destroy them for twenty's sake." ³² And he said, "O let not my LORD be angry, that I speak yet, but even once more only. What if ten be found there?" And he said, "I will not destroy them for ten's sake."

⁷ Now when the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, he said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am displeased with thee and thy two friends, for ye have not spoken the thing that is right before me, like as my servant Job hath done. ⁸ Therefore take seven oxen and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, offer up also for yourselves a burnt offering: and let my servant Job pray for you. Him will I accept, and not deal with you after your foolishness: in that ye have not spoken the thing which is right, like as my servant Job hath done."

²⁰ The LORD shall reward me after my righteous dealing; according to the cleanness of my hands shall he recompense me, {TYNDALE: The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness, and according to the pureness of my hands he dealt with me.}

⁴ Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart, and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.

¹⁵ When ye hold out your hands, I will turn my eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet will I hear nothing at all; for your hands are full of blood.

¹² Then the places that have ever been waste, shall be builded of thee: there shalt thou lay a foundation for many kindreds. Thou shalt be called the maker-up of hedges, and the builder-again of the way of the Sabbath.

¹ Look through Jerusalem, behold and see. Seek through her streets also within, if ye can find one man, that doth equal and right, or that laboureth to be faithful: and I shall spare him, sayeth the LORD.

⁹ And now make your prayer before God, that he may have mercy upon us: for such things have ye done. Shall he regard your persons, think ye, sayeth the LORD of Hosts?

¹⁹ Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said, "Why could not we cast him out?" ²⁰ Jesus said unto them, "Because of your unbelief. For I say verily unto you, if ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye should say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and he should remove: Neither should any thing be impossible for you to do.

¹⁵ and the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know: but who are ye?" ¹⁶ And the man in whom the evil spirit was, ran on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

²⁴ saying, 'Fear not Paul, for thou must be brought before Caesar. And lo, God hath given unto thee all that sail with thee.'

⁸ I will, therefore, that the men pray every where, lifting up pure hands without wrath, or doubting.

¹⁵ and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. ¹⁶ Knowledge your faults one to another: and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man availeth much, if it be fervent.