Job 21 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then responded Job, and said:–– ² Hear ye patiently my words, and let this be your consolation: ³ Suffer me, that, I, may speak, and, after I have spoken, thou canst mock! ⁴ Did, I, unto man, make my complaint? Wherefore, then, should my spirit not be impatient? ⁵ Turn round to me, and be astonished, and lay hand on mouth! ⁶ When I call to mind, then am I dismayed, and there seizeth my flesh a shuddering:––
⁷ Wherefore do, lawless men, live, advance in years, even wax mighty in power? ⁸ Their seed, is established in their sight, along with them, yea their offspring, before their eyes; ⁹ Their houses, are at peace, without dread, neither is, the rod of GOD, upon them; ¹⁰ His bull, covereth, and causeth not aversion, His cow safely calveth, and casteth not her young; ¹¹ They send forth––like a flock––their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy; ¹² They rejoice aloud as [with] timbrel and lyre, and make merry to the sound of the pipe; ¹³ They complete, in prosperity, their days, and, in a moment to hades, they sink down. ¹⁴ Yet they said unto GOD, Depart from us, and, In the knowledge of thy ways, find we no pleasure. ¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Or what shall we profit, that we should urge him? ¹⁶ Lo! not in their own hand, is their welfare, The counsel of lawless men, is far from me!
¹⁷ How oft, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out, and their calamity, cometh upon them, Sorrows, apportioneth he in his anger; ¹⁸ They become as straw before the wind, and as chaff, which the storm stealeth away. ¹⁹ Shall, GOD, reserve, for his children, his sorrow? Let him recompense him so that he may know it; ²⁰ His own eyes, shall see his misfortune, and, the wrath of the Almighty, shall he drink. ²¹ For what shall be his pleasure in his house after him, when, the number of his months, is cut in twain? ²² Is it, to GOD, one can teach knowledge, seeing that, he, shall judge, them who are on high? ²³ This, man dieth, in the very perfection of his prosperity, wholly tranquil and secure; ²⁴ His veins, are filled with nourishment, and, the marrow of his bones, is fresh; ²⁵ Whereas, this other man, dieth, in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted good fortune: ²⁶ Together, in the dust, they lie down, and, the worm, spreadeth a covering over them.
²⁷ Lo! I know your plans, and the devices, wherewith ye would do me violence! ²⁸ For ye say, Where is the house of the noble–minded? And where the dwelling–tent of the lawless? ²⁹ Have ye not asked the passers–by in the way? And, their signs, can ye not recognise? ³⁰ That, to the day of calamity, is the wicked reserved, to the day of indignant visitation, are they led. ³¹ Who can declare––to his face––his way? And, what, he, hath done, who shall recompense to him? ³² Yet, he, to the graves, is borne, and, over the tomb, one keepeth watch; ³³ Pleasant to him are the mounds of the torrent–bed,––and, after him, doth every man march, as, before him, there were without number. ³⁴ How then should ye comfort me with vanity, since, as for your replies, there lurketh, [in them] treachery?

¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because, therefrom, wast thou taken,––For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.

⁷ Shall it not, if thou do right, be lifted up? But, if thou do not right, at the entrance, a sin–bearer is lying,––Unto thee, moreover, shall be his longing, though, thou, rule over him.

²¹ and, the name of his brother, was Jubal,––he, was father of everyone handling lyre and flute.

²⁷ Wherefore didst thou secretly, flee, and rob me,––and didst not tell me, that I might send thee away with rejoicing and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre;

⁶ Into their circle, do not thou enter, my soul! In their convocation, do not thou join, mine honour! For, in their anger, they slew brave men, And, in their wantonness, they hamstrung oxen.

² Then said Pharaoh, Who is Yahweh, that I should hearken to his voice, to let Israel go? I know not Yahweh, and certainly, Israel, will I not let go!

⁹ And Moses spake thus, unto the sons of Israel,––but they hearkened not unto Moses, through shortness of spirit, and through hard service.

⁷ And, in the greatness of thine exaltation, dost thou tear down thine opposers,––Thou dost send forth thy wrath, it consumeth them, as straw;

⁵ thou shalt not bow thyself down to them, nor be led to serve them––For, I, Yahweh, thy God, am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of fathers, upon sons, unto three [generations] and unto four, of them that hate me;

²⁶ There shall be nothing casting its young or barren, in thy land,––the number of thy days, will I make full.

²⁶ And he spake unto the assembly, saying––Remove, I pray you, from beside the tents of these lawless men, and do not touch aught that pertaineth unto them,––lest ye be carried off, in all their sins. ²⁷ So they went up from beside the habitation of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, on every side,––and, Dathan and Abiram, came out and stationed themselves, at the entrance of their tents, with their wives and their sons, and their little ones. ²⁸ Then said Moses, Hereby, shall ye know, that, Yahweh, hath sent me, to do, all these works,––verily, not out of my own heart:–– ²⁹ If, as all human beings die, these, do die, and, the visitation of all human beings, be visited upon them, Yahweh, hath not sent me. ³⁰ But, if, a creation, Yahweh create, and the ground open wide her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that pertain unto them, and so they go down, alive, unto hades, then shall ye know, that these men have despised, Yahweh. ³¹ And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground which was under them, clave asunder; ³² and the earth opened, her mouth, and swallowed up them, and their households,––and all the human beings who pertained unto Korah, with all their goods: ³³ so, they, and all that pertained unto them, went down, alive, unto hades,––and the earth, closed upon them, and they perished out of the midst of the convocation. ³⁴ And, all Israel who were round about them, fled at their cry,––for they said, Lest the earth, swallow us up.

¹⁰ but requiting them who hate him unto his face, to destroy them,––he will not be slack towards him that hateth him, unto his face, will he requite him.

¹³ and will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee,––and bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn, and thy new wine and thine oil, the young of thy kine, and the ewes of thy flock, upon the soil, which he swart unto thy fathers to give unto thee. ¹⁴ Blessed, shalt thou be beyond all the peoples,––there shall not be in thee a barren male or female, nor among thy cattle;

¹¹ And Yahweh will cause thee to abound in that which is good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy soil,––upon the soil which Yahweh sware unto thy fathers, to give unto thee:

³⁴ Is not, that, stored up with me,––Sealed up amongst my treasures;

⁴¹ If I whet my flashing sword, And my hand take hold on justice, I will return vengeance unto mine adversaries, And, them who hate me, will I requite:

⁷ And, when it was told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried aloud,––and said unto them––Hearken unto me, ye owners of Shechem, and may God, hearken unto you.

¹⁹ And they said unto him––Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and become to us a father and a priest,––is it better that thou be priest to the house of one man, or that thou be priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?

¹⁶ Do not count thy handmaid for an abandoned woman,––for, out of the abundance of my grief and my vexation, have I spoken, hitherto.

³⁹ And, I myself, this day, am weak, though anointed king, but, these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are more severe than I: Yahweh repay, the doer of wickedness, according to his wickedness.

⁷ Then said Nathan unto David: Thou, art the man! Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel––I, anointed thee to be king over Israel, and, I, delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; ⁸ and gave unto thee the household of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord, into thy bosom, and gave unto thee the house of Israel and Judah. And, if this had been too little, I could have further given thee more and more of such things. ⁹ Wherefore, hast thou despised the word of Yahweh, by doing that which is wicked in mine eyes? Uriah the Hittite, hast thou smitten with the sword, and, his wife, hast thou taken to thyself to wife, yea, him, hast thou slain with the sword of the sons of Ammon! ¹⁰ Now, therefore, the sword shall not depart from thy house, unto age–abiding times,––because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. ¹¹ Thus, saith Yahweh,––Behold me! raising up over thee calamity out of thine own household, and I will take thy wives, before thine eyes, and give unto thy neighbour, and he will lie with thy wives, in the eyes of this sun. ¹² For, thou, didst it, in secret,––but, I, will do this thing, before all Israel, and before the sun.

⁸ And Hushai said––Thou, knowest thy father and his men––that, men of might, they are, and, embittered in soul, they are, like a bear bereaved of her young, in the field,––thy father also, is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

¹² And she said––By the life of Yahweh, thy God, verily I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse,––and lo! I have been gathering a couple of sticks, so I shall go in and make it ready for me and for my son, that we may eat it––and die!

¹⁹ Then shalt thou speak unto him, saying––Thus, saith Yahweh, Hast thou committed murder, and also taken possession? Then shalt thou speak unto him, saying: Thus, saith Yahweh, In the place where the dogs have lapped up the blood of Naboth, shall the dogs lap up thy blood, even thine. ²⁰ Then said Ahab unto Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he said: I have found [thee]! Because thou hast sold thyself to do the thing that is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, ²¹ Behold me! [saith he] bringing in upon thee, calamity, and I will consume after thee,––and cut off of Ahab, even the meanest, whether shut up or left at large in Israel; ²² and will deliver up thy house––Like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah,––for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked, and caused, Israel, to sin. ²³ Moreover also, concerning Jezebel, hath Yahweh spoken, saying,––The dogs, shall eat Jezebel, in the town–land of Jezreel: ²⁴ Him that dieth, of Ahab, in the city, shall, the dogs, eat,––and, him that dieth in the field, shall, the birds of heaven, eat.

²⁶ And so it was that, as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman, made outcry unto him, saying––Save, my lord, O king! ²⁷ And he said––If Yahweh do not save thee, whence should I save thee? out of the threshing–floor or out of the wine–press?

³ And his substance was––seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she–asses, and a body of servants exceeding large,––thus was that man the greatest of all the sons of the East.

²¹ and said––Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked must I return thither, Yahweh, gave, and, Yahweh, hath taken away,––The name of Yahweh be blessed!

¹² And, when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept––and rent, every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads, toward the heavens.

¹⁷ There, the lawless, cease from raging, and there the toil–worn are at rest: ¹⁸ At once are prisoners at peace, they hear not the voice of a driver: ¹⁹ Small and great, there, they are, and, the slave, is free from his master.
²⁰ Wherefore give, to the wretched, light? Or, life, to the embittered in soul?––

²² Who rejoice unto exultation, Are glad, when they can find the grave:

⁸ So far as I have seen, They who plow for iniquity and sow misery, reap the same: ⁹ By the blast of GOD, they perish, And, by the breath of his nostrils, are they consumed: ¹⁰ [Notwithstanding] the roaring of the lion, and the noise of the howling lion, yet, the teeth of the fierce lions, are broken: ¹¹ The strong lion perishing for lack of prey, Even the whelps of the lioness, are scattered.

¹⁸ Lo! in his own servants, he trusteth not, and, his own messengers, he chargeth with error:

³ I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:

³ I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment: ⁴ His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver:

⁴ His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver: ⁵ Whose harvest, the hungry, eateth up, and, even out of thorn hedges, he taketh it, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

¹¹ What is my strength, that I should hope? Or what mine end, that I should prolong my desire?

¹¹ I also, cannot restrain my mouth,––I must speak, in the anguish of my spirit, I must find utterance, in the bitterness of my soul.

¹¹ I also, cannot restrain my mouth,––I must speak, in the anguish of my spirit, I must find utterance, in the bitterness of my soul. ¹² Am, I, a sea, or a sea–monster,––That thou shouldst set over me a watch? ¹³ When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall help to carry my complaint, ¹⁴ Then thou scarest me with dreams, and, by visions, dost thou terrify me: ¹⁵ So that my soul chooseth strangling, Death, rather than [these] my bones! ¹⁶ I am wasted away, Not, to times age–abiding, can I live, Let me alone, for, a breath, are my days.
¹⁷ What is a mortal, that thou shouldst nurture him? Or that thou shouldst fix upon him thy mind? ¹⁸ That thou shouldst inspect him morning by morning, moment by moment, shouldst test him? ¹⁹ How long wilt thou not look away from me? Wilt thou not let me alone, till I can swallow my spittle? ²⁰ I have sinned, What can I do for thee, thou watcher of men? Wherefore hast thou set me as thine object of attack, or have I become, unto thee, a burden? ²¹ And why wilt thou not remove my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For, now, in the dust, should I lie down, and thou shouldst seek me diligently, and I should not be.

³ Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness? ⁴ Though, thy children, sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hand of their transgression, ⁵ Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD,––and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication; ⁶ If, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:

²² They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!

¹⁸ He would not suffer me to recover my breath, for he would surfeit me with bitter things.

³⁴ Let him take from off me his rod, and, his terror, let it not startle me:

¹ My soul doth loathe my life,––I let loose my complaint, I speak, in the bitterness of my soul.

¹ My soul doth loathe my life,––I let loose my complaint, I speak, in the bitterness of my soul. ² I say unto GOD, Do not hold me guilty, Let me know, on what account thou contendest with me!

⁴ A laughing–stock to one’s neighbour, do I become, one who hath called upon GOD and he hath answered him! A laughing–stock––a righteous man without blame! ⁵ For ruin, there is contempt, in the thought of the man at ease,––ready, for such as are of faltering foot!
⁶ At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.

⁹ Who knoweth not, among all these, that, the hand of Yahweh, hath done this? ¹⁰ In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all the flesh of men.

³ But indeed, I, unto the Almighty, would speak, and, to direct my argument unto GOD, would I be well pleased. ⁴ For, in truth, ye, do besmear with falsehood, Worthless physicians, all of you!

⁴ For, in truth, ye, do besmear with falsehood, Worthless physicians, all of you!

⁹ Would it be well, when he searched you out? Or, as one might jest with a mortal, would ye jest, with him?

¹³ Quietly let me alone, that, I, may speak out, then let come on me, what may.

²⁵ A driven leaf, wilt thou cause to tremble? Or, dry stubble, wilt thou pursue?

⁵ If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond.

²¹ His sons, come to honour, and he knoweth it not, Or they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not of them.

¹¹ Too small for thee, are the consolations of GOD? or a word spoken gently with thee?

¹⁵ Lo! in his holy ones, he putteth not confidence, and, the heavens, are not pure in his eyes:

²⁰ All the days of the lawless man, he, doth writhe with pain, and, the number of years, is hidden from the tyrant; ²¹ A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him;

²¹ A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him; ²² He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword; ²³ A wanderer, he, for bread, [saying] Where [is it]? He knoweth that, prepared by his own hand, is the day of darkness; ²⁴ Distress and anguish shall startle him, It shall overpower him, like a king ready for the onset: ²⁵ Because he had stretched out––against GOD––his hand, and, against the Almighty, had been wont to behave himself proudly; ²⁶ He used to run against him with uplifted neck, with the stout bosses of his bucklers; ²⁷ For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;

²⁷ For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins; ²⁸ And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps. ²⁹ He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth; ³⁰ He shall not depart out of darkness, his young branch, shall the flame dry up, and he shall depart, by the breath of his own mouth! ³¹ Let no one trust in him that––by vanity––is deceived, for, vanity, shall be his recompense; ³² Before his day, shall it be accomplished, with, his palm–top, not covered with leaves; ³³ He shall wrong––like a vine––his sour grapes, and shall cast off––as an olive–tree––his blossom. ³⁴ For, the family of the impious, is unfruitful, and, a fire, hath devoured the tents of bribery; ³⁵ Conceiving mischief, and bringing forth iniquity, yea, their inmost soul, prepareth deceit.

² I have heard many such things, Wearisome comforters, are ye all!

¹⁰ They have gaped upon me with their mouth, With reproach, have they smitten my cheek, Together, against me, have they closed their ranks.

²⁰ And, he that voucheth for me is on high. My friends are, they who scorn me, Unto GOD, hath mine eye shed tears:––

² Verily there are mockers, with me! And, on their insults, mine eye doth rest.

⁸ Upright men shall be astounded over this, and, the innocent, against the impious, shall rouse themselves.

¹⁴ To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm.

¹⁶ With me to hades, would they go down, If, wholly––into the dust, is the descent!

² How long will ye make a perversion of words? Ye should understand, and, afterwards, we could speak.

⁵ Even the light of the lawless, shall go out,––Neither shall shine the flame of his fire; ⁶ The light, hath darkened in his tent, Yea, his lamp above him, goeth out;

¹¹ Round about, terrors have startled him, and have driven him to his feet.

¹⁸ Let them thrust him out of light into darkness, Yea, out of the world, let them chase him; ¹⁹ Let him have neither scion nor seed among his people, neither any survivor in his place of sojourn:

²⁰ Unto my skin and unto my flesh, have my bones cleaved, and I have escaped with the akin of my teeth. ²¹ Pity me! pity me! ye, my friends, for, the hand of GOD, hath stricken me!

²⁶ And, though, after my skin is struck off, this [followeth], yet, apart from my flesh, shall I see GOD:

⁵ That, the joy–shout of the lawless, is short, and, the rejoicing of the impious, for a moment?

⁷ Like his own stubble, shall he utterly perish, They who had seen him, shall say, Where is he?

¹⁰ His children, shall seek the favour of the poor, and, his own hand, shall give back his wealth. ¹¹ His bones, are full of youthful vigour, yet, with him––in the dust, shall it lie down.

²² When his abundance is gone, he shall be in straits, All the power of distress, shall come upon him.
²³ It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain [it] upon him for his punishment.

²³ It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain [it] upon him for his punishment.

²⁸ The increase of his house shall vanish, melting away in the day of his anger. ²⁹ This, is the portion of the lawless man, from God, and the inheritance decreed him from the Mighty One.

¹⁹ Shall, GOD, reserve, for his children, his sorrow? Let him recompense him so that he may know it;

¹⁷ Who had been saying unto GOD, Depart from us! and––What can the Almighty do for himself? ¹⁸ Yet, he, had filled their houses with good! The counsel of the lawless, then, is far from me:

²⁴ Then lay up, in the dust, precious ore, and, among the stones of the torrent–beds, fine gold:

²⁰ Maternal love shall forget him, the worm shall find him sweet, No more shall he be remembered, but perversity shall be shivered like a tree.

²⁴ They are exalted a little, and are not, Yea having been laid low, like all men, are they gathered, Even as the top of an ear of corn, do they hang down.

¹⁹ The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.

⁹ Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth;

²³ For I know that, unto death, thou wilt bring me back, even unto the house of meeting for every one living.

³⁷ The number of my footsteps, I would declare to him, Like a noble, would I draw near to him.

³ and, against his three friends, was kindled his anger,––because that they found not a response, and condemned God.

¹ But, in very deed, hear, I pray thee, Job, my discourse, and, to all my words, give thou ear.

³¹ Mark well, O Job, and hearken to me, Be silent, and, I, will speak: ³² If there is anything to say, reply to me, Speak, for I desire to justify thee; ³³ If not, do, thou, hearken unto me, Be silent, that I may teach thee wisdom.

² Hear, ye wise men, my words, and, ye who know, give ear unto me;

⁹ For he hath said, It profiteth not a man, when, his good pleasure, is with God.

¹⁷ Shall, the very hater of right, control? Or, the just––the mighty one, wilt thou condemn? ¹⁸ Doth one say to a king, Abandoned one! Or, Lawless one! unto nobles? ¹⁹ For he hath shewn no respect of persons unto princes, neither hath he recognised the rich rather than the poor? For, the work of his hands, are they all.

³ For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?

¹¹ Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and, beyond the bird of the heavens, giveth us wisdom?

¹¹ If they would hearken, and serve, they should complete their days, in prosperity, and their years, in pleasantness;

²² Lo, GOD, exalteth himself by his strength, Who like him doth teach?

² Shall a reprover contend, with the Almighty? He that disputeth with GOD, let him answer it!

⁴ Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth:

¹¹ Who hath forestalled me, that I may repay him? Under all the heavens, mine it is!

⁷ And it came to pass, after Yahweh had spoken these words unto Job, that Yahweh, said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, Kindled is mine anger against thee and against thy two friends, for ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job.

¹ [BOOK THE FIRST]
¶ How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless,––and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

⁴ Not so, the lawless,––but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:

⁴ The lawless one, in the loftiness of his countenance, will not enquire, God is not in any of his plots:

¹¹ He hath said in his heart, GOD hath forgotten,––He hath veiled his face, Oh he hath never seen!

⁴ Them who say––With our tongue, will we prevail, our lips, are our own, who is our master?

¹⁰ Their own fat [heart], have they shut up,––With their mouth, have they spoken proudly.

¹⁴ From men [who are] thy hand, O Yahweh, From the men of this age, whose portion, is among the living, and, with thy treasure, thou fillest their bosom,––They must be satisfied with sons, And must leave their abundance to their children:––

¹ [To the Chief Musician. On "the Hind of the Dawn." A Melody of David.]
My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation? ² My God! I keep crying––By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me. ³ But, thou, art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel.

¹⁰ Many pains, hath the lawless one,––But, he that trusteth in Yahweh, Lovingkindness, shall compass him about.

⁵ Let them be as chaff before the wind, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pressing them on:

³⁵ I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon; ³⁶ Then I passed by, and lo! he had vanished! Yea I sought him, but he could not be found.

⁹ I am dumb, I cannot open my mouth, for, thou, hast done it.

¹¹ Why shouldst thou be sat down, O my soul? And why shouldst thou moan over me? Wait thou for God, for yet shall I praise him, As the triumph of my presence and my God.

⁶ As for them who are trusting in their wealth,––And, in the abundance of their riches, do boast themselves, ⁷ A brother, can none of them, redeem, he cannot give unto God a ransom for himself:

¹⁴ Like sheep––into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them,––And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.

¹⁷ For, when he dieth, he shall take, nothing, his glory shall not descend after him;

²¹ These things, hast thou done, and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set [thine offences] in order before thine eyes.

⁵ GOD also, will break thee down utterly, He will snatch thee up and tear thee away tentless, And uproot thee, out of the land of the living. [Selah.]

⁵ GOD also, will break thee down utterly, He will snatch thee up and tear thee away tentless, And uproot thee, out of the land of the living. [Selah.]
⁶ The righteous shall both see and fear, And, over him, shall laugh:

⁶ The righteous shall both see and fear, And, over him, shall laugh: ⁷ Lo! the man who made not God his refuge,––But trusted in the abundance of his riches, Emboldened himself in his wealth!

⁵ Let him turn back the mischief upon mine adversaries, In thy faithfulness, destroy them!

²³ But, thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the pit of destruction, Men of bloodshed and deceit, shall not live out half their days; But, I, will trust in thee.

⁴ For no iniquity, do they run that they may take their stand, Rouse thyself to meet me, and see.

³ Thou hast suffered thy people to see hardship, Thou hast let them drink the wine of confusion.

³ For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look. ⁴ For they have no pangs in their death, And vigorous is their body;

⁴ For they have no pangs in their death, And vigorous is their body;

⁴ For they have no pangs in their death, And vigorous is their body; ⁵ Of the toil of weak mortals, have they none, Nor, with the sons of earth, are they hard smitten.

⁵ Of the toil of weak mortals, have they none, Nor, with the sons of earth, are they hard smitten.

⁵ Of the toil of weak mortals, have they none, Nor, with the sons of earth, are they hard smitten. ⁶ For this cause, doth arrogance deck them as a neck–chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire; ⁷ Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart; ⁸ They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command; ⁹ They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth. ¹⁰ Therefore must his people return thither, And, the waters of abundance, are drained by them; ¹¹ And they say––How doth GOD know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? ¹² Lo! these, are the lawless, Who are secure for an age, They have attained unto wealth.

¹⁹ How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased––come to an end, by reason of calamities.

⁸ For, a cup, is in the hand of Yahweh, Whose wine is foaming, It is full of spiced wine, Which he hath caused to flow from one to another,––Surely, the dregs thereof, they shall drain out––they shall drink, Even all the lawless ones of the earth.

³ I remember God and I murmur, I muse, and my spirit swooneth. [Selah.]

³ I remember God and I murmur, I muse, and my spirit swooneth. [Selah.] ⁴ Thou hast held, watching, mine eyes, I was driven to and fro, and could not speak; ⁵ I reasoned, Of the days of aforetime, Of the years of by–gone ages; ⁶ I remember my song in the night,––With my own heart, I commune, And my spirit, maketh search:–– ⁷ For ages, will My Lord reject? And, not again, grant acceptance any more? ⁸ Hath his lovingkindness, come to a perpetual end? Hath his word failed to generation after generation? ⁹ Hath GOD, forgotten to show favour? Or hath he shut up, in anger, his compassions? [Selah.]

¹ [A Melody of Asaph.]
God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.

¹³ O my God, make them, As whirling [dust], As chaff before a wind;

¹⁵ Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee––I shall be distracted!

⁷ For we are consumed in thine anger, And, in thy wrath, are we dismayed; ⁸ Thou hast set, Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy face. ⁹ For, all our days, decline in thy wrath,––We end our years like a sigh.

¹ [A Prayer for the Humbled One when he is about to faint, and, before Yahweh, poureth out his grief.]
O Yahweh, hear thou my prayer, and let, my cry for help, unto thee, enter in.

²⁴ I said, O my GOD, do not remove me in the midst of my days, Throughout the generation of generations, are thy years;

⁴¹ But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, and made families, like a flock:––

⁹ Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow; ¹⁰ Let his children, wander about, and beg, Let them be driven out of their ruins; ¹¹ Let the creditor take aim at all that he hath, and let strangers prey on the fruit of his toil; ¹² Let him have no one to continue lovingkindness, and there be none to favour his fatherless children; ¹³ Let his posterity be for cutting off, In another generation, let their name be wiped out; ¹⁴ Remembered be the iniquity of his fathers against Yahweh, and, the sin of his mother, let it not be wiped out; ¹⁵ Let them be before Yahweh continually, and let the memory of them, be cut off out of the earth. ¹⁶ Because that he remembered not to show lovingkindness, but pursued the man that was oppressed and needy, that, the downhearted, he might slay. ¹⁷ Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him; ¹⁸ Because he clothed himself in cursing as his outer garment, therefore may it have entered like water into his inward part, and like oil into his bones; ¹⁹ Be it his, as a garment he shall wrap round him, and for a girdle he shall, at all times, gird on: ²⁰ This, be the reward of mine accusers, from Yahweh, even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.
²¹ But, thou, Yahweh, Adonay, deal effectually with me, for the sake of thy Name, Since good is thy lovingkindness, O rescue me; ²² For, oppressed and needy, I am, and, my heart, is wounded within me. ²³ As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust; ²⁴ My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness: ²⁵ So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head. ²⁶ Help me! O Yahweh my God, Save me, according to thy lovingkindness: ²⁷ That they may know that, Thine own hand, this is, Thou, Yahweh, hast done it. ²⁸ They, may curse if, thou, wilt bless,––Mine assailants, shall be ashamed, but, thy servant, shall rejoice; ²⁹ Mine accusers shall be clothed with confusion, and shall wrap about them, like a cloak, their own shame. ³⁰ I will thank Yahweh loudly with my mouth, Yea, in the midst of multitudes, will I praise him; ³¹ Because he standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save, from them who would pass sentence on his life.

⁵ My Lord, on thy right hand,––hath shattered––in the day of his anger––kings;

⁵ Who is like Yahweh our God? that goeth on high to dwell, ⁶ That cometh down low to look, through the heavens and through the earth;

⁸⁶ All thy commandments, are faithful, With falsehood, have they persecuted me, O help me!

¹²⁰ My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.

³ Lo! an inheritance from Yahweh, are children, A reward, the fruit of the womb: ⁴ As arrows in the hand of a warrior, so, are the children of young men. ⁵ How happy the man who hath filled his quiver with them! They will not be ashamed, but will speak with enemies in the gate.

⁸ Neither have the passers–by ever said, The blessing of Yahweh, be unto you,––We have blessed you in the Name of Yahweh.

² I pour out before him my complaint, My distress––before him, I tell. ³ When my spirit fainted concerning myself, then, thou, didst take note of my path,––In the course which I was about to take, they had hidden a snare for me.

¹³ Our garners, full, pouring out from one kind to another; Our flocks, multiplying by thousands––by myriads, in our open fields: ¹⁴ Our oxen, well–laden; no breaking in and no departing,––and no loud lament in our places of concourse:––

⁷ The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.

²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?

²⁹ Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose;

⁸ Healing, shall it be to thy body, and refreshing, to thy bones.

⁸ Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:

⁴ Wealth, shall not profit, in the day of wrath, but, righteousness, shall deliver from death.

⁹ The light of the righteous, rejoiceth, but, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out.

¹⁰ The heart, knoweth its own bitterness, and, in its joy, no stranger shareth.

⁴ Everything, hath Yahweh made for its own purpose, yea, even the lawless one, for the day of calamity.

⁶ The crown of old men, consists of children’s children, and the adornment of children, is their fathers.

²⁰ Whoso revileth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.

²⁰ For there shall be no future for the wicked, The lamp of the lawless, shall go out.

⁹ Lest I be full, and deny, and say––Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.

³² If thou hast acted basely by lifting thyself up,––if thou hast plotted evil, [put thy] hand to [thy] mouth!

⁴ Generation, goeth and, generation, cometh, but, the earth, unto times age–abiding, remaineth.

¹⁸ Therefore hated, I, all my toil, wherein I was toiling, under the sun,––in that I should leave it for the man who should come after me; ¹⁹ and who could know whether a, wise man, he would be or a foolish, and yet he would lord it over all my toil, wherein I had toiled and wherein I had acted wisely, under the sun,––even this, was vanity.

⁸ If, the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of justice and righteousness, thou see in the province, do not be astonished over the matter,––for, one high above the highest, is watching, yea, the Most High, is over them.

² A man to whom God giveth riches and gains and honour, so that nothing doth he lack for his soul––of all that he craveth, and yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but, a man unknown, eateth it,––this, was vanity, and, an incurable evil, it was.

⁸ No man, hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit, and, none, hath power over the day of death, and there is no furlough in war,––neither shall lawlessness deliver them who are given thereto.

¹ For, unto all this, I applied my heart, and, my heart, considered all this, that, the righteous and the wise and their servants, were in the hand of God,––neither love nor hatred, could any man know, every one, was before Him. ² Every one, was like every one else, one destiny, had the righteous and the lawless, the good and the pure and the impure, and he that sacrificed, and he that did not sacrifice,––as the good man, so, the sinner, he that took an oath, as he who, of an oath, stood in fear.

² Every one, was like every one else, one destiny, had the righteous and the lawless, the good and the pure and the impure, and he that sacrificed, and he that did not sacrifice,––as the good man, so, the sinner, he that took an oath, as he who, of an oath, stood in fear.

⁷ And the dust return to the earth, as it was,––and, the spirit, return unto God, who gave it.

¹² And it cometh to pass––that lyre and harp, timbrel and flute, and wine, are in their banquets,––But, the doing of Yahweh, they do not discern, And, the work of his hands, have they not seen.

²⁴ Therefore, As a tongue of fire, eateth up straw, And a flame reduceth, dry grass, to powder, Their root, like rottenness, shall become, And, their blossom, like dust, shall ascend,––Because they refused the law of Yahweh of hosts, And, the utterance of the Holy One of Israel, they despised.

¹¹ Brought down to Hades, thy pride, The hum of thy harps, Beneath thee, is spread out corruption, And, thy coverlet––worms!

²¹ Prepare––for his sons––shambles, For the iniquity of their fathers,––They shall not rise, nor possess the earth, Nor fill the face of the world with cities.

¹³ Though nations, like the rushing of many waters, shall rush, Yet shall one rebuke him, And he shall flee far away,––And be chased, As the chaff of the mountains before a wind, And as whirling stubble, before a storm!

¹³ Then lo! joy and rejoicing, killing oxen, and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine,––Let us eat and drink, For, tomorrow, we may die!

⁵ Then shall be, as fine dust, the multitude of thy foreigners,––And, as chaff that passeth away, the multitude of tyrants; And it shall come to pass, in a twinkling, suddenly.

¹¹ Depart ye from the way, Turn aside from the path,––Desist, from setting before us, the, Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵ What can I say? Since he hath promised for me, Himself, will perform. I will go softly, all my years, Because of the bitterness of my soul. ¹⁶ O My Lord! on those things do men live,––And, altogether in them, is the life of my spirit, When thou hast strengthened me, and made me live. ¹⁷ Lo! for well–being, I had bitterness––bitterness,––But, thou, cleaving unto my soul, hast raised me from the pit of corruption, For thou hast cast, behind thy back, all my sins.

¹³ Who, hath proved the spirit of Yahweh? Or, being his counselor, hath been giving him knowledge? ¹⁴ With whom, hath he taken counsel––And he hath given him intelligence, And instructed him in the path of justice,––And taught him knowledge, And, in the way of intelligence, hath been giving him understanding?

²² It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, While, the inhabitants thereof, are, as grasshoppers,––Who stretcheth forth, as a curtain, the heavens, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; ²³ Who delivereth dignitaries to nothingness,––Judges of earth, like a desolation, hath he made: ²⁴ Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely hath their stock, begun to take root in the earth, When he hath just blown upon them, and they have withered, And, a whirlwind, as though they had been chaff, carrieth them away.

¹⁵ Lo! I have made of thee a new pointed threshing sledge, owning teeth,––Thou shalt thresh mountains, and crush them, And, hills––like chaff, shalt thou make: ¹⁶ Thou shalt fan them, and, a wind, shall carry them away, And, a whirlwind, scatter, them,––But, thou, shalt exult in Yahweh, And, in the Holy One of Israel, shalt thou boast thyself.

⁹ Alas for him who contendeth with his Fashioner,––A potsherd, [should contend] with the potsherds of the ground! Shall it be said by, the clay, unto him that is fashioning it, What wouldst thou make? Or thy work [say of thee], He hath no hands?

¹⁹ Not in secret, have I spoken, In a place of the earth that is dark,––I have not said unto the seed of Jacob, In a waste, seek ye me,––I, am Yahweh, Speaking the thing that is right, Declaring the things that are just.

¹⁷ Rouse thee––rouse, thee, stand up, O Jerusalem, Who hast drunk, at the hand of Yahweh, his cup of indignation: The goblet–cup of confusion, hast thou drunk––hast thou drained.

⁴ Yet surely, our sicknesses, he, carried, And, as for our pains, he bare the burden of them,––But, we, accounted him stricken, Smitten of God, and humbled. ⁵ Yet, he, was pierced for transgressions that were ours, was crushed for iniquities that were ours,––The chastisement for our well–being, was upon him, And, by his stripes, there is healing for us. ⁶ We all, like sheep, had gone astray, Every man––to his way, had we burned,––And, Yahweh! caused to light upon him, The guilt of, us all!

² Wherefore, should ye spend, Money, for that which is, not bread? Or your labour, for that which, satisfieth not? Keep on hearkening unto me, And so eat that which is good, And let your soul, take exquisite delight in fatness:

¹⁹ Creating the fruit of the lips––Prosperity! Prosperity! For him that is far off, and for him that is near, saith Yahweh, So should I heal him. ²⁰ But, the lawless, are like the sea when tossed,––For, rest, it cannot! But its waters toss out mire and dirt. ²¹ No, well–being, saith my God, to the lawless!

¹³ Transgressing, and denying Yahweh, And turning away from following our God,––Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving, and muttering from the heart, words of falsehood.

³³ How, thou dost make winsome thy way, to seek love! Therefore, even unto wicked women, hast thou taught thy ways. ³⁴ Even in thy skirts, is there found, The blood of the lives of the helpless innocents,––Not, in the act of breaking in, didst thou find them, yet [the blood is] on all these. ³⁵ Although thou saidst, Because I am innocent, surely hath his anger, turned back from me,––Behold me! entering into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned!

¹ Righteous, art thou, O Yahweh, when I present my pleading unto thee,––Yet, concerning the things that are right, let me speak with thee,––Wherefore, hath, the way of the lawless, prospered? [Wherefore] have all, utter traitors, been at ease? ² Thou didst plant them, yea they took root, They have gone on, yea, they have borne fruit,––Near, art thou, in their mouth, But far off from their affections. ³ But, thou, O Yahweh, knowest me, Wilt thou observe me, and try my heart, towards thee? Drag them away, as sheep for slaughter, And hallow them, for the day when they are to be slain.

²⁴ Therefore have I scattered them, As broken straw passing away, by the wind of the desert.

¹⁵ For, thus, said Yahweh, God of Israel, unto me, Take this cup of indignation, wine, out of my hand,––and cause all the nations unto whom I, am sending thee, to drink it: ¹⁶ Yea they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and act as madmen, because of the sword which I, am sending between them.

²⁹ In those days, shall they say no more, Fathers, did eat sour grapes,––And, children’s teeth, are blunted!

⁷ A cup of gold, was Babylon, in the hand of Yahweh, Making drunk all the earth,––Of her wine, have the nations drunk, For this cause, have the nations been acting as men who are mad.

¹⁹ Remember my humiliation and my fleeings, the wormwood and poison; ²⁰ Thou wilt, indeed remember, that, bowed down concerning myself, is my soul;

¹⁶ And he said unto me, Son of man, Behold me! breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, So shall they eat bread by weight, and with anxious care, And, water, by measure, and in astonishment, shall they drink: ¹⁷ that they may lack bread and water and be astonished one with another, and pine away in their punishment.

¹⁸ Son of man, Thy bread, with trembling, shalt thou eat,––And, thy water, in agitation and in fear, shalt thou drink.

² What occasion have, ye, to be using this proverb, concerning the soil of Israel, saying,––Fathers, eat sour grapes, And, the children’s teeth, are blunted?

¹⁴ But lo! he hath begotten a son, Who hath considered all the sins of his father, which he hath done,––Yea he hath considered, and not done like them:

¹⁹ Will ye then say, Why, hath not the son, borne a part of the iniquity of the father? But, the son, hath done, justice and righteousness, All my statutes, hath observed and done them, He shall, surely live. ²⁰ The person that sinneth, the same, shall die,––A, son, shall not bear a part of the iniquity of, the father, Neither shall, a father, bear a part of the iniquity of the son, the righteousness of the righteous, upon himself, shall be, And, the lawlessness of a lawless man, upon himself, shall be.

²¹ The chiefs of the mighty, shall speak to him, out of the midst of hades, with his helpers,––They have descended, They have lain down, The uncircumcised! Thrust through by the sword. ²² There, is Assyria, with all her gathered host, Round about him, are his graves, All of them, thrust through, The fallen by the sword: ²³ Whose graves, have been set, In the recesses of the pit, And so her gathered host is round about her grave, All of them thrust through, Fallen by the sword, Who caused terror in the land of the living. ²⁴ There, is Persia, with all her multitude, round about her grave,––All of them, thrust through, The fallen by the sword, Who have descended, uncircumcised, into the earth below, Who made themselves a terror in the land of the living, And so they have borne their confusion, with them who descend into the pit: ²⁵ In the midst of them who were thrust through, have they have placed a couch for her, with all her multitude, Round about it, are her graves,––All of them, uncircumcised, Thrust through with the sword, For that their terror was caused in the land of the living, And so they have borne their confusion, with them who descend into the pit, In the midst of them who were thrust through, hath it been placed. ²⁶ There, are Meshech–Tubal and all her multitude, Round about it, are her graves,––All of them, uncircumcised, Who were thrust through with the sword, For that they made themselves a terror in the land of the living; ²⁷ Therefore shall they not lie with the mighty men, The fallen ones from age–past times, Who descended into hades with their weapons of war, And their swords were placed under their heads, But their iniquities have come upon their bones, Because of the terror of the mighty, in the land of the living. ²⁸ Thou, therefore, in the midst of the uncircumcised, shalt be overthrown, And shalt lie low with them who were thrust through by the sword. ²⁹ There, are Edom, her kings and all her princes, Who have been delivered up in their might, With them who were thrust through by he sword,––They, with the uncircumcised, shall lie low, Even with them who descend into the pit. ³⁰ There, are the princes of the North, all of them, and all the Zidonians, Who have descended with them who were thrust through, By reason of the terror they caused, of their might, are they ashamed, So they have lain down uncircumcised, With them who were thrust through by the sword, And they have bowed their confusion, with them who descend into the pit. ³¹ Them, shall Pharaoh, see, and be grieved over all his multitude,––Thrust through with the sword, shall be Pharaoh and all his army! Declareth My Lord, Yahweh. ³² For I have suffered his terror to be in the land of the living, Therefore, shall be laid low, In the midst of the uncircumcised, With them who were thrust through by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude! Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

¹⁷ By the decree of the watchers, is the thing, and [by] the mandate of the holy ones, the matter: to the intent that the living, may get to know, that the Most High, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, to whomsoever he pleaseth, he giveth it, and, one low among men, he setteth up over it.

³ Therefore, shall they become like the morning cloud, and like the dew early departing,––like chaff storm–driven out of the threshing–floor, and like smoke out of a chimney.

⁶ Whenever they were pastured, then were they satisfied, They were satisfied, and their heart, was lifted up,––because of this, they forgat me.

¹³ Therefore, the prudent man, at that time, will be dumb,––Because an evil time, it is!

⁴ Who are lying on beds of ivory, and sprawling on their couch of pleasure,––and eating the well–fed of the flock, and the fatted calves out of the midst of the stalls: ⁵ Who are bawling at the bidding of the harp,––like David, have they invented for themselves instruments of song: ⁶ Who are quaffing bowls of wine, and, with the best of oils, anointing themselves,––and are not afflicted for the injury of Joseph:––

¹⁶ Nations, shall see, that they may turn pale at all their valour,––they shall lay hand on mouth, their ears, shall be silent:

² A GOD jealous and avenging, is Yahweh, an avenger, is Yahweh, and a lord of wrath, an avenger, is Yahweh towards his adversaries, and, a retainer [of anger], is he to his foes.

¹⁰ Though they were like thorns intertwined, and as drunkards drenched with their drink, yet have they been devoured, like stubble fully dry.

¹³ [Thou] whose eyes are too pure to look with approval on wrong, to respect oppression, canst not endure,––Wherefore, shouldst thou respect the treacherous? Be silent, when the lawless, swalloweth up, one more righteous than he?

¹⁵ All of which, with a hook, one bringeth up, raketh together with his drag, and hath gathered with his net,––

¹⁵ All of which, with a hook, one bringeth up, raketh together with his drag, and hath gathered with his net,–– ¹⁶ On which account, he is glad and exulteth: on which account, he sacrificeth to his Net, and burneth incense to his Drag; because, thereby, rich, is his portion, and his food––fatness!

⁹ Alas! for him who extorteth an extortion of wrong for his own house,––that he may set on high his nest, that he may be delivered from the grasp of calamity. ¹⁰ Thou hast counseled shame to thy house––making an end of many peoples, and endangering thine own life. ¹¹ Surely, the stone out of the wall, will make outcry,––and, the tie out of the timber, will answer it.

¹⁶ I heard, and I trembled within me, at the voice, my lips, quivered, decay, entered, my bones, and, in my limbs, I trembled,––though I am to find rest, in the day of distress, when their invader, cometh up against the people.

¹⁵ A day of indignation,––that day! day of danger and distress, day of rush, and of crash, day of obscurity, and deep gloom, day of cloud, and thick darkness;

⁴ [therefore] have I brought it forth, Declareth Yahweh of hosts, And it shall enter––into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth by my name, falsely,––and it shall roost in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, both the timbers thereof, and the stones thereof.

¹³ And ye have said, Lo! what a weariness! And ye have snuffed at Me, saith Yahweh of hosts, and have brought in the torn and the lame and the sick, thus have ye brought the present,–– Could I accept it at your hand? saith Yahweh. ¹⁴ But accursed is he that defraudeth, who, when there is in his flock a male, yet voweth and sacrificeth a corrupt thing to the Lord, for, a great king, am I, saith Yahweh of hosts, and, my Name, is revered among the nations.

¹⁸ So shall ye return, and see the difference, between the righteous and the lawless,––between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

¹² Whose fan is in his hand, and he will clear out his threshing–floor,––and will gather his wheat into the granary, but, the chaff, will he burn up with fire unquenchable.

¹⁹ Be not laying up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where, moth and rust, do tarnish, and where, thieves, dig through and steal; ²⁰ but be laying up or yourselves treasures in heaven, where, neither moth nor rust, doth tarnish, and where, thieves, dig not through nor steal:

⁷ Be asking, and it shall be given you, Be seeking, and ye shall find,––Be knocking, and it shall be opened unto you.

²⁷ For the Son of Man is destined to be coming, in the glory of his Father, with his messengers,––and, then, will he give back unto each one, according to his practice.

³¹ So that ye bear witness against yourselves, that ye are, sons, of them who murdered the prophets. ³² And, ye, fill ye up the measure of your fathers! ³³ Serpents! broods of vipers! how should ye flee from the judgment of gehenna?
³⁴ For this cause, lo! I, send unto you, prophets and wise men and scribes,––some from among them, ye will slay and crucify, And some from among them ye will––scourge in your synagogues, and pursue from city to city: ³⁵ That there may come upon you––all righteous blood poured out upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye murdered between the Temple and the altar.

³⁸ For, as they were in those days that were before the flood, feeding and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage,––until the day Noah entered into the ark; ³⁹ And they observed not, until the flood came and took away all together, so, will be, the presence of the Son of Man.

⁸ And, the foolish, unto the prudent, said––Give us of your oil, because, our torches, are going out.

³⁸ Then, saith he unto them: Encompassed with grief, is my soul, unto death: Abide ye here, and be watching with me.

¹⁸ For John had been saying to Herod––It is not allowed thee, to have, the wife of thy brother.

²² And Jesus, taking note of their reasonings, answering, said unto them––Why are ye reasoning in your hearts?

²⁸ But, seeing Jesus, he cried out aloud, and fell down before him, and, with a loud voice, said––What have I in common with thee, O Jesus, Son of [God] the Most High? I beg of thee––Do not torment me!––

³⁷ And one and all of the throng of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes, requested him, to depart from them; because, with a great fear, were they oppressed. And, he, entering into a boat, returned.

¹⁶ And he spake a parable unto them, saying––A certain rich man’s estate, bare well. ¹⁷ And he began to deliberate within himself, saying––What shall I do? because I have not where I can gather my fruits. ¹⁸ And he said––This, will I do,––I will pull down my barns, and, greater ones, build, and gather, there, all my wheat and good things; ¹⁹ and will say to my soul––Soul! thou hast many good things [lying by for many years: be taking thy rest, eat, drink,] be making merry!

¹⁹ and will say to my soul––Soul! thou hast many good things [lying by for many years: be taking thy rest, eat, drink,] be making merry! ²⁰ But God said unto him––Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

²⁰ But God said unto him––Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? ²¹ [So, is he that is laying up treasure for himself, and is not rich, towards God.]

⁴⁶ The lord of that servant, will have come––on a day when he is not expecting, and in an hour when he is not taking note,––and will cut him asunder, and, his part, with the unfaithful, will appoint.

² And, accosting him, he said unto him––What is this I hear of thee? Render the account of thy stewardship, for thou canst no longer be steward.

¹⁹ Now, a certain man, was rich, and he used to clothe himself with purple and fine linen, making merry day by day, brilliantly.

²² And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried away by the messengers, into the bosom of Abraham. And, the rich man also, died, and was buried. ²³ And, in hades, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

²⁵ But Abraham said––Child! remember––That thou didst duly received thy good things in thy life, and, Lazarus, in like manner, the evil things; but, now, here, he is comforted, and, thou, art in anguish.

²⁷ But he said––I request thee then, father, that thou wouldst send him unto my father’s house,–– ²⁸ for I have five brethren; ––that he may solemnly testify unto them, lest, they also, come into this place of torment.

²⁸ In like manner, as it came to pass in the days of Lot, They were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building,–– ²⁹ But, on the day Lot came out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:––

¹⁹ And, this, is the judgment: That, the light, hath come into the world,––and men loved, rather the darkness than the light, for, wicked, were their, works. ²⁰ For, whosoever doth practise corrupt things, hateth the light, and cometh not unto the light, lest his works should be reproved;

⁴⁵ But, as for me, because, the truth, I speak, ye do not believe me.
⁴⁶ Which of you convicteth me of sin? If, truth, I speak, wherefore, do, ye, not believe me? ⁴⁷ He that is of God, heareth, the sayings of God; therefore, do, ye, not hear, because, of God, ye are not.

²³ He that hateth me, hateth, my Father also. ²⁴ Had I not done among them, the works, which, no other, had done, sin, had they none; but, now, have they, both seen and hated both me and my Father.

²⁴ Until even now, ye have asked nothing in my name: Be asking, and ye shall receive,––that, your joy, may be made full.

²⁵ And, as he was reasoning of righteousness, and self–control, and the judgment to come, Felix, becoming greatly afraid, answered––For the present, be going thy way, and, when I find an opportunity, I will send for thee,––

²⁸ And, even as they did not approve to be holding, God, in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a disapproved mind to be doing the things that are not becoming,

⁵ But, according to thy hardness, and [thine] impenitent heart, art treasuring up for thyself anger, in a day of anger and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,––

⁸ Unto them, on the other hand, who are of contention, and are not yielding unto the truth, but are yielding unto unrighteousness, anger and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and anguish––against every soul of man who worketh out what is base, both of Jew first and of Greek,––

⁷ Inasmuch as, what is preferred by the flesh, [is] hostile towards God, for, unto the law of God, it doth not submit itself, neither in fact can it.––

³³ Oh! the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments! and untraceable his ways! ³⁴ For who hath come to know the mind of the Lord? Or who hath become his counselor?

¹⁹ Not avenging, yourselves, beloved, but give place unto their anger; for it is written––Mine, is avenging, I, will recompense; ––saith the Lord;

¹⁶ For who hath come to know the mind of the Lord, that shall instruct him? But, we, have, the mind of Christ.

³ Know ye not that we shall judge, messengers? and not, then, matters of this life?

²¹ Him who knew not sin, in our behalf, he made to be, sin, that we might become God’s righteousness in him.

¹¹ But, when Cephas came unto Antioch, to the face, [even], him, I resisted, because he stood condemned;

¹⁰ And with all manner of deceit of unrighteousness, in them who are destroying themselves, because, the love of the truth, they did not welcome, that they might be saved; –– ¹¹ And, for this cause, God sendeth them an inworking of error, to the end they should believe in the falsehood,–– ¹² In order that should be judged who would not believe in the truth, but were well–pleased with the unrighteousness.

³ For there will be a season––when, the healthful teaching, they will not endure, but, according to their own covetings, will, unto themselves, heap up teachers, because they have an itching ear, ⁴ And, from the truth, indeed, their ear, will they turn away, while, unto stories, they will turn themselves aside.

¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmith, of much baseness towards me, hath given proof,––the Lord will render unto him according to his works.––

¹ For this cause, it behoveth us, with unwonted firmness, to be holding fast unto the things that have been heard, lest, at any time, we drift away.

²⁷ And, inasmuch as it is in store for men––once for all to die, but after this, judgment,

¹³ For, the judgment, [will be] without mercy, unto him that hath shewed no mercy: Mercy, boasteth, over judgment.

¹⁹ For, this, is thankworthy,––If, for the sake of conscience towards God, one beareth griefs, suffering wrongfully,––

⁴ For––if, God, spared not, messengers, when they sinned, but, to pits of gloom, consigning them, in the lowest hades, delivered them up to be kept, unto judgment,––

⁹ [Then] the Lord knoweth how to rescue, the godly out of trial; but to keep, the unrighteous unto a day of judgment to be punished; ––
¹⁰ Most of all, however, them who go their way, after the flesh, with a coveting of defilement, and who despise, lordship,––daring! willful! before dignitaries, they tremble not, defaming, ¹¹ where, messengers, though, greater in might and power, are not bringing against them [before the Lord] a defamatory accusation,–– ¹² These, however, as unreasoning creatures that have been bred as being, by nature, for capture and destruction, in the things they are ignorant of, uttering defamation, in their spoiling, shall also be made a spoil,–– ¹³ Doing wrong themselves, for a reward of wrong, accounting, a delight, their day–time delicacy, spots and blemishes, indulging in delicacies with their stratagems, as they carouse together with you, ¹⁴ Having, eyes, full of an adulteress, and that cannot rest from sin, enticing unstable souls, having, a heart trained in greed,––children of a curse,–– ¹⁵ Forsaking a straight path, they have gone astray, following out the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved, a reward of wrong, ¹⁶ But had, a reproof, of his own transgression, a dumb beast of burden, in man’s voice, finding utterance, forbade the prophet’s madness. ¹⁷ These, are fountains without water, and mists, by a tempest, driven along,––for whom, the gloom of darkness, hath been reserved;

⁷ While, the heavens and the earth that now are, by the same word, have been stored with fire, being kept unto the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly men.

⁶ Messengers also, even them who had not kept their own principality, but had forsaken their proper dwelling, unto the judgment of the great day in perpetual bonds under thick gloom, hath he reserved.

¹³ Wild waves of sea, foaming out their own infamies, wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness age–abiding hath been reserved.

¹⁷ Because the great day of their anger is come, and who is able to stand?

² And, the beast which I saw, was like unto a leopard; and, his feet, as of a bear, and, his mouth, as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave unto him his power, and his throne, and great authority. ³ And [I saw] one of his heads, showing that it had been slain unto death, and, the stroke of his death, was healed. And the whole earth marveled after the wild–beast, ⁴ and did homage unto the dragon, because he gave his authority unto the wild–beast; and they did homage unto the wild–beast, saying––Who is like unto the wild–beast? and Who can make war with him? ⁵ And there was given unto him, a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and it was given unto him to act, forty and two months. ⁶ And he opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tent,––them, who, in heaven were tabernacling. ⁷ [And it was given unto him, to make war with the saints, and to overcome them;] and there was given him, authority against every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

¹⁰ he also, shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared, unmixed, in the cup of his anger; ––and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone, before holy messengers and before the Lamb;

² with whom the kings of the earth committed lewdness,––and they who were dwelling upon the earth were made drunk with the wine of her lewdness. ³ And he carried me away into a desert, in spirit. And I saw a woman, sitting upon a scarlet wild–beast full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ And, the woman, was arrayed with purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls,––having a cup of gold in her hand, full of abominations and the impurities of her lewdness;

⁶ Render ye unto her, as, she also, rendered, and double [the] double, according to her works,––in the cup wherein she mixed, mix, unto her, double,––

¹⁵ and, out of his mouth, is going forth a sharp sword, that, therewith, he may smite the nations,––and, he, shall shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, and, he, treadeth the wine–press of the wrath of the anger of God the Almighty.

¹ And I saw a messenger, coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain upon his hand; ² and he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is Adversary and the Accuser, and bound him for a thousand years,–– ³ and cast him into the abyss, and fastened and sealed [it] over him,––that he might not deceive the nations any more, until the thousand years, should be ended: after these, must he be loosed for a short time.

¹² And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and, books, were opened, and, another book, was opened, which is, the book, of life; and the dead, were judged, out of the things written in the books, according to their works. ¹³ And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and, death and hades, gave up the dead that were in them; and they were judged, each one, according to their works. ¹⁴ And, death and hades, were cast into the lake of fire. This, is, the second death––the lake of fire. ¹⁵ And, if anyone was not found, in the book of life, written, he was cast into the lake of fire.