Job 22 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Upon this, Eliphaz the Thaimanite answered, and said, ² Is it not the Lord who teacheth wisdom and understanding? ³ What! Is it any advantage to the Lord, if thou, in works, art irreprehensible? or any profit, that thou shouldst keep a straight course? ⁴ Or will he, instituting a suit against thee, argue and come to a trial with thee? ⁵ Is not thy wickedness great, and thy sins innumerable? ⁶ Thou hast taken pledges of thy brethren for nought, and hast stripped the naked of their cloathing. ⁷ Thou hast not given drink to the thirsty: but hast robbed the hungry of their morsel. ⁸ Thou hast respected the persons of some and settled them in the land; ⁹ but hast sent widows away empty, and done injustice to orphans. ¹⁰ Therefore snares have beset thee, and an unexpected war hath made thee shudder. ¹¹ The light hath become darkness to thee, and water hath overwhelmed thee when asleep. ¹² Doth not he who dwelleth on high, observe; but hath he humbled the haughty? ¹³ Yes, thou hast said, How can the Almighty know? Can he judge in darkness? ¹⁴ A cloud is his covering, so that be cannot be seen, though he traverse the circuit of heaven. ¹⁵ Thou wilt not keep the ancient way, which righteous men trod, ¹⁶ who were borne aloft, and whose foundations were the surgy stream. As for them ¹⁷ who said, What can the Lord do to us, or what can the Almighty bring upon us? ¹⁸ [He, who had indeed filled their houses with good things, though the counsel of the wicked is far from him.] ¹⁹ When the righteous saw them, they smiled, and he who was blameless laughed them to scorn. ²⁰ Had not the whole of them disappeared, a fire would have consumed the residue. ²¹ Become hardened now, if thou remainest; and shalt thou be rewarded with good things? ²² Receive, I pray thee, from his mouth, the terms of deliverance, and lay up his words in thy heart. ²³ If thou wilt return and humble thyself before the Lord, having removed iniquity far from thy dwelling, ²⁴ thou shalt be placed on a mount, founded on a rock, and be like the rock of the torrent Sophir. ²⁵ Then will the Almighty be thy defence from enemies; and he will make thee pure as silver tried by fire. ²⁶ Then indeed thou shalt have confidence before the Lord; and mayst look up to heaven with cheerfulness. ²⁷ And when thou prayest to him, he will hearken to thee, and will enable thee to pay thy vows; ²⁸ and he will assign thee an habitation of righteousness, and light shall shine upon thy ways. ²⁹ Because thou hast humbled thyself, thou wilt say, Such a one was insolent; but he will save him whose eyes are lowly. ³⁰ He indeed will save the innocent. Save thyself therefore, with clean hands.

¹³ to keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and his rules of rectitude, which I this day command thee, that it may be well with thee?

¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him: and what the advantage, that we should wait on him?

⁶ If thou hast sinned, what canst thou do? And if thou hast multiplied transgressions, what canst thou effect? ⁷ If thou art righteous, what canst thou give him? Or will he receive any thing at thy hands? ⁸ Thy wickedness may affect a man like thyself: and thy righteousness, a son of man .

² I said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord: thou hast no need of my goods.

¹³ Happy the man, who hath found wisdom: and the mortal who hath seen prudence: ¹⁴ for it is better to traffick for her, than for treasures of gold and silver. ¹⁵ She is more precious than costly stones: and nothing evil can be compared to her. She is easily known by all who approach her; but no price is equal to her in value. ¹⁶ For length of days and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left, riches and glory. Out of her mouth proceedeth righteousness: and on her tongue she carrieth law and mercy. ¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace. ¹⁸ She is a tree of life to all who take hold of her; and safe for them who rely on her, as on the Lord.

⁷ [Omitted] ⁸ secure it and it will exalt thee: honour it that it may embrace thee: ⁹ that it may be to thy head a crown of graces and cover thee with a crown of pleasure.

¹² My son, if thou art wise for thyself, thou wilt be wise also for thy neighbours. But if thou become wicked, thou alone shalt draw up evils. He who leaneth upon lies, feedeth on the wind, and he shall pursue flying birds; for he hath left the walks of his own vineyard, and wandered out of the paths of his own field, and traverseth a desert without water, and a land destined to thirst; and with his hands gathereth sterility.

¹¹ Wisdom is good with an inheritance; and it is an advantage to them who see the sun, that they are in the shade of it. ¹² Wisdom is like the shade of money; but the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom is; it will give life to him who is a follower of it.

²⁹ Therefore if thy right eye cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from thee; for it is better for thee to lose one of thy members, than that thy whole body be cast into a vale of fire.

¹⁰ So when you have done all that you are commanded to do, say, We are servants who have conferred no favour; for we have only done what we were bound to do.

⁷ Be not deceived. God is not to be imposed on; for whatever a man soweth, that he shall reap. ⁸ Because he who soweth for his flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption; but he who soweth for the spirit shall from the spirit reap life everlasting;

¹⁷ As I know, O Lord, that thou triest hearts and lovest righteousness, I have with singleness of heart freely offered all these things, and have now seen with joy all thy people who are here present freely offering to thee.

¹⁰ For he already knoweth my way and hath tried me like gold. ¹¹ And I will come out at his commands; for I have kept his ways, and will not turn aside from his commands, ¹² nor transgress in my bosom: indeed I have hid his words.

¹ For the conclusion. For Idithun. An Ode by David. I Said, Let me watch my ways; that I may not sin with my tongue. I set a guard on my mouth; when the sinner stood before me.

³ heart: for they are not workers of iniquity; they have walked in his ways. ⁴ Thou hast enjoined the strict observance of thy precepts. ⁵ O that my ways may be directed, that I may keep thy rules of rectitude. ⁶ Then I cannot be put to shame, when I have respect to all thy commandments.

⁵⁹ I revolved thy ways in my mind, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.

¹⁰ In the courage of the horse he will not delight, nor is he pleased with the agility of the warrior. ¹¹ The Lord delighteth in them who fear him, and in all them who trust in his mercy.

¹ A deceitful balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

²⁰ Crooked ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

²² Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but he who dealeth faithfully is acceptable to him.

⁸ The sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of the upright are acceptable to him.

¹⁷ You have provoked God with your sayings. And do you ask, By what have we provoked him? By your saying, "Every one doing evil doth that which is good in the sight of the Lord." Now were he well pleased with such; where then is the God of Righteousness?

¹⁶ and with this I exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence before God and men continually.

¹ Having therefore, beloved, these promises, let us purify ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

¹⁸ Now I have all things and abound. I am fully supplied, having received your presents by Epaphroditus, a fragrant odour, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.

¹² Am I a sea or a dragon, that thou hast set a guard over me?

¹⁹ For because he is strong, he prevaileth. Who then can withstand his decrees?

³² For thou art not a man as I am, with whom I can contend; that we may come together to a trial.

³ And is it not such a one thou hast called to account; and caused such a one to come to trial before thee?

²¹ That a man could plead before the Lord, as a son of man may with his neighbour!

²⁹ Stand in awe, I beseech you, of the developing scene; for wrath will come upon the unrighteous, and it shall then be known, where their filthiness is.

⁶ Though he may come against me with great majesty, he will not employ it in threatening me. ⁷ For truth and argument proceed from him; and he would bring my cause to an issue.

²³ That he will not yet set himself against a man;

¹¹ With rebukes thou hast corrected man for iniquity; and caused his life to waste like a spider. Still every man troubleth himself in vain.

⁶ At thy rebuke, God of Jacob, they who had mounted their horses fell fast asleep.

¹⁶ It is burned up with fire and rooted up. At the rebuke of thy countenance are they to perish?

³ Shouldst thou, Lord, mark iniquities; Lord, who can subsist? ⁴ Because there is forgiveness with thee, for thy name's sake,

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

¹⁴ That God will bring the whole work into judgment in every case not taken notice of, whether it be good or whether it be evil.

¹⁴ The Lord will himself come to a trial with the elders of the people and with their chiefs: "Why have you burned up my vineyard? And why is the plunder of the poor in your houses? ¹⁵ Why do you injure my people; and cover with shame the face of the poor.

¹⁹ Whomsoever I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore, and reform.

⁷ Recollect therefore. Who ever perished, being innocent? Or when were the righteous utterly destroyed? ⁸ As I have seen men ploughing improper grounds: they who sow such places shall reap sorrows. ⁹ By the decree of the Lord they shall perish; and by the blast of his ire be utterly consumed. ¹⁰ The strength of a lion and the roaring of a lioness and the boastful pride of dragons have been extinguished. ¹¹ The myrmekoleon hath perished for want of food: and young lions have forsaken each other.

⁶ Indeed were he to unfold to thee the power of wisdom; because it must needs be double to what are with thee: then thou wouldst know that what have come upon thee from the Lord are answerable to the sins which thou hast committed.

¹⁴ if there be any iniquity in thy hand, put it far from thee; and let not injustice lodge in thy dwelling.

⁵ By the arguments of thine own mouth thou art guilty; and hast not discerned the arguments of the mighty. ⁶ Let thine own mouth and not me convict thee: thine own lips indeed will testify against thee.

³¹ Let the wind blast his bud, and his blossom fall prematurely. Let him not hope to continue, for vanity shall be his portion. ³² Let his branch lopped unseasonably, die; and let not his young shoot flourish. ³³ Let him be gathered like unripe grapes before his time, and fall like the olive blossom. ³⁴ For death is the testimonial of a wicked man: and a fire shall consume the tents of bribery. He shall conceive sorrows and bring forth vanity, and his belly shall produce an illusion.

²⁷ I know you charge me with presumption,

³ And with the three friends he was very angry, because they were not able to answer Job's defence: though they had charged him with being wicked.

¹² Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from those of mine which are hid;

¹² Because evils without number encompassed me; mine iniquities had overtaken me, therefore, I was notable to look up; they were multiplied above the hairs of my head, therefore my heart failed me.

²⁶ And if thou hast taken the mantle of thy neighbour as a pledge, thou shalt restore it to him before the setting of the sun;

⁶ Thou shalt not take in pledge an upper, nor a lower milstone, for this is taking a man's life in pledge.

¹⁰ If a debt of any kind be due to thee from thy neighbour, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge. ¹¹ Thou shalt stand without, and the man who is thy debtor shall bring the pledge out to thee. ¹² And if the man be very poor, thou shalt not go to sleep with his pledge. ¹³ Thou shalt surely restore him his pledge at the going down of the sun, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee, and there shall be mercy for thee in the sight of the Lord thy God. ¹⁴ Thou shalt not withhold the wages of a poor and needy man, whether he be one of thy brethren, or of the strangers who are in thy cities. ¹⁵ Thou shalt pay him his wages on the very day: let not the sun set upon it. For he is poor, and dependeth on it; and he will cry to the Lord against thee, and it will be a sin in thee. ¹⁶ Fathers shall not be put to death for children; nor the children for fathers. Every man shall be put to death for his own sin. ¹⁷ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, or the orphan, or the widow. Thou shalt not take the garment of a widow in pledge, ¹⁸ but remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that thence the Lord thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee to do this thing.

³ They have driven away the ass of the fatherless; and taken the widow's cow for a pledge.

⁹ They have torn the orphan from the breast: and him who had fallen they have pressed down. ¹⁰ They have by injustice caused some to be naked; and robbed the hungry of their morsel.

¹⁹ If I have seen the naked perishing and have not clothed them; ²⁰ and if the poor have not blessed me, and their shoulders been warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

⁷ who shall oppress no man; shall restore the pledge of a debtor and not be guilty of rapine; who shall deal out his bread to the hungry, and clothe the naked,

¹² hath oppressed the poor and needy, and been guilty of rapine; hath not restored a pledge and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols; hath done justice,

¹⁶ nor oppressed any man, nor taken a pledge; nor been guilty of rapine; hath dealt out his bread to the hungry and clothed the naked,

⁸ having bound their garments with cords of rushes, they pitched their tents near the altar, and drank, in the house of their God, wine got by extortion.

⁷ If then there chance to be among you a needy person; one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother who is in want. ⁸ Thou shalt open thy hands liberally to him, and lend him what he is in want of, according to his necessity. ⁹ Take heed to thyself that there be not a lurking thought in thy heart; a wicked suggestion, saying, The seventh year, the year of remission is near at hand. When thou shalt look with an evil eye at thy brother who is in want, and not give him, he will cry to the Lord against thee, and it will be a great sin in thee. ¹⁰ Thou shalt surely give him, and lend him freely, what he is in want of, according to his necessity. And thou shalt not be grieved at heart when thou givest to him; for on this account the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the labours of thy hands. ¹¹ Because thy land may never be without some indigent person in it, therefore I give thee a charge to do this thing, saying, Thou shalt open thy hands liberally to thy brother who is in want, and to the needy in thy land.

¹⁷ if I have eaten my morsel alone, and have not shared it with the orphan;

³¹ If my maid servants have often said, that we had some of his flesh meat to eat! while I was living luxuriously:

⁹ He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; his righteousness shall endure forever. His horn shall be gloriously exalted:

²⁴ There are some who scattering their substance make it more: and some who gather and make it less. ²⁵ A soul is blessed which is altogether sincere: but a passionate man is not respected.

¹⁷ He who is kind to the poor lendeth to God; and according to his gift he will repay him.

⁷ deal out thy bread to the hungry, and take into thy house the poor who have no shelter; if thou seest one naked, clothe him, and look not scornfully on dependants of thy race;

¹⁰ and from thy soul give bread to the hungry and satisfy an afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness; and thy darkness shall be as the noon day:

⁴² For I was hungry, and you gave me no food; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;

²⁰ Therefore if thine enemy hunger feed him; if he be thirsty, give him drink; for by doing so thou wilt use the means to melt him.

¹¹ And the men of the city, the elders and freemen who dwelt in his city did as Jezabel had sent to them, even as it was written in the letter she sent them. ¹² So having proclaimed a fast, they set Nabuthi at the head of the people, ¹³ and there came in two wicked men and sat over against him and testified against him saying, Thou hast renounced God and the king. Upon which they led him out of the city, and stoned him with stones so that he died. ¹⁴ Then they sent to Jezabel saying, Nabuthi hath been stoned and is dead. ¹⁵ When Jezabel heard she said to Achab, Arise and take possession of the vineyard of Nabuthi the Jezraelite, who would not give it to thee for money, for he is not alive, for he is dead.

⁸ And do you in his presence utter deceit in a solemn manner? Or will you keep back any thing? Judge for yourselves.

⁷ when I walked early through the city; and a seat was set for me in the streets! ⁸ The young when they saw me hid themselves; and all the aged stood up. ⁹ The nobles forbore talking and put their finger on their mouth. ¹⁰ And while they who heard me were blessing me, their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. ¹¹ When the ear heard me it blessed me; and the eye when it saw me, turned aside: ¹² for I saved the poor from the hand of the mighty; and assisted the orphan who had no helper. ¹³ The blessing of him who was perishing came upon me: and the mouth of the widow blessed me. ¹⁴ I put on righteousness and cloathed myself with justice as with a mantle. ¹⁵ I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. ¹⁶ I was a father to those in distress; and the cause which I knew not I searched out. ¹⁷ And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous; and plucked the prey from betwixt their teeth.

³⁴ for I was not so awed by the multitude as not to mention it before them; [Now if I had suffered a poor man to go from my door with an empty lap,

⁸ The wicked are walking about: thou, in thy sublimity, hast carefully observed the sons of men.

³ the captain of fifty, and honourable counsellor; the skilful architect and intelligent scholar:

¹⁵ the aged and the honourable, this was the head; and the prophet who teacheth falsehood, he is the tail.

³ they are preparing their hands for evil. The chief asketh and the judge hath spoken words of peace! He is entirely at his devotion;

²¹ A stranger you shall not injure; nor shall you afflict him; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. ²² A widow and an orphan you shall not afflict. ²³ If you in anywise afflict them and they cry to me, I will hear their voice ²⁴ and my wrath will be kindled, and I will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.

¹⁹ Cursed he who perverteth the judgment of the stranger, or the orphan, or the widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

²¹ Because lie did not treat the barren with tenderness, and had no compassion for a poor weak woman.

¹² for I saved the poor from the hand of the mighty; and assisted the orphan who had no helper. ¹³ The blessing of him who was perishing came upon me: and the mouth of the widow blessed me.

¹⁶ Far from depriving the poor of what they had, or causing the heart of a widow to fail; ¹⁷ if I have eaten my morsel alone, and have not shared it with the orphan; ¹⁸ [for from my youth I as a father nourished them, and was their guide from my mother's womb]

²¹ If I have raised a hand against the fatherless, because I had around me greater support:

¹⁵ Break the arm of the sinful and malicious man. Let his sin be sought out till no more can be found.

¹⁷ For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supporteth the righteous.

⁶ They have slain the widow and orphan: they have murdered the stranger,

¹⁷ learn to do good; seek judgment; deliver him who is injured; administer justice to the orphan, and plead the cause of the widow:

²³ The chiefs are rebellious; associates of thieves: they love gifts; they seek rewards: to orphans they do not administer justice; and to the cause of widows they do not attend.

² turning aside the cause of the distressed; robbing the poor of my people, of their right; that the widow

⁷ In thee they reviled father and mother; and in thee practised injustice against the stranger. They oppressed the widow and the orphan;

²² Therefore thus saith the Lord, Lord, Behold I am against Pharao king of Egypt; and I will break his strong and extended arms, and cause the sword to drop from his hand.

⁵ And I will bring to judgment before you and be a swift witness against sorcerers, and against adulteresses, and against them who swear by my name to a falsehood, and against them who deprive the hireling of his wages, and them who oppress the widow, and them who buffet the fatherless, and them who turn aside the cause of the stranger, and them who do not fear me, saith the Lord Almighty.

³ And there was in that city a widow, who went to him, saying, Do me justice on mine adversary. ⁴ And for a while he would not. But afterwards he said within himself, Though I neither fear God, nor regard man, ⁵ yet because this widow giveth me trouble, I will do her justice, that she may not, by coming perpetually, torment me.

⁴ for the arrows of the Lord are in my body, the fury of which drinketh up my blood: when I attempt to speak they pierce me.

²¹ withdraw thy hand from me: and let not the dread of thee overwhelm me with terror.

⁸ His foot is caught in a trap; ⁹ in a net let him be entangled, and let snares come upon him. He will strengthen the thirsty against him. ¹⁰ A gin is hid for him in the ground, and the trap for him by the way side.

⁶ Know then, That it is the Lord who hath terrified me, and raised his bulwark against me.

⁶ Upon the wicked he will rain snares. Fire and brimstone and a tempestuous wind, shall be the portion of their cup.

²⁷ Yes, when tumult shall suddenly come upon you; and destruction like a whirlwind shall be at hand; even when tribulation and siege approach you; or when destruction is advancing upon you.

²⁵ and shalt not fear the bursting in of terror; nor the sudden assaults of wicked men. ²⁶ For the Lord will be over all thy ways, and will support thy foot that thou mayst not be shaken.

³ For whilst they are saying, there is peace and safety, sudden destruction is then upon them, like the pangs of a woman in travail, and they cannot escape.

¹⁴ In the day time, darkness shall meet them, that they may grope at noon day as at night,

⁶ The light in his dwelling shall be darkness, and the lamp for him shall be extinguished.

¹⁸ When his name shall be published abroad, may they drive him from light to darkness.

⁸ I am fenced about and cannot get out. Before me he hath placed darkness.

³⁴ Canst thou summon a cloud with thy voice, and will it, with the trembling of a water spout, answer thee?

⁷ Deep calleth on deep to form thy roaring cataracts; all thy meteors and thy billows passed over me.

¹ For the conclusion. Respecting them who are to be changed. By David. Save me, God; for waters have broken in on my soul. ² I am sunk down into deep mire, and there is no support beneath. I am come into the depth of the sea, and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.

⁴ the water might have overwhelmed us. Our soul hath passed through a torrent. ⁵ Hath our soul then passed through impetuous water?

¹⁹ But the ways of the wicked being dark; they know not at what they stumble.

²² then down on the earth beneath, and lo distress and darkness! tribulation and anguish and a gloom so as not to see!

² against me. He hath seized me and dragged me into darkness and there is no light.

⁵⁴ Water was poured above upon my head. I said, I am cast off.

² a day of darkness and gloom; a day of clouds and thick darkness. Like dawn, there shall be poured out on the mountains a people numerous and powerful, the like of them hath never been, nor shall be any more to the years of all generations. ³ Before them is a kindling fire, and all behind them a glowing flame. Before them the land is like a pleasure garden, and behind them, a scene of desolation: and there is none who can escape them.

³ thou hast cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea. When streams encompassed me; all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

¹² and the children of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. Weeping and gnashing of teeth will be there.

⁸ The heaven is high, what then canst thou do? And there are things deeper than the mansion of the dead; what dost thou know?

³ When I behold the heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and stars which thou hast established, ⁴ what is man that thou shouldst be mindful of him, or a son of man that thou shouldst visit him!

³ Our God is in heaven and on earth: all that he willed, he hath done.

¹⁶ To the Lord belongeth the heaven of heavens: and he hath given the earth to the sons of men.

² be thou not rash with thy mouth; nor let thy heart be hasty to utter a word in the presence of God. Because God is in the heaven above, and thou art on the earth, let thy words there fore be few.

¹⁵ Thus saith the Most High, who on earth inhabiteth eternity, who is Holy among holies; whose name is THE MOST HIGH; who at rest in the holies giveth patience to the humble, and life to them who are of a contrite heart;

¹ Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth, my footstool: what sort of an house will you build for me? And of what sort shall be the place of my rest?

¹¹ For he said in his heart God hath forgotten; He hath turned his face from ever seeing.

⁷ Behold they are to speak oraculously with their mouth; and have a sword in their lips; For who heard?

⁵ They strengthened for themselves an evil matter: they talked of hiding snares, saying, Who can see us?

¹¹ They indeed said, How doth God know? and, Is there any knowledge in the Most High?

⁷ and said, The Lord cannot see, nor can the God of Jacob discern. ⁸ Consider I beseech you, ye brutish among the people. And ye fools, at length be wise. ⁹ Doth not he, who hath planted the ear, hear? And doth not he who formed the eye, see?

¹⁵ Alas! for them, who deeply form a design, but not by the Lord. Alas! for them, who form designs in secret, that their works may be in darkness; and who will say, "Who hath seen us, and who can find out us, or what we do?"

¹² And he said to me, Hast thou seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing, every one of them in this hidden apartment of theirs? For they said, The Lord doth not see. The Lord hath forsaken this land.

⁹ Whereupon he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Juda is exceeding great. Because the land is filled with many peoples and the city is filled with iniquity and impurity; and because they said, the Lord hath forsaken this land; the Lord doth not see;

¹² Therefore it shall come to pass in that day, that I will search Jerusalem with a lamp, and execute vengeance on the men who are despisers; upon their stores. And as for them who say in their hearts, "The Lord will neither do good nor harm, "

⁹ who taketh possession of the front of his throne and over it spreadeth his cloud.

²² nor can there be a place, where the workers of iniquity can be concealed."

¹⁴ He looked down from his fixed habitation on all the inhabitants of the earth.

² A cloud and darkness are around him: justice and judgment are the basis of his throne.

¹ For the conclusion. A Psalm by David. LORD, thou hast proved me and known me. ² Thou knowest my sitting down and my rising up. Thou from afar understandest my thoughts.

¹¹ When I said, Darkness will surely trample me down: then to my great joy, night was luminous. ¹² For darkness cannot darken from thee; even night can be made light as day: the darkness of that, as the light of this.

²⁴ Can any one hide himself in secret places; and I not see him? Do I not fill the heaven and the earth? saith the Lord.

² for there is nothing concealed which shall not be disclosed; nor any thing hid, which shall not be known. ³ Because what you have said in the dark, will be heard in the light; and what you have whispered in closets will be proclaimed on the house tops;

⁵ So when the Lord God saw that the wickedness of the men on the earth was multiplied, and that every one was in his heart studiously and continually bent upon evils,

¹¹ Now the earth was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with iniquity. ¹² And God beheld the earth and it was corrupt. Because all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth; ¹³ therefore the Lord God said to Noe, "The time of every man is come before me. Because the earth is filled with iniquity by their means, therefore behold I am going to destroy them and the earth.

²⁶ And as it was in the days of Noe, so will it be in the days of the son of man. ²⁷ They ate; they drank; they married, and were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered the ark; and the flood came and destroyed them all.

¹¹ In the six hundredth year of Noe's life, the second month and twenty seventh day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the abyss were burst open and the cataracts of heaven were opened,

¹⁷ and the deluge came on the earth forty days and forty nights. And the water increased exceedingly and lifted up the ark, and it was raised up from the earth. ¹⁸ And the water prevailed and was exceedingly increased on the earth: And the ark was borne up above the water. ¹⁹ Still the water prevailed more and more on the earth and covered all the high mountains which were under the heaven. ²⁰ Fifteen cubits above was the water raised when it had covered all the high mountains. ²¹ And all animate flesh on the earth of fowls and cattle and wild beasts and every moving reptile on the earth and every man died. ²² Every thing which hath the breath of life, even every thing which was on the dry land died. ²³ It swept away every thing raised up, which was on the face of the earth, man and cattle and reptiles and the fowls of the air. They were swept away from the earth, and Noe alone was left and they who were with him in the ark. ²⁴ And the water was raised up above the earth a hundred and fifty days.

¹⁹ Waters have worn stones smooth; and waters have washed away mounds of earth; and thou hast destroyed the patience of man.

³² Let his branch lopped unseasonably, die; and let not his young shoot flourish.

²³ But thou, O God, wilt drag them down to the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days. But as for me I will trust in thee, Lord.

²⁴ call me not away in the midst of them; thy years are throughout all generations.

¹⁷ Run not into an excess of wickedness nor become hardened, that thou mayst not die untimely.

²⁶ But whoever heareth these words of mine, and doth not put them in practice, may be compared to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. ²⁷ When the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; it fell, and great was the ruin thereof.

³⁷ For as the days of Noe were, so also will this coming of the son of man be. ³⁸ For as in those days, before the deluge, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till Noe entered the ark; ³⁹ and they did not know till the flood came and swept them all away; so will this coming of the son of man be.

¹⁹ with which he went, and to the spirits which are [now] in prison ²⁰ made proclamation at the time they were disobedient when the long suffering of God was waiting once for all in the day of Noe, while the ark was a building, in which a few, that be eight souls, made their escape during the flood;

⁵ and if he spared not the old world, but preserved eight persons, including Noah, the proclaimer of righteousness, when he brought a deluge on the world of ungodly men

¹⁰ Their kine bring not forth untimely births, but go their time safely, and cast not their calves.

¹⁴ Yet he saith to the Lord, Depart from me, I desire not to know thy ways. ¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him: and what the advantage, that we should wait on him?

⁶ Many say, Who will shew us good things? On us, Lord, is marked the light of thy countenance:

¹¹ and turn us from this way, and take from us this path, and take from us the oracle of Israel."

¹⁴ You say, "Vain is he who serveth God: and what advantage is it, that we have kept his charges. For though we have walked as supplicants before the Lord Almighty,

²⁹ And instantly they screamed, saying, What hast thou to do with us, Jesus son of God! Art thou come hither before the time to torment us.

³⁴ And presently all the city came out to meet Jesus, and having seen him they intreated him to. withdraw out of their territory.

²⁸ And as they did not search out God to have constantly a due sense of him, God gave them up to an undiscerning mind to do things unseemly,

⁷ The Lord impoverished, and maketh rich; He humbleth, and he exalteth on high.

⁶ Nevertheless let no wicked man indulge a confidence that he shall escape condemnation. Whoever provoke the Lord to anger shall not they also undergo a trial?

¹⁶ For their prosperity was by their own hands.

¹ Happy the man, who hath not walked by the counsel of the wicked; nor stood in the way of sinners; nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

¹⁴ from thine enemies hand Dismiss them, Lord, from the land: disperse them in their life time. Though their belly was filled with thy stores; they glutted themselves with swine's flesh, and left the relicks for their children.

² Thou hast planted them and they have taken root, they have generated and produced fruit. Thou art near in their mouth, but far from their reins.

¹⁷ though at the same time he did not fail to give an evidence of himself, by conferring favours, giving us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

¹⁶ "After this I will return and rebuild the tabernacle of David which hath fallen. I will rebuild those parts of it which have fallen to decay, and those parts of it which have been demolished, and raise it up again,

²³ that the wicked fall by an untimely death. But the righteous are laughed to scorn:

¹¹ Let mount Sion be gladdened: and let the daughters of Judea exult for joy; because of thy judgments, Lord.

⁶ The righteous will see indeed and be afraid. And they will laugh at him and say,

¹⁰ The righteous will rejoice when he seeth the punishment of the wicked; he will wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

⁸ Sion heard, and was glad, and the daughters of Judea rejoiced, because of thy judgments, Lord.

⁴² Let the righteous see and rejoice, and let all iniquity stop its mouth.

¹⁰ By the good acts of the just a city flourished:

²⁰ Rejoice over her, O heaven! and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

¹ And after this I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Alleluia! the salvation and the glory and the honour and the power be to the Lord our God; ² for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath passed sentence on the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and hath avenged the blood of his servants, at her hand. ³ [And again they said, alleluia!] and the smoke of her goeth up for the ages of the ages.

²⁴ and the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorra brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

¹⁶ While he was yet speaking, another messenger came, and said to Job; Fire hath fallen from heaven and burned up the sheep, and devoured the shepherds likewise; and I, alone having escaped, am come to tell thee.

⁷ Recollect therefore. Who ever perished, being innocent? Or when were the righteous utterly destroyed?

³ Will the Lord in judging pass an unrighteous judgment? Or will he who made all things pervert justice? ⁴ If thy children have sinned in his sight, he hath dismissed them for their transgression:

³⁰ Let him never cast a shadow on the ground, nor escape out of darkness.

¹⁸ He hath wearied himself for emptiness and vanity; for riches, of which he shall not have a taste, which are like a bur, neither to be chewed nor drunk. ¹⁹ Because he broke up the families of princes; and plundered dwellings and suffered them not to stand

²⁶ May terrors stalk around him and total darkness await him! An unkindled fire devoureth him. May his guest also afflict his family!

²⁷ I know you charge me with presumption, ²⁸ that you will say, Where is the house of the chief, and where is the covering of the tents of the wicked?

¹ Now there were some present who, on that occasion told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices: ² whereupon Jesus, in reply, said to them, Do you imagine that those Galileans were the greatest sinners in all Galilee, because they suffered these things? ³ I tell you, No. But, unless you reform, you shall all perish in like manner. ⁴ Or those eighteen men, upon whom the tower of Silo- am fell, and killed them, do you think that they were the greatest offenders of all the men who dwelt in Jerusalem? ⁵ I tell you, No; but unless you reform, you shall all perish in like manner.

²⁹ but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. ³⁰ Even so will it be on the day when the son of man will be revealed.

⁶ and when he condemned to destruction the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, reducing them to ashes, and making them a publick example to future impious men, ⁷ delivered just Lot, who was troubled at the lascivious conduct of those licentious men,

⁹ And now, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts and knoweth every thought. If thou seek him, he will be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will at last forsake thee.

¹⁰ Rich men have become poor and hungry: But they who seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

⁵ I am about to be burned up. [v] Let the inhabitants therein cry aloud, " Let us make peace with him. Let us make peace."

¹⁹ peace upon peace to them near and to them far off. So the Lord said, I will heal them. ²⁰ But the wicked shall be tossed like waves and shall not be able to rest. "There is no peace, "said God, "to the wicked."

²⁵ Come speedily to a friendly agreement with thine adversary, whilst thou art on the road with him; lest the adversary deliver thee up to the judge; and the judge consign thee to the officer, and thou be thrown into prison.

³ Now this is the life everlasting that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

³⁶ According to the word which he sent to the children of Israel, when he published the glad tidings of peace by Jesus Christ, He is Lord of all.

⁶ Because it is God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who hath shined in our hearts, to give a lustre of the knowledge of the glory of God in the person of Jesus Christ;

²⁰ we therefore as ambassadors for Christ; as if God were exhorting by us, we, in behalf of Christ, intreat, "Be reconciled to God;

¹⁴ for he is our peace. He it is, who hath made both one, and who hath demolished the partition wall, ¹⁵ having; by his flesh put a stop to the enmity; the law of the commandments [contained] in positive injunctions; that he might frame the two anew, in himself, into one new man, making peace; ¹⁶ and reconcile them both in one body, to God by means of the cross, having by that slain the enmity. ¹⁷ And being come he hath proclaimed the glad tidings of peace to you who were far off, and to them who were near.

⁷ and the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds safe in Christ Jesus.

¹ Now therefore, hear, Israel, the rules of rectitude, and the judgments, which I this day teach you to practise, that you may live, and multiply, and go in, and possess the land, which the Lord the God of your fathers giveth you. ² You shall not add any thing to what I command you; nor shall you diminish from it. You shall keep the commandments of the Lord our God, which I, this day, give you in charge.

⁶ And these injunctions, which I this day give thee in charge, shall be in thy heart, and in thy soul; ⁷ and thou shalt impress them on thy children, and speak of them, when thou sittest at home, and when thou art walking abroad, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up; ⁸ and thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy right hand, and it shall be immoveably before thine eyes. ⁹ You shall also write them on the posts of your houses and gates.

¹² nor transgress in my bosom: indeed I have hid his words.

¹¹ I have hid thine oracles in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.

¹ My son, if thou wilt receive the dictate which I enjoin and hide it with thee, ² thine ear will hearken to wisdom; and thou wilt apply thy heart to understanding, and transmit it for instruction to thy son. ³ For if thou wilt call upon wisdom: and utter thy voice for understanding; ⁴ if thou wilt seek for it as silver; and search for it as for treasures; ⁵ then thou shalt understand the fear of the Lord; and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For the Lord giveth wisdom; and from his presence is knowledge and understanding: ⁷ and he treasureth up salvation for the upright. He will protect their going, ⁸ that they may keep the paths of rectitude. And he will guard the way of them who reverence him. ⁹ Then thou shalt understand judgment and justice; and direct all thy wheels right.

⁴ and they said when they taught me, "Let our words sink deep in thy heart. Keep our commandments; do not forget;

²¹ That thy fountains may not fail thee, keep them in thy heart;

¹⁶ Bring them to an end. But let Thy word be to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. Because I am called by Thy name, O Lord Almighty;

³⁵ The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produceth good things; and the bad man, out of his bad treasure produceth bad things.

⁵² Then he said to them, Every Scribe then who is instructed for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a family who bringeth out of his treasury things new and old.

¹⁹ But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her mind.

⁵¹ Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and continued subject to them. And his mother kept all these things in her mind.

¹ Wherefore, as to what remaineth, we beseech you brethren, and exhort you, by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and please God, you would abound more and more. ² For you know what instructions we gave you by the Lord Jesus:

¹³ Arise, hallow the people, and order them to hallow themselves, against to-morrow. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel, The Anathema is among you. You cannot stand before your enemies, until you remove the Anathema from among you. ¹⁴ You shall therefore all assemble to-morrow, by tribes; and whatever tribe the Lord shall point out, you shall present it by communities; and whatever community the Lord shall point out, you shall present it by houses; and whatever house the Lord shall point out, you shall present it man by man; ¹⁵ and whoever is pointed out, he shall be burned with fire and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and committed iniquity in Israel. ¹⁶ Accordingly Joshua arose early in the morning, and brought forward the people by tribes, and the tribe of Juda was pointed out.

⁵ But rise thou betimes and supplicate the Lord Almighty. ⁶ If thou art pure and upright, he will hear thy prayer; and render to thee the reward of righteousness.

¹³ For if thou hast made thy heart pure, and lift thy hands to him: ¹⁴ if there be any iniquity in thy hand, put it far from thee; and let not injustice lodge in thy dwelling.

¹⁴ If he demolish who can rebuild? If he shut against men, who can open?

¹⁵ It will make its abode in his tent; in his night all his finery will be strewed with sulphur.

²² Thus will the Lord smite the Egyptians and heal them, and they shall be turned to the Lord, and he will hearken to them and heal them.

⁶ Therefore turn to him, O children of Israel, who are taking deep and wicked counsel.

¹⁵ He who is walking in righteousness, speaking of a straight way; who hateth iniquity and injustice; who shaketh his hands from bribes; who stoppeth his ears that he may not hear a bloody sentence; who shutteth his eyes against the appearance of injustice:

⁶ Seek ye the Lord; and when you find him call upon him. And when he draweth near to you; ⁷ let the wicked man forsake his ways, and the unrighteous man his counsels, and turn to the Lord and he shall find mercy; for he will abundantly pardon your sins.

⁴ For I will rebuild thee, and thou shalt be rebuilt. virgin of Israel, again thou shalt take thy timbrel, and go forth with a congregation of rejoicers.

¹ [p] Israel, return to the Lord thy God. Seeing they have been weakened for thine iniquities, ² take words with you and return to the Lord your God, and, that you may not receive the punishment of iniquity but may receive good things, say to him, "We will render to thee the fruit of our lips.

³ therefore thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Turn to me, saith the Lord of Hosts and4 I will turn to you saith the Lord of Hosts.

³ Whereupon he said to me, This is the curse which is going forth over the face of the whole earth. Since every thief on the one hand is to be punished with death, and every false swearer on the other hand is to be punished; ⁴ therefore I will bring it out saith the Lord Almighty; and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who sweareth by my name to a falsehood; and it shall lodge in his house, and destroy it with the timber and the stones thereof.

²⁰ but made proclamation first to them at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea, and to the nations, to reform and turn to God, performing works worthy of the change of mind.

⁷ rooted and built up in him, and firmly established in this belief, as you have been taught; abounding in it with thankfulness.

¹⁹ Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth firm, having this inscription""The Lord knoweth them who are his;" and "Let every one who nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity."

²⁰ But as for you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying with a holy spirit,

²⁹ and Oupheir and Evila and Jobab. All these were the children of Jektan,

²⁸ and they went to Sophira and took thence a hundred and twenty talents of gold and brought it to king Solomon.

²¹ Moreover all the vessels for king Solomon's service were made of gold. The lavers were of gold, and all the utensils of the house of the forest of Libanus were gilt with gold. None was of silver; for it was not held in estimation in the days of Solomon.

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⁵ The brasen altar also, which Beseleel son of arias son of Or had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord. To this therefore Solomon and the congregation repaired.

¹⁰ The servants of Solomon also, and the servants of Chiram, brought gold to Solomon from Souphir, and algum timber and precious stones.

²⁷ And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem, plenteous as stones, and cedars as the sycamine trees in the plain for multitude.

²⁵ or if I have exulted because my wealth was great, or laid my hand on what was not counted out to me:

⁹ In honour of thee the queen stood on thy right hand, arrayed in robes of gold and embroidery.

¹² so that those left shall be more precious than tried gold and a man more precious than the ore of Souphir.

¹ After these things a word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I protect thee. Thy reward shall be exceedingly great.

⁵ The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he who restoreth me mine inheritance. ⁶ The lines have fallen to me in the best places: for this inheritance of mine is the best for me.

² The Lord is my support, my refuge and my deliverer. My God is my helper, in him I will trust: my protector, the horn of my salvation and my defender.

¹¹ Because the Lord loveth mercy and truth; God will give grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them who walk in innocence.

⁶ [c] By law they were to be delivered up; in treasures is our safety. [p] Let there be there wisdom and knowledge and piety towards the Lord, [These are the treasures of righteousness;]

¹⁰ Fear not, for I am with thee; be not led astray, for I am thy God. I have strengthened thee and helped thee, and secured thee with my just right hand.

³¹ What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

¹⁰ as sorrowful, yet still rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.

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

¹⁵ For thus will thy countenance brighten like pure water: thou wilt disrobe thyself of filth, and no more be terrified:

¹⁰ hath he any assurance before him? Or upon his calling, will he hearken to him?

⁹ For thou shouldst not say, There shall be no visitation of man. He shall indeed have a visitation from the Lord.

¹ A Psalm by David. To thee, Lord, I have lifted up my soul:

⁴ Indulge thyself with delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

⁴ Comfort the soul of thy servant; for to thee, Lord, I have lifted up my soul:

⁸ Cause me to hear thy kindness in the morning; for in thee I have placed my confidence. O Lord, let me know which way I shall go; for to thee I have lifted up my soul.

³ As the citron tree among the trees of the forests; so is my dear brother among the youths. In its shade I took great delight and sat, and its fruit was sweet to my taste.

¹⁴ and trust continually in the Lord; he will then mount thee on the good places of the land and feed thee on the inheritance of thy father Jacob: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken these words.

²² For in the inner man I am delighted with the law of God;

²⁰ in respect to what things soever our heart condemneth us, that God is greater than our hearts, and that he knoweth all things. ²¹ Beloved, if our heart doth not condemn us, we have confidence towards God,

²⁶ And when he hath prayed to the Lord, and shall enjoy acceptable things, he will come with a cheerful countenance and with thanks: and render justice to men.

²⁸ when they cause the cry of the poor to ascend to him, he should hearken to the cry of the poor."

¹⁴ Sacrifice to God a sacrifice of praise, and pay thy vows to the Most High. ¹⁵ Then call on me in the day of trouble; and I will deliver thee and thou shalt praise me."

¹² On me, God, are the vows of thy praise, which I will pay:

¹³ I will go to thy house with whole burnt offerings: To thee I will perform my vows; ¹⁴ which my lips have enjoined; and which my mouth spoke in my affliction.

¹⁷ To him I uttered a cry with my mouth; and with my tongue repeated this aloud. ¹⁸ If I have regarded iniquity in my heart; let not the Lord hearken. ¹⁹ For this cause God hearkened to me: he attended to the sound of my prayer. ²⁰ Blessed be God who hath not rejected my prayer; nor turned away his mercy from me.

¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him: I am with him in affliction: I will deliver him and honour him.

¹ An Alleluia. I Am full of love, because the Lord will hear the voice of my supplication.

¹⁴ I will pay my vows to the Lord; in the presence of all his people.

⁴ when thou vowest a vow to God delay not the performance of it. For in fools there is no fixed will. Pay thou therefore what thou vowest.

⁹ Then thou shalt cry and God will answer thee; and whilst thou art speaking he will say, Lo I am here. If thou remove from thee the bond, and the vote and decree which occasion murmuring,

⁹ But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of praise and thanksgiving. I will pay thee what I have vowed to the Lord for my deliverance.

¹⁴ this also is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will he hearkeneth to us. ¹⁵ Now, if we know that he hearkeneth to us in whatever we may ask; we know that we obtain from him the petitions which we have asked.

³ when his lamp shined over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness;

⁴ May he grant thee thy hearts desire: And fulfil all thy counsel.

¹⁷ And let the splendor of the Lord our God be over us: and do thou direct for us the works of our hands.

¹¹ A light is sprung up for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

⁴ To the upright light sprang up in darkness. He is merciful, compassionate and just;

¹⁸ But the paths of the just shine like light; shining more and more until it is perfect day.

²¹ and thine ears will hear the words of the deceivers behind thee who say, This is the way let us walk in it, whether to the right or left;

³⁷ [a] Who ever enjoined thus; when it hath happened, hath not the Lord ordered it?

² But to you who fear my name the son of righteousness will arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth and leap for joy like young bullocks loosed from yokes.

²² And whatever you ask in prayer, with faith, you shall obtain.

¹² Then Jesus spake to them again, saying, I am the light of the world. He who floweth me will not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

¹⁵ Instead of your saying, If it be the Lord's will, and we shall live, we will do this or that,

¹⁹ From six distresses he will deliver thee, and in the seventh evil shall not touch thee. ²⁰ In famine he will deliver thee from death, and in battle save thee from the edge of the sword. ²¹ He will hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: and thou need'st not be afraid of impending ills. ²² At the wicked and unrighteous thou shalt laugh; ²³ and of savage beasts need'st not be afraid; for the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. ²⁴ Thou shalt know that thy family is at peace, [a] An objection. [b] The answer. and that the provision for thy household shall not fail. ²⁵ Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great: thy children shall be like the grass of the field. ²⁶ And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe grain cut in due season; or like a heap from a threshing floor, carried home in time. ²⁷ Behold these are the things which, by investigation, we have found to be so. These are things which we have heard: apply them to thyself, if thou hast done any thing.

² Let me be gladdened and rejoice in thee; to thy name I will sing, O thou Most High. ³ When this enemy of mine is turned back, at thy presence they shall faint and perish;

¹⁴ [J] Because he trusted in me, I will deliver him: I will protect him because he knew my name. ¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him: I am with him in affliction: I will deliver him and honour him. ¹⁶ With length of days I will satisfy him; and I will shew him my salvation.

⁹ For lo! thine enemies shall perish: and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. ¹⁰ But my horn shall be exalted like that of the Oryx; and mine old age invigorated with fresh oil. ¹¹ Mine eye hath looked on among mine enemies: and among the wicked who rise against me, mine ear will hear.

⁶ For the Lord is high and looketh down on the things which are low: and from afar he knoweth the things which are high.

²³ A man's pride will bring him low: but the Lord will gloriously support the humble.

² For all these things my hand hath made: and all these things are mine saith the Lord. Upon whom therefore will I look down, but upon him only who is humble and quiet, and who trembleth at my words?

²⁶ Thus saith the Lord, Thou hast pulled off the coronet, and put on the imperial diadem. It shall not be such. Thou hast debased what was high and exalted what was low. ²⁷ To usurpation, usurpation, usurpation I will expose it; alas for it! Such it shall be till He come, to whom it of right belongeth; and I will give it to him.

¹² For who soever exalteth himself, shall be humbled, but he who humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

⁵² From thrones he hath hurled potentates, and exalted them of low degree.

¹¹ For whoever exalteth himself, shall be humbled, and he who humbleth. himself, shall be exalted.

⁹ Then with a view to some who had a confidence in themselves that they were righteous, and who despised others, he spake this parable, ¹⁰ Two men went up to the temple to pray; the one, a Pharisee; and the other, a publican. ¹¹ The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus, O God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers; nor even as that publican. ¹² I fast twice a week. I pay tithes of all that I possess. ¹³ But the publican, who stood at a distance, did not presume so much as to lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying; God, be merciful to me a sinner. ¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his house acquitted, and not the other. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be humbled, but he who humbleth himself shall be exalted.

⁶ It granteth indeed a greater favour, therefore it saith, "God resisteth the proud, and granteth favour to the humble."

⁵ Likewise ye who are young, submit to those more advanced in years. And being all submissive to one another; adorn yourselves with humility; because "God resisteth the proud and granteth favour to the humble;"

²⁶ And the Lord said, If there be among the Sodomites fifty righteous men in the city, I will spare the whole city and the whole place for their sake. ²⁷ Then Abraham answered and said, Now I have taken upon me to speak to my Lord, I who am but dust and ashes! ²⁸ But if the fifty righteous be lessened to forty five wilt thou for want of the five destroy the whole city? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty five. ²⁹ And Abraham proceeded farther to speak to him and said, But if there be found there forty? And he said For the sake of the forty I will not destroy it. ³⁰ Then Abraham said, Wilt thou, Lord, be offended if I speak? But if there be found there thirty? ³¹ And he said, I will not; destroy it, for the sake of the thirty. Again Abraham said, Since I am permitted to speak to the Lord, If twenty be found there? ³² And he said I will not destroy it, if I find twenty there. And Abraham said, Wilt thou, Lord, be offended, if I speak yet once more? But if ten be found there? And he said, For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.

⁷ Now after the Lord had spoken all these things to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz, the Thaimanite, Thou hast sinned and thy two friends. For you have not spoken any thing true before me, as my servant Job hath. ⁸ Now therefore take seven young bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and he will make an offering for you; and my servant Job will pray for you. For him only I will accept; for were it not for his sake, I would destroy you, because you have not spoken what is true against my servant Job.

²⁰ The Lord will reward me according to my righteousness, and recompense me according to the cleanness of my hands.

⁴ He whose hands are clean and whose heart is pure. Who hath not devoted his soul to vanity; nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.

¹⁵ When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn mine eyes from you: and though you multiply prayer, I will not hearken to you: for your hands are full of blood.

¹² And thine old waste places shall be rebuilded; and thy foundations shall last for generations of generations: and thou shalt be called the repairer of breaches, and shalt enjoy rest in the midst of thy paths.

¹ [J] Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; and look, and inquire, and search in her broad ways. If you can find; if there be a man, who executeth judgment and seeketh truth, I will be merciful to them saith the Lord.

⁹ Now then do you conciliate the favour of your God when you supplicate him? When such [offerings] are made by your hands, shall I for your sakes accept your persons? saith the Lord Almighty.

¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus in private, and said, Why could not we cast it out? ²⁰ And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief. For verily I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to that mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it would remove; and nothing would be impossible to you:

¹⁵ Upon which the evil spirit in reply said, Jesus I know, and I have some knowledge of Paul: but who are ye? ¹⁶ Then the man, in whom was the evil spirit, springing upon them, and getting a mastery over them, prevailed against them so that they fled out of his house naked and wounded.

²⁴ and said, Fear not, Paul. Thou must appear before Caesar; and lo! God hath given thee all them who are sailing with thee.

⁸ I therefore give it in charge that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and surmise:

¹⁵ And the prayer of this faith will cure the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And though he may have committed sin, he will be forgiven. ¹⁶ Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man under the divine impulse is very powerful.