Moreover the LORD answered Job, He eateth grass as an ox. and said,

Shall he that contendeth with the Al

mighty instruct him?

He that reproveth God, let him answer it.

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer
thee?

I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Once have I spoken; but I will not

answer:

Yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Gird up thy loins now like a man:

I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment?

His bones are as strong pieces of
brass;

His bones are like bars of iron.
He is the chief of the ways of God:
He that made him can make his sword
to approach unto him.
He lieth under the shady trees,

In the covert of the reed, and fens.
The shady trees cover him with their
shadow;

The willows of the brook compass him about.

Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not:

He trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook?

Or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Canst thou put an hook into his nose?

Wilt thou condemn me, that thou Or bore his jaw through with a thorn? mayest be righteous? Will he make many supplications unto thee?

Hast thou an arm like God?

Or canst thou thunder with a voice Will he speak soft words unto thee? like him? Will he make a covenant with thee? Deck thyself now with majesty and Wilt thou take him for a servant for excellency;

And array thyself with glory and beauty.

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: And behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

Look on every one that is proud, and

bring him low;

And tread down the wicked in their
place.

Hide them in the dust together;
And bind their faces in secret.
Then will I also confess unto thee
That thine own right hand can save
thee.

ever?

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird?

Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

Shall the companions make a banquet of him?

Shall they part him among the merchants?

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed
irons ?

Or his head with fish spears?
Lay thine hand upon him,
Remember the battle, do no more.
Behold, the hope of him is in vain:

Behold now behemoth, which I made Shall not one be cast down even at

with thee;

the sight of him?

None is so fierce that dare stir him and comforted him over all the evil up: that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

Who then is able to stand before me?
Who hath prevented me, that I should
repay him?
Whatsoever
heaven is mine.

is under the whole

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

I know that thou canst do every thing, And that no thought can be withholden from thee.

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the

I have heard of thee by the hearing name of the first, Jemima; and the

of the ear:

But now mine eye seeth thee.
Wherefore I abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch. And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. So Job died, being old and full of days.

CHAPTER 136

PSALMS

PSALM 1

LESSED is the

man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,

Bthe

So Eliphaz and Bildad and Zophar
went, and did according as the LORD
commanded them: the LORD also ac-
cepted Job. And the LORD turned
the captivity of Job, when he prayed
for his friends: also the LORD gave
Job twice as much as he had before.
Then came there unto him all his
brethren, and all his sisters, and all
they that had been of his acquaintance
before, and did eat bread with him
in his house: and they bemoaned him, His leaf also shall not wither;

Nor standeth in the way of sinners,
Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the
LORD;

And in his law doth he meditate day
and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,

That bringeth forth his fruit in his

season;

And whatsoever he doeth shall pros- And whatsoever passeth through the per.

But are like the chaff which the wind How excellent is thy name in all the

Nor sinners in the congregation of LORD, who shall abide in thy taber

And hast crowned him with glory and O my soul, thou hast said unto the honour.

Thou hast put all things under his And to the excellent, in whom is all feet:

The fowl of the air, and the fish of Their drink offerings of blood will I

Nor take up their names into my lips. And rejoiceth as a strong man to run The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup:

The lines are fallen unto me in plea- And his circuit unto the ends of it: sant places;

My reins also instruct me in the night The testimony of the LORD is sure,

For thou wilt not leave my soul in The judgments of the LORD are true hell; and righteous altogether. Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy More to be desired are they than gold,

THE heavens declare the glory of Cleanse thou me from secret faults. God;

Which is as a bridegroom coming out THE LORD is my shepherd; I shall not

For he hath founded it upon the The LORD is upon many waters.