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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Bildad</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.25.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Dominion and awe belong to God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.25.2"><span class="content">he establishes order in the heights of heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.25.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Can his forces be numbered?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.25.3"><span class="content">On whom does his light not rise?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.25.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">How then can a mortal be righteous before God?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.25.4"><span class="content">How can one born of woman be pure?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.25.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If even the moon is not bright</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.25.5"><span class="content">and the stars are not pure in his eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.25.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.25.6"><span class="content">a human being, who is only a worm!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">26</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.26.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.26.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.26.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;How you have helped the powerless!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.26.2"><span class="content">How you have saved the arm that is feeble!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.26.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.26.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.26.3"><span class="content">And what great insight you have displayed!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.26.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.26.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Who has helped you utter these words?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.26.4"><span class="content">And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.26.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.26.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;The dead are in deep anguish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.26.5"><span class="content">those beneath the waters and all that live in them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.26.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.26.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The realm of the dead is naked before God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.26.6"><span class="content">Destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">26:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Abaddon</span></span></span><span class="content"> lies uncovered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.26.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.26.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He spreads out the northern skies over empty space;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.26.7"><span class="content">he suspends the earth over nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.26.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.26.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He wraps up the waters in his clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.26.8"><span class="content">yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.26.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.26.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He covers the face of the full moon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.26.9"><span class="content">spreading his clouds over it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.26.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.26.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.26.10"><span class="content">for a boundary between light and darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.26.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.26.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The pillars of the heavens quake,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.26.11"><span class="content">aghast at his rebuke.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.26.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.26.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">By his power he churned up the sea;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.26.12"><span class="content">by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.26.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.26.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">By his breath the skies became fair;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.26.13"><span class="content">his hand pierced the gliding serpent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.26.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.26.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And these are but the outer fringe of his works;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.26.14"><span class="content">how faint the whisper we hear of him!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.26.14"><span class="content">Who then can understand the thunder of his power?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job&#8217;s Final Word to His Friends</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.27.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">And Job continued his discourse:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.27.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.27.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.27.2"><span class="content">the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.27.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.27.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">as long as I have life within me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.27.3"><span class="content">the breath of God in my nostrils,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.27.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.27.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">my lips will not say anything wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.27.4"><span class="content">and my tongue will not utter lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.27.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.27.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I will never admit you are in the right;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.27.5"><span class="content">till I die, I will not deny my integrity.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.27.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.27.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.27.6"><span class="content">my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.27.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.27.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;May my enemy be like the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.27.7"><span class="content">my adversary like the unjust!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.27.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.27.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For what hope have the godless when they are cut off,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.27.8"><span class="content">when God takes away their life?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.27.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.27.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Does God listen to their cry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.27.9"><span class="content">when distress comes upon them?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.27.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.27.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Will they find delight in the Almighty?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.27.10"><span class="content">Will they call on God at all times?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.27.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.27.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will teach you about the power of God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.27.11"><span class="content">the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.27.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.27.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You have all seen this yourselves.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.27.12"><span class="content">Why then this meaningless talk?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.27.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.27.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here is the fate God allots to the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.27.13"><span class="content">the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.27.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.27.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">However many his children, their fate is the sword;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.27.14"><span class="content">his offspring will never have enough to eat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.27.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.27.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The plague will bury those who survive him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.27.15"><span class="content">and their widows will not weep for them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.27.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.27.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Though he heaps up silver like dust</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.27.16"><span class="content">and clothes like piles of clay,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.27.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.27.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">what he lays up the righteous will wear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.27.17"><span class="content">and the innocent will divide his silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.27.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.27.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The house he builds is like a moth&#8217;s cocoon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.27.18"><span class="content">like a hut made by a watchman.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.27.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.27.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.27.19"><span class="content">when he opens his eyes, all is gone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.27.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.27.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Terrors overtake him like a flood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.27.20"><span class="content">a tempest snatches him away in the night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.27.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.27.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The east wind carries him off, and he is gone;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.27.21"><span class="content">it sweeps him out of his place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.27.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.27.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">It hurls itself against him without mercy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.27.22"><span class="content">as he flees headlong from its power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.27.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.27.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">It claps its hands in derision</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.27.23"><span class="content">and hisses him out of his place.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">28</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Interlude: Where Wisdom Is Found</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.28.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">There is a mine for silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.28.1"><span class="content">and a place where gold is refined.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.28.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.28.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Iron is taken from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.28.2"><span class="content">and copper is smelted from ore.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.28.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Mortals put an end to the darkness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.28.3"><span class="content">they search out the farthest recesses</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.28.3"><span class="content">for ore in the blackest darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.28.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.28.4"><span class="content">in places untouched by human feet;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.28.4"><span class="content">far from other people they dangle and sway.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.28.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The earth, from which food comes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.28.5"><span class="content">is transformed below as by fire;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.28.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">lapis lazuli comes from its rocks,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.28.6"><span class="content">and its dust contains nuggets of gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.28.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No bird of prey knows that hidden path,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.28.7"><span class="content">no falcon&#8217;s eye has seen it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.28.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Proud beasts do not set foot on it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.28.8"><span class="content">and no lion prowls there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.28.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">People assault the flinty rock with their hands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.28.9"><span class="content">and lay bare the roots of the mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.28.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They tunnel through the rock;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.28.10"><span class="content">their eyes see all its treasures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.28.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They search</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:11 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint, Aquila and Vulgate; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">They dam up</span></span></span><span class="content"> the sources of the rivers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.28.11"><span class="content">and bring hidden things to light.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.28.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But where can wisdom be found?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.28.12"><span class="content">Where does understanding dwell?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.28.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">No mortal comprehends its worth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.28.13"><span class="content">it cannot be found in the land of the living.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.28.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The deep says, &#8220;It is not in me&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.28.14"><span class="content">the sea says, &#8220;It is not with me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.28.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">It cannot be bought with the finest gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.28.15"><span class="content">nor can its price be weighed out in silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.28.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.28.16"><span class="content">with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.28.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.28.17"><span class="content">nor can it be had for jewels of gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.28.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.28.18"><span class="content">the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.28.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.28.19"><span class="content">it cannot be bought with pure gold.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.28.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Where then does wisdom come from?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.28.20"><span class="content">Where does understanding dwell?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.28.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.28.21"><span class="content">concealed even from the birds in the sky.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.28.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Destruction</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">28:22 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Abaddon</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Death say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.28.22"><span class="content">&#8220;Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.28.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">God understands the way to it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.28.23"><span class="content">and he alone knows where it dwells,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.28.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">for he views the ends of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.28.24"><span class="content">and sees everything under the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.28.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When he established the force of the wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.28.25"><span class="content">and measured out the waters,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.28.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.28.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">when he made a decree for the rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.28.26"><span class="content">and a path for the thunderstorm,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.28.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.28.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">then he looked at wisdom and appraised it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.28.27"><span class="content">he confirmed it and tested it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.28.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.28.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And he said to the human race,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.28.28"><span class="content">&#8220;The fear of the Lord&#8212;that is wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.28.28"><span class="content">and to shun evil is understanding.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">29</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job&#8217;s Final Defense</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.29.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Job continued his discourse:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.29.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.29.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;How I long for the months gone by,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.29.2"><span class="content">for the days when God watched over me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.29.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.29.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">when his lamp shone on my head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.29.3"><span class="content">and by his light I walked through darkness!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.29.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.29.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.29.4"><span class="content">when God&#8217;s intimate friendship blessed my house,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.29.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.29.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">when the Almighty was still with me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.29.5"><span class="content">and my children were around me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.29.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.29.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">when my path was drenched with cream</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.29.6"><span class="content">and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.29.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.29.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;When I went to the gate of the city</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.29.7"><span class="content">and took my seat in the public square,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.29.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.29.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the young men saw me and stepped aside</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.29.8"><span class="content">and the old men rose to their feet;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.29.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.29.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">the chief men refrained from speaking</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.29.9"><span class="content">and covered their mouths with their hands;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.29.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.29.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">the voices of the nobles were hushed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.29.10"><span class="content">and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.29.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.29.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Whoever heard me spoke well of me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.29.11"><span class="content">and those who saw me commended me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.29.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.29.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">because I rescued the poor who cried for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.29.12"><span class="content">and the fatherless who had none to assist them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.29.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.29.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The one who was dying blessed me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.29.13"><span class="content">I made the widow&#8217;s heart sing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.29.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.29.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I put on righteousness as my clothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.29.14"><span class="content">justice was my robe and my turban.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.29.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.29.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I was eyes to the blind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.29.15"><span class="content">and feet to the lame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.29.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.29.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I was a father to the needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.29.16"><span class="content">I took up the case of the stranger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.29.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.29.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I broke the fangs of the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.29.17"><span class="content">and snatched the victims from their teeth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.29.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.29.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;I thought, &#8216;I will die in my own house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.29.18"><span class="content">my days as numerous as the grains of sand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.29.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.29.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">My roots will reach to the water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.29.19"><span class="content">and the dew will lie all night on my branches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.29.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.29.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">My glory will not fade;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.29.20"><span class="content">the bow will be ever new in my hand.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.29.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.29.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;People listened to me expectantly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.29.21"><span class="content">waiting in silence for my counsel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.29.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.29.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">After I had spoken, they spoke no more;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.29.22"><span class="content">my words fell gently on their ears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.29.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.29.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">They waited for me as for showers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.29.23"><span class="content">and drank in my words as the spring rain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.29.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.29.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.29.24"><span class="content">the light of my face was precious to them.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:24 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.29.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.29.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I chose the way for them and sat as their chief;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.29.25"><span class="content">I dwelt as a king among his troops;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.29.25"><span class="content">I was like one who comforts mourners.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch30" data-usfm="JOB.30">
         <div class="label">30</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.30.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;But now they mock me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.30.1"><span class="content">men younger than I,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.30.1"><span class="content">whose fathers I would have disdained</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.30.1"><span class="content">to put with my sheep dogs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.30.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.30.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Of what use was the strength of their hands to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.30.2"><span class="content">since their vigor had gone from them?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.30.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.30.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Haggard from want and hunger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.30.3"><span class="content">they roamed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">gnawed</span></span></span><span class="content"> the parched land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.30.3"><span class="content">in desolate wastelands at night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.30.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.30.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In the brush they gathered salt herbs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.30.4"><span class="content">and their food</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">fuel</span></span></span><span class="content"> was the root of the broom bush.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.30.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.30.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They were banished from human society,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.30.5"><span class="content">shouted at as if they were thieves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.30.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.30.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.30.6"><span class="content">among the rocks and in holes in the ground.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.30.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.30.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They brayed among the bushes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.30.7"><span class="content">and huddled in the undergrowth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.30.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.30.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A base and nameless brood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.30.8"><span class="content">they were driven out of the land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.30.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.30.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now those young men mock me in song;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.30.9"><span class="content">I have become a byword among them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.30.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.30.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They detest me and keep their distance;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.30.10"><span class="content">they do not hesitate to spit in my face.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.30.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.30.11"><span class="content">they throw off restraint in my presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.30.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">On my right the tribe</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:12 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> attacks;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.30.12"><span class="content">they lay snares for my feet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.30.12"><span class="content">they build their siege ramps against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.30.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.30.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They break up my road;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.30.13"><span class="content">they succeed in destroying me.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.30.13"><span class="content">&#8216;No one can help him,&#8217; they say.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.30.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.30.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They advance as through a gaping breach;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.30.14"><span class="content">amid the ruins they come rolling in.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.30.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.30.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Terrors overwhelm me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.30.15"><span class="content">my dignity is driven away as by the wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.30.15"><span class="content">my safety vanishes like a cloud.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.30.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.30.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now my life ebbs away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.30.16"><span class="content">days of suffering grip me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.30.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.30.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Night pierces my bones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.30.17"><span class="content">my gnawing pains never rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.30.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.30.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In his great power God becomes like clothing to me</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">30:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">power he grasps my clothing</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.30.18"><span class="content">he binds me like the neck of my garment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.30.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.30.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He throws me into the mud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.30.19"><span class="content">and I am reduced to dust and ashes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.30.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.30.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.30.20"><span class="content">I stand up, but you merely look at me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.30.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.30.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You turn on me ruthlessly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.30.21"><span class="content">with the might of your hand you attack me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.30.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.30.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">You snatch me up and drive me before the wind;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.30.22"><span class="content">you toss me about in the storm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.30.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.30.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I know you will bring me down to death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.30.23"><span class="content">to the place appointed for all the living.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.30.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.30.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.30.24"><span class="content">when he cries for help in his distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.30.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.30.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Have I not wept for those in trouble?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.30.25"><span class="content">Has not my soul grieved for the poor?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.30.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.30.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.30.26"><span class="content">when I looked for light, then came darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.30.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.30.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The churning inside me never stops;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.30.27"><span class="content">days of suffering confront me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.30.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.30.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">I go about blackened, but not by the sun;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.30.28"><span class="content">I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.30.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.30.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">I have become a brother of jackals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.30.29"><span class="content">a companion of owls.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.30.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.30.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">My skin grows black and peels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.30.30"><span class="content">my body burns with fever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.30.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.30.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">My lyre is tuned to mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.30.31"><span class="content">and my pipe to the sound of wailing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">125</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 125</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song of ascents.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.125.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Those who trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are like Mount Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.125.1"><span class="content">which cannot be shaken but endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.125.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">As the mountains surround Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"><span class="content">so the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> surrounds his people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"><span class="content">both now and forevermore.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.125.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The scepter of the wicked will not remain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="content">over the land allotted to the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="content">for then the righteous might use</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="content">their hands to do evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.125.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.125.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do good to those who are good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.125.4"><span class="content">to those who are upright in heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.125.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.125.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But those who turn to crooked ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.125.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will banish with the evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.125.5"><span class="content">Peace be on Israel.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warnings From Israel&#8217;s History</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They all ate the same spiritual food </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: &#8220;The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:7 </span><span class="ft">Exodus 32:6</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did&#8212;and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We should not test Christ,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:9 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">test the Lord</span></span></span><span class="content"> as some of them did&#8212;and were killed by snakes. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And do not grumble, as some of them did&#8212;and were killed by the destroying angel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don&#8217;t fall! </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">No temptation</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">temptation </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">testing </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">temptation </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">testing </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">temptation </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">testing </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Idol Feasts and the Lord&#8217;s Supper</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.10.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord&#8217;s table and the table of demons. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Are we trying to arouse the Lord&#8217;s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Believer&#8217;s Freedom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.10.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have the right to do anything,&#8221; you say&#8212;but not everything is beneficial. &#8220;I have the right to do anything&#8221;&#8212;but not everything is constructive. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.10.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">for, &#8220;The earth is the Lord&#8217;s, and everything in it.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:26 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 24:1</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.10.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But if someone says to you, &#8220;This has been offered in sacrifice,&#8221; then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">I am referring to the other person&#8217;s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another&#8217;s conscience? </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.10.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.10.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.</span></span></div>
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