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         <div class="label">35</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.35.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Elihu said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.35.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.35.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you think this is just?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.35.2"><span class="content">You say, &#8216;I am in the right, not God.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.35.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.35.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Yet you ask him, &#8216;What profit is it to me,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">you</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.35.3"><span class="content">and what do I gain by not sinning?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.35.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.35.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I would like to reply to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.35.4"><span class="content">and to your friends with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.35.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.35.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Look up at the heavens and see;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.35.5"><span class="content">gaze at the clouds so high above you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.35.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.35.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">If you sin, how does that affect him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.35.6"><span class="content">If your sins are many, what does that do to him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.35.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.35.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">If you are righteous, what do you give to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.35.7"><span class="content">or what does he receive from your hand?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.35.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.35.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Your wickedness only affects humans like yourself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.35.8"><span class="content">and your righteousness only other people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.35.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.35.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;People cry out under a load of oppression;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.35.9"><span class="content">they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.35.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.35.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But no one says, &#8216;Where is God my Maker,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.35.10"><span class="content">who gives songs in the night,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.35.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.35.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">who teaches us more than he teaches</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:10,11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">night, / </span><span class="fv">11 </span><span class="fqa">who teaches us by</span></span></span><span class="content"> the beasts of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.35.11"><span class="content">and makes us wiser than</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">us wise by</span></span></span><span class="content"> the birds in the sky?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.35.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.35.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He does not answer when people cry out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.35.12"><span class="content">because of the arrogance of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.35.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.35.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Indeed, God does not listen to their empty plea;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.35.13"><span class="content">the Almighty pays no attention to it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.35.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">How much less, then, will he listen</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="content">when you say that you do not see him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="content">that your case is before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="content">and you must wait for him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.35.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.35.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and further, that his anger never punishes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.35.15"><span class="content">and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:15 </span><span class="ft">Symmachus, Theodotion and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.35.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.35.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So Job opens his mouth with empty talk;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.35.16"><span class="content">without knowledge he multiplies words.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">36</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.36.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Elihu continued:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.36.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bear with me a little longer and I will show you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="content">that there is more to be said in God&#8217;s behalf.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.36.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I get my knowledge from afar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="content">I will ascribe justice to my Maker.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.36.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Be assured that my words are not false;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="content">one who has perfect knowledge is with you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.36.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;God is mighty, but despises no one;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="content">he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.36.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He does not keep the wicked alive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="content">but gives the afflicted their rights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.36.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He does not take his eyes off the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">he enthrones them with kings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">and exalts them forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.36.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But if people are bound in chains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="content">held fast by cords of affliction,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.36.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">he tells them what they have done&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="content">that they have sinned arrogantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.36.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He makes them listen to correction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="content">and commands them to repent of their evil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.36.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they obey and serve him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">and their years in contentment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.36.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But if they do not listen,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="content">they will perish by the sword</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will cross the river</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="content">and die without knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.36.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;The godless in heart harbor resentment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="content">even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.36.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They die in their youth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="content">among male prostitutes of the shrines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.36.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="content">he speaks to them in their affliction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.36.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;He is wooing you from the jaws of distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">to a spacious place free from restriction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.36.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="content">judgment and justice have taken hold of you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.36.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Be careful that no one entices you by riches;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="content">do not let a large bribe turn you aside.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.36.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="content">sustain you so you would not be in distress?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.36.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do not long for the night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="content">to drag people away from their homes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:20 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for verses 18-20 is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.36.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Beware of turning to evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="content">which you seem to prefer to affliction.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.36.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;God is exalted in his power.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="content">Who is a teacher like him?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.36.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Who has prescribed his ways for him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="content">or said to him, &#8216;You have done wrong&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.36.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Remember to extol his work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="content">which people have praised in song.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.36.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">All humanity has seen it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="content">mortals gaze on it from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.36.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">How great is God&#8212;beyond our understanding!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="content">The number of his years is past finding out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.36.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;He draws up the drops of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="content">which distill as rain to the streams</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:27 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">distill from the mist as rain</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.36.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">the clouds pour down their moisture</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="content">and abundant showers fall on mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.36.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="content">how he thunders from his pavilion?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.36.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">See how he scatters his lightning about him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="content">bathing the depths of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.36.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">This is the way he governs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:31 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nourishes</span></span></span><span class="content"> the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="content">and provides food in abundance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.36.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He fills his hands with lightning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="content">and commands it to strike its mark.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.36.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.36.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">His thunder announces the coming storm;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.36.33"><span class="content">even the cattle make known its approach.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">announces his coming&#8212; / the One zealous against evil</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">37</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;At this my heart pounds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"><span class="content">and leaps from its place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"><span class="content">to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"><span class="content">and sends it to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">After that comes the sound of his roar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">he thunders with his majestic voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">When his voice resounds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">he holds nothing back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God&#8217;s voice thunders in marvelous ways;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"><span class="content">he does great things beyond our understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He says to the snow, &#8216;Fall on the earth,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="content">and to the rain shower, &#8216;Be a mighty downpour.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So that everyone he has made may know his work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"><span class="content">he stops all people from their labor.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">work, / he fills all people with fear by his power</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The animals take cover;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"><span class="content">they remain in their dens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The tempest comes out from its chamber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"><span class="content">the cold from the driving winds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The breath of God produces ice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"><span class="content">and the broad waters become frozen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He loads the clouds with moisture;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"><span class="content">he scatters his lightning through them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">At his direction they swirl around</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="content">over the face of the whole earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="content">to do whatever he commands them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He brings the clouds to punish people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"><span class="content">or to water his earth and show his love.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to this, Job;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"><span class="content">stop and consider God&#8217;s wonders.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do you know how God controls the clouds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"><span class="content">and makes his lightning flash?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Do you know how the clouds hang poised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"><span class="content">those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You who swelter in your clothes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"><span class="content">when the land lies hushed under the south wind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">can you join him in spreading out the skies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"><span class="content">hard as a mirror of cast bronze?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell us what we should say to him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"><span class="content">we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Should he be told that I want to speak?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"><span class="content">Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Now no one can look at the sun,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="content">bright as it is in the skies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="content">after the wind has swept them clean.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Out of the north he comes in golden splendor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"><span class="content">God comes in awesome majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="content">in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.37.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Therefore, people revere him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.37.24"><span class="content">for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">for he does not have regard for any who think they are wise.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">38</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Speaks</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.38.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.38.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who is this that obscures my plans</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="content">with words without knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brace yourself like a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">I will question you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">and you shall answer me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where were you when I laid the earth&#8217;s foundation?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="content">Tell me, if you understand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="content">Who stretched a measuring line across it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On what were its footings set,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="content">or who laid its cornerstone&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">while the morning stars sang together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="content">and all the angels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">the sons of God</span></span></span><span class="content"> shouted for joy?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who shut up the sea behind doors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="content">when it burst forth from the womb,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">when I made the clouds its garment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="content">and wrapped it in thick darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">when I fixed limits for it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="content">and set its doors and bars in place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">when I said, &#8216;This far you may come and no farther;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="content">here is where your proud waves halt&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you ever given orders to the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="content">or shown the dawn its place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">that it might take the earth by the edges</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="content">and shake the wicked out of it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="content">its features stand out like those of a garment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The wicked are denied their light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="content">and their upraised arm is broken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="content">or walked in the recesses of the deep?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Have the gates of death been shown to you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="content">Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="content">Tell me, if you know all this.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;What is the way to the abode of light?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="content">And where does darkness reside?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Can you take them to their places?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="content">Do you know the paths to their dwellings?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Surely you know, for you were already born!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="content">You have lived so many years!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you entered the storehouses of the snow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"><span class="content">or seen the storehouses of the hail,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">which I reserve for times of trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"><span class="content">for days of war and battle?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"><span class="content">or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"><span class="content">and a path for the thunderstorm,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">to water a land where no one lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"><span class="content">an uninhabited desert,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">to satisfy a desolate wasteland</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"><span class="content">and make it sprout with grass?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Does the rain have a father?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"><span class="content">Who fathers the drops of dew?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">From whose womb comes the ice?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"><span class="content">Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">when the waters become hard as stone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"><span class="content">when the surface of the deep is frozen?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can you bind the chains</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:31 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">beauty</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the Pleiades?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"><span class="content">Can you loosen Orion&#8217;s belt?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:32 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the morning star in its season</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"><span class="content">or lead out the Bear</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:32 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">out Leo</span></span></span><span class="content"> with its cubs?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Do you know the laws of the heavens?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"><span class="content">Can you set up God&#8217;s</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">their</span></span></span><span class="content"> dominion over the earth?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can you raise your voice to the clouds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"><span class="content">and cover yourself with a flood of water?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"><span class="content">Do they report to you, &#8216;Here we are&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Who gives the ibis wisdom</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:36 </span><span class="ft">That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"><span class="content">or gives the rooster understanding?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:36 </span><span class="ft">That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"><span class="content">Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">when the dust becomes hard</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"><span class="content">and the clods of earth stick together?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you hunt the prey for the lioness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"><span class="content">and satisfy the hunger of the lions</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">when they crouch in their dens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"><span class="content">or lie in wait in a thicket?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Who provides food for the raven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="content">when its young cry out to God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="content">and wander about for lack of food?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">39</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="content">Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do you count the months till they bear?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="content">Do you know the time they give birth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They crouch down and bring forth their young;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="content">their labor pains are ended.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="content">they leave and do not return.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who let the wild donkey go free?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="content">Who untied its ropes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I gave it the wasteland as its home,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="content">the salt flats as its habitat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It laughs at the commotion in the town;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="content">it does not hear a driver&#8217;s shout.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">It ranges the hills for its pasture</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="content">and searches for any green thing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will the wild ox consent to serve you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="content">Will it stay by your manger at night?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="content">Will it till the valleys behind you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Will you rely on it for its great strength?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="content">Will you leave your heavy work to it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Can you trust it to haul in your grain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="content">and bring it to your threshing floor?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">though they cannot compare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">with the wings and feathers of the stork.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">She lays her eggs on the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="content">and lets them warm in the sand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">unmindful that a foot may crush them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="content">that some wild animal may trample them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="content">she cares not that her labor was in vain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">for God did not endow her with wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="content">or give her a share of good sense.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="content">she laughs at horse and rider.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you give the horse its strength</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="content">or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do you make it leap like a locust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="content">striking terror with its proud snorting?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="content">and charges into the fray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="content">it does not shy away from the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The quiver rattles against its side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="content">along with the flashing spear and lance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="content">it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, &#8216;Aha!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">It catches the scent of battle from afar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">the shout of commanders and the battle cry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="content">and spread its wings toward the south?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Does the eagle soar at your command</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="content">and build its nest on high?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="content">a rocky crag is its stronghold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">From there it looks for food;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="content">its eyes detect it from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.39.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Its young ones feast on blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.39.30"><span class="content">and where the slain are, there it is.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">40</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.40.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Job:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.40.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.40.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.40.2"><span class="content">Let him who accuses God answer him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.40.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.40.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Job answered the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.40.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.40.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am unworthy&#8212;how can I reply to you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.40.4"><span class="content">I put my hand over my mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.40.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.40.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I spoke once, but I have no answer&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.40.5"><span class="content">twice, but I will say no more.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.40.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.40.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Job out of the storm:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.40.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Brace yourself like a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="content">I will question you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="content">and you shall answer me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.40.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Would you discredit my justice?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.40.8"><span class="content">Would you condemn me to justify yourself?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.40.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.40.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do you have an arm like God&#8217;s,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.40.9"><span class="content">and can your voice thunder like his?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.40.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.40.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.40.10"><span class="content">and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.40.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.40.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Unleash the fury of your wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.40.11"><span class="content">look at all who are proud and bring them low,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.40.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.40.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">look at all who are proud and humble them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.40.12"><span class="content">crush the wicked where they stand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.40.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.40.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Bury them all in the dust together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.40.13"><span class="content">shroud their faces in the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.40.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.40.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then I myself will admit to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.40.14"><span class="content">that your own right hand can save you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.40.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look at Behemoth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="content">which I made along with you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="content">and which feeds on grass like an ox.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.40.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">What strength it has in its loins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.40.16"><span class="content">what power in the muscles of its belly!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.40.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.40.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Its tail sways like a cedar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.40.17"><span class="content">the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.40.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.40.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Its bones are tubes of bronze,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.40.18"><span class="content">its limbs like rods of iron.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.40.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.40.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">It ranks first among the works of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.40.19"><span class="content">yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.40.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.40.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The hills bring it their produce,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.40.20"><span class="content">and all the wild animals play nearby.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.40.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.40.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Under the lotus plants it lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.40.21"><span class="content">hidden among the reeds in the marsh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.40.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.40.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.40.22"><span class="content">the poplars by the stream surround it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.40.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.40.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A raging river does not alarm it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.40.23"><span class="content">it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.40.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.40.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Can anyone capture it by the eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.40.24"><span class="content">or trap it and pierce its nose?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">41</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">41 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 41:1-8 is numbered 40:25-32, and 41:9-34 is numbered 41:1-26.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.41.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.41.1"><span class="content">or tie down its tongue with a rope?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.41.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.41.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Can you put a cord through its nose</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.41.2"><span class="content">or pierce its jaw with a hook?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.41.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.41.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Will it keep begging you for mercy?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.41.3"><span class="content">Will it speak to you with gentle words?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.41.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.41.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Will it make an agreement with you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.41.4"><span class="content">for you to take it as your slave for life?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.41.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.41.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Can you make a pet of it like a bird</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.41.5"><span class="content">or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.41.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.41.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Will traders barter for it?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.41.6"><span class="content">Will they divide it up among the merchants?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.41.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.41.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Can you fill its hide with harpoons</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.41.7"><span class="content">or its head with fishing spears?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.41.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.41.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">If you lay a hand on it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.41.8"><span class="content">you will remember the struggle and never do it again!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.41.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.41.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Any hope of subduing it is false;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.41.9"><span class="content">the mere sight of it is overpowering.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.41.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.41.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">No one is fierce enough to rouse it.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.41.10"><span class="content">Who then is able to stand against me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.41.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.41.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Who has a claim against me that I must pay?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.41.11"><span class="content">Everything under heaven belongs to me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.41.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.41.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will not fail to speak of Leviathan&#8217;s limbs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.41.12"><span class="content">its strength and its graceful form.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.41.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.41.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Who can strip off its outer coat?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.41.13"><span class="content">Who can penetrate its double coat of armor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:13 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">double bridle</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.41.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.41.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Who dares open the doors of its mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.41.14"><span class="content">ringed about with fearsome teeth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.41.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.41.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Its back has</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Its pride is its</span></span></span><span class="content"> rows of shields</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.41.15"><span class="content">tightly sealed together;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.41.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.41.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">each is so close to the next</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.41.16"><span class="content">that no air can pass between.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.41.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.41.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They are joined fast to one another;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.41.17"><span class="content">they cling together and cannot be parted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.41.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.41.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Its snorting throws out flashes of light;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.41.18"><span class="content">its eyes are like the rays of dawn.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.41.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.41.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Flames stream from its mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.41.19"><span class="content">sparks of fire shoot out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.41.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.41.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Smoke pours from its nostrils</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.41.20"><span class="content">as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.41.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.41.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Its breath sets coals ablaze,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.41.21"><span class="content">and flames dart from its mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.41.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.41.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Strength resides in its neck;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.41.22"><span class="content">dismay goes before it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.41.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.41.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.41.23"><span class="content">they are firm and immovable.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.41.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.41.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Its chest is hard as rock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.41.24"><span class="content">hard as a lower millstone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.41.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.41.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.41.25"><span class="content">they retreat before its thrashing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.41.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.41.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The sword that reaches it has no effect,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.41.26"><span class="content">nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.41.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.41.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Iron it treats like straw</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.41.27"><span class="content">and bronze like rotten wood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.41.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.41.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Arrows do not make it flee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.41.28"><span class="content">slingstones are like chaff to it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.41.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.41.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">A club seems to it but a piece of straw;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.41.29"><span class="content">it laughs at the rattling of the lance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.41.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.41.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Its undersides are jagged potsherds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.41.30"><span class="content">leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.41.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.41.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.41.31"><span class="content">and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.41.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.41.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">It leaves a glistening wake behind it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.41.32"><span class="content">one would think the deep had white hair.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.41.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.41.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Nothing on earth is its equal&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.41.33"><span class="content">a creature without fear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.41.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.41.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">It looks down on all that are haughty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.41.34"><span class="content">it is king over all that are proud.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">42</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.42.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.42.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.42.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;I know that you can do all things;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.42.2"><span class="content">no purpose of yours can be thwarted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.42.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.42.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You asked, &#8216;Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.42.3"><span class="content">Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.42.3"><span class="content">things too wonderful for me to know.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.42.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.42.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;You said, &#8216;Listen now, and I will speak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.42.4"><span class="content">I will question you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.42.4"><span class="content">and you shall answer me.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.42.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.42.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My ears had heard of you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.42.5"><span class="content">but now my eyes have seen you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.42.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.42.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore I despise myself</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.42.6"><span class="content">and repent in dust and ashes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Epilogue</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.42.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.42.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">After the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, &#8220;I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.42.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.42.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> told them; and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> accepted Job&#8217;s prayer.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.42.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.42.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">After Job had prayed for his friends, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.42.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">him a kesitah</span><span class="ft">; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and a gold ring.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.42.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.42.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> blessed the latter part of Job&#8217;s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.42.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And he also had seven sons and three daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.42.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.42.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job&#8217;s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.42.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.42.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.42.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And so Job died, an old man and full of years.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK I</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 1&#8211;41</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 1</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">who does not walk in step with the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">or stand in the way that sinners take</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">or sit in the company of mockers,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">but whose delight is in the law of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="content">and who meditates on his law day and night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">which yields its fruit in season</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">and whose leaf does not wither&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">whatever they do prospers.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Not so the wicked!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">They are like chaff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">that the wind blows away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="content">nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> watches over the way of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.1.6"><span class="content">but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 2</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why do the nations conspire</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">rage</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.2.1"><span class="content">and the peoples plot in vain?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The kings of the earth rise up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="content">and the rulers band together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="content">against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and against his anointed, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let us break their chains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.2.3"><span class="content">and throw off their shackles.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The One enthroned in heaven laughs;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.2.4"><span class="content">the Lord scoffs at them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He rebukes them in his anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.2.5"><span class="content">and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have installed my king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.2.6"><span class="content">on Zion, my holy mountain.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will proclaim the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s decree:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;You are my son;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="content">today I have become your father.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Ask me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="content">and I will make the nations your inheritance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="content">the ends of the earth your possession.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You will break them with a rod of iron</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will rule them with an iron scepter </span><span class="ft">(see Septuagint and Syriac)</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.2.9"><span class="content">you will dash them to pieces like pottery.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore, you kings, be wise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.2.10"><span class="content">be warned, you rulers of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Serve the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with fear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.2.11"><span class="content">and celebrate his rule with trembling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Kiss his son, or he will be angry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="content">and your way will lead to your destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="content">for his wrath can flare up in a moment.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="content">Blessed are all who take refuge in him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 3</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 3:1-8 is numbered 3:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, how many are my foes!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="content">How many rise up against me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Many are saying of me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="content">&#8220;God will not deliver him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 4 and 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are a shield around me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="content">my glory, the One who lifts my head high.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I call out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="content">and he answers me from his holy mountain.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I lie down and sleep;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="content">I wake again, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sustains me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will not fear though tens of thousands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="content">assail me on every side.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Arise, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">Deliver me, my God!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">Strike all my enemies on the jaw;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">break the teeth of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">From the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> comes deliverance.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.3.8"><span class="content">May your blessing be on your people.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 4</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 4:1-8 is numbered 4:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Answer me when I call to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="content">my righteous God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="content">Give me relief from my distress;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="content">have mercy on me and hear my prayer.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How long will you people turn my glory into shame?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.4.2"><span class="content">How long will you love delusions and seek false gods</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">seek lies</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 4.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has set apart his faithful servant for himself;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.4.3"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> hears when I call to him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Tremble and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">In your anger </span><span class="ft">(see Septuagint)</span></span></span><span class="content"> do not sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.4.4"><span class="content">when you are on your beds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.4.4"><span class="content">search your hearts and be silent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Offer the sacrifices of the righteous</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.4.5"><span class="content">and trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Many, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, are asking, &#8220;Who will bring us prosperity?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.4.6"><span class="content">Let the light of your face shine on us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Fill my heart with joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.4.7"><span class="content">when their grain and new wine abound.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In peace I will lie down and sleep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.4.8"><span class="content">for you alone, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.4.8"><span class="content">make me dwell in safety.</span></span></div>
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