May 22 - Job 27-29
Job
1Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said2As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness3as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils4my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies5Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence6I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life7Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary8For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul9Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him10Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times11I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it12Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason13This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty14If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread15Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep16If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay17then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver18He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry19When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing20Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night21A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place22And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile23He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation
1Silver has its fissures where it is first found, and gold has a place where it is melted2Iron is taken from the earth, and ore, unbound by heat, is turned into brass3He has established a time for darkness, and he has settled on an end for all things, as well as for the stone that is in the gloom and shadow of death4The burning separates a pilgrim people from those who have been forgotten by the feet of the destitute man and from the unapproachable5The land, where bread appeared in its place, has been destroyed by fire6Its stones are embedded with sapphires, and its soil, with gold7The bird does not know its path, nor has the eye of the vulture beheld it8The sons of merchants have not walked there, nor has the lioness traveled through it9He has stretched out his hand to the rocks; he has overturned the foundations of the mountains10He has cut rivers through the rocks, and his eye has seen all precious things11The depths of rivers he has also examined, and he has brought hidden things into the light12But, in truth, where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding13Man does not know its price, nor is it found in the land of those who live in sweetness14The abyss declares, "It is not in me." And the sea says, "It is not with me.15The finest gold will not be paid for it, nor will silver be weighed in exchange for it16It will not be compared with the dyed colors of India, nor with the very costly stone sardonyx, nor with the sapphire17Neither gold nor crystal will be its equal; neither will vessels of gold be fitted for it18The exalted and the eminent will not be remembered in comparison with it. Yet wisdom is drawn out of concealment19The topaz of Ethiopia will not be equal to it, nor will it be compared to the purest dyes20So then, where does wisdom begin, and where is the place of understanding21It has been hidden from the eyes of all living things, just as the birds of the heavens escape notice22Perdition and death have said, "With our ears, we have heard its fame.23God understands its way, and he knows its location24For he beholds the limits of the world, and he looks upon all things that are under heaven25He created a counterweight for the winds, and he suspended the waters to measure them26At that time, he gave a law to the rain and a path to the resounding storms27Then he saw and explained it, and he made ready and examined it28And he said to man, "Behold the fear of the Lord. Such is wisdom. And to withdraw from evil, this is understanding.
1Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said2Who will grant to me that I might be as I was in former months, according to the days when God kept watch over me3At that time, his lamp shined over my head, and by his light, I walked through the darkness4I was then just as in the days of my youth, when God was privately in my tabernacle5At that time, the Almighty was with me and my children surrounded me6Then, I washed my feet with butter, and a boulder poured out rivers of oil for me7When I went to the gate of the city, or to the main street, they prepared a chair for me8The youths saw me and hid themselves, and the elders, rising up, remained standing9The leaders stopped talking, and they placed a finder over their mouth10The commanders subdued their voice, and their tongue adhered to their throat11The ear that heard me, blessed me, and the eye that saw me, gave testimony for me12This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out, and the orphan, who had no helper13The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me, and I consoled the heart of the widow14I put on justice, and I clothed myself with my judgment, like a robe and a diadem15I was an eye for the blind and a foot for the lame16I was the father of the poor; and if I lacked knowledge about any case, I investigated very diligently17I crushed the jaws of the impious, and I took away prey from his teeth18And I said, "I will die in my little nest, and like a palm tree, I will multiply my days19My root has been spread beside the waters, and the dew will remain with my harvest20My glory will always be restored, and my bow will be restored to my hand.21Those who heard me, expected vindication, and they listened closely in silence to my counsel22To my words, they dared to add nothing, and my eloquence poured over them23They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for belated rains24If I had ever laughed at them, they would not have believed it, and the light of my face was not cast down towards the ground25If I wished to go to them, I sat down first, and, though I sat like a king surrounded by an army, yet I was a comforter to those who mourned