JOB 7 "MY SUFFERING is COMFORTLESS"
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7:1 Job: My Suffering Is Comfortless
"Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth?Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? 2 Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade,And like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages, 3 So I have been allotted months of futility,And wearisome nights have been appointed to me. 4 When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise,And the night be ended?'For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn. 5 My flesh is caked with worms and dust,My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.
6 "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle,And are spent without hope. 7 Oh, remember that my life is a breath!My eye will never again see good. 8 The eye of him who sees me will see me no more;While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be. 9 As the cloud disappears and vanishes away,So he who goes down to the grave does not come up. 10 He shall never return to his house,Nor shall his place know him anymore.
11 "Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 Am I a sea, or a sea serpent,That You set a guard over me? 13 When I say, 'My bed will comfort me,My couch will ease my complaint,' 14 Then You scare me with dreams And terrify me with visions, 15 So that my soul chooses strangling And death rather than my body. 16 I loathe my life;I would not live forever.Let me alone,For my days are but a breath.
17 "What is man, that You should exalt him,That You should set Your heart on him, 18 That You should visit him every morning,And test him every moment? 19 How long?Will You not look away from me,And let me alone till I swallow my saliva? 20 Have I sinned?What have I done to You, O watcher of men?Why have You set me as Your target,So that I am a burden to myself? 21 Why then do You not pardon my transgression,And take away my iniquity?For now I will lie down in the dust,And You will seek me diligently,But I will no longer be."
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JOB 8 "BILDAD SAYS JOB SHOULD REPENT" recorded for your spiritual enrichment by vanderKOK
JOB 8 "BILDAD SAYS JOB SHOULD REPENT"
recorded for your spiritual enrichment by vanderKOK
8:1 Bildad: Job Should Repent
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 "How long will you speak these things,And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind? 3 Does God subvert judgment?Or does the Almighty pervert justice? 4 If your sons have sinned against Him,He has cast them away for their transgression. 5 If you would earnestly seek GodAnd make your supplication to the Almighty, 6 If you were pure and upright,Surely now He would awake for you,And prosper your rightful dwelling place. 7 Though your beginning was small,Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.
8 "For inquire, please, of the former age,And consider the things discovered by their fathers; 9 For we were born yesterday, and know nothing,Because our days on earth are a shadow. 10 Will they not teach you and tell you,And utter words from their heart?
11 "Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?Can the reeds flourish without water? 12 While it is yet green and not cut down,It withers before any other plant. 13 So are the paths of all who forget God;And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish, 14 Whose confidence shall be cut off,And whose trust is a spider's web. 15 He leans on his house, but it does not stand.He holds it fast, but it does not endure. 16 He grows green in the sun,And his branches spread out in his garden. 17 His roots wrap around the rock heap,And look for a place in the stones. 18 If he is destroyed from his place,Then it will deny him, saying, 'I have not seen you.'
19 "Behold, this is the joy of His way,And out of the earth others will grow. 20 Behold, God will not cast away the blameless,Nor will He uphold the evildoers. 21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughing,And your lips with rejoicing. 22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,And the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing."
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