Job to ansiver foundations of the earth? declare, if | which scattereth the east wind upon thou hast understanding. 5 Who bath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the cor ner-stone thereof; 7 When the morning-stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? S Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? the earth? 25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man: 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or whin bath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice 9 When I made the cloud the gar-and the hoary frost of heaven, whe ment thereof, and thick darkness a bath gendered it ? swaddling-band for it, 10 And brake it up for my decreed place, and set bars and doors. 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the day-spring to know bis place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it ? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. 15. And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? 18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? déclare if thou knowest it all. 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness,where is the place thereof, 20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? 21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then bom? or because the number of thy days is great? 30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is fro zen. 31 Canst thou bind the sweet influ ences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? 32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven ? canst thou set the domiuions thereof in the earth? 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? 35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, flere we are? 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? 37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, 38 When the dust groweth into hardness,and the clods cleavefast together? 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, 40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? 41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. CHAP. XXXIX. 22 Hast thou entered into the treasKNOWEST thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring ures of the snow? or hast thou seen forth? or canst thou mark when the the treasures of the bail, 23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? 24 By what way is the light parted hinds do calve P 2 Canst thou number the mouths that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? 3 They bow themselves, they bring Job humbleth. JOB. himself to God. forth their young ones, they cast out 21 He swalloweth the ground with their sorrows. fierceness and rage: neither believeth 4 Their young ones are in good lik-he that it is the sound of the trumpet. ing, they grow up with corn; they go 25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar ok, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the 6 Whose house I have made the wil derness,and the barren land his dwell-south? ngs. 7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. 9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? 10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with 27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? 28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. 29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. 30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. CHAP. XL. ‘OREOVER the Lord answered his band in the furrow? or will he M Job, and said, harrow the valleys after thee? 11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? 12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? 2 Shall be that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. 3 T Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 4 Behold, 1 am vile; what shall I 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings un-answer thee? I will lay my hand upon to the peacocks? or wings and feath- my mouth. ers unto the ostrich? 24 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, 15 And forgetteth that the fool may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will pro ceed no further. 6 ¶ Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto ine. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judg 17 Because God hath deprived her of ment? wilt thou condeinn me, that wisdom, neither hath he imparted to thou mayest be righteous? her understanding, 18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, ale scorneth the horse and his rider. 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or caust thou thunder with a voice like bim? 10 Deck thyself now with majesty 19 Hast thou given the horse strength? and excelency; and array thyself hast thou clothed his neck with thun-with glory and beauty. der ? 20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. 21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread Gown the wicked in their place. 13 Hide them in the dust together: and bind their faces in secret. 14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right band can save thee. 15 T Behold now behemoth, which I Of the Behemoth CHAP. XLI, XLII. made with thee; he eateth grass as an OX. 16 Lonow,his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. 17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. 18 His bones are as strong pieces of Brass; his bones are like bars of iron. 19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. 21 He lieth under the shady trees,in the covert of the reed, and fene. 22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. 23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. 24 He taketh it with his eyes: his] nose pierceth through snares. CHAP. XLI. VANST thou draw out leviathan] with and Levisehan garment? or who can come to lắm with his double bridle ? 14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teethare terrible round about, 15 His scales are his pride, 'shut up together as with a close seal. 16 One is so near to another, that no fair can come between them. 17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. 18 By hia neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. 19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. 20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke,as out of a seething-pot or caldron. 21 His breath kindletb coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before bim. 23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. 24 His heart is as firm as a stone ; yea, CANST LOU? Or we tongue with ans hard as a piece of the nether mill cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose? orbore hus jaw through with a thoro? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever ? 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens ? 6 Shall thy companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him a mong the merchants? 7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irous ? or his head with fish-spears? 8 Lay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. stone. 25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid; by reason of break [ings they purify themselves. 26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold; the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. 27 He esteemeth iron as straw, ana [brass as rotten wood. 28 The arrow cannot make him flee; sling-stones are turned with him into stubble. 29 Darts are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 30 Sharp stones are under him; he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain:Jointment. shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? 10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? 32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be boary. 33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. 11 Who bath prevented me, that 1| 34 He beboldeth all high thangs: he should repay him? whatsoever is un-is a king over all the children of pride. der the whole heaven is mine. 12 I will not conceal his parts, nor CHAP. XLII. nis power, nor his comely proportion THEN Job answered the LORD, and said, 13 Who can discover the face of his] 2 1 know that thou canst do every Job submittath PSALMS. thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. himself to God. 10 And the LORD turned the captiv ity of Job, when he prayed for his 3 Who is he that hideth counsel with- friends: also the Lond give Job twice out knowledge? therefore have I utter- as much as he had before. en that I understood not; things too 11 Then came there unto him all his wonderful for me, which 1 knew not. brethren, and all his sisters, and all 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will they that had been of his acquaintance speak, I will demand of thec, and de-before, and did eat bread with him in clare thou unto me. 5 I have heard of thee bythe hearingof the ear; but now mine eyes seeth thee: 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. his house; and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evii that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an ear-ring of gold. 7 ¶ And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto 12 So the LORD blessed the latter end Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Te-of Job more than his beginning: for he mante, My wrath is kindled against had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thee, and against thy two friends: for thousand camels, and a thousand yoke ye have not spoken of me the thing of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. that is right, as my servant Job hath. 13 He had also seven sons and three 8 Therefore take unto you now seven daughters. bullocks and seven rams, aud go to 14 And he called the name of the my servant Job, and offer up for your first, Jemima; and the name of the selves a burnt-offering, and my ser-second, Kezia; and the name of the vant Job shall pray for you; for him third, Keren-happuch. will I accept: lest I deal with you af ter your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did according as the LORD commanded them; the LORD also accepted Job. 15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. 16 T After this lived Job a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations 17 So Job died, being old and full of days. ¶ The Book of PSALMS. PSALM I. Bnot in the counsel of the ungodly, LESSED is the man that walketh the righteous: but the way of the un godly shall perish W W PSALM II. nor standeth in the way of sinners,nor HY do the heathen rage,and the sitteth in the seat of the scornful: people imagine a vam thing? 2 But his delight is in the law of the 2 The kings of the earth set themLORD; and in his law doth he medi-selves, and the rulers take counsel totate day and night. gether, against the Lond, and against his anointed, saying, 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season: bis leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever be doeth shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that setteth in the heavens shalt laugh: the Lond shall have them in derision. & Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will declare the decrce the Lonn 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in peices like a potter's vessel. not the wicked with your own keart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. up 50ffer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lond. 6 There be many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, äft thou the light of thy countenance upon us. 7Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 10 Be wise now therefore, ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, 11 Serve the LORD with fear, und re-and sleep; for thou, LORD, only majoice with trembling. kest me dwell in safety PSALM V. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry,and ye perish from the way, when his T To the chief Musician upon Nebi wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed loth, A Psalm of David. IVE ear to my words, O LORD: are all they that put their trust in him. consider my meditation. PSALM 11L Absalom his son. ↑ A Psalm of David,when he fled from ] 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray LORD,how are they increased that trouble me? many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selali. 3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for ine; my glory, and the lifter up of my head. I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy bill. Selah. 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest a workers of iniquity. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak 5 I laid me down and slept; I awak-leasing: the LORD will ahhor the for the LORD sustained ine. bloody and deceitful man. ed; 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands] 7 But as for me, 1 will come into thy of people, that have set themselves against me round about. 7 Arise, O LonD: save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. PSALM IV. HEAL house in the multitude of thy mercy, and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. & Lead me, O LORD,in thy righteous ness, because of mine enemies: make thy way straight before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. EAR me when 1 call, O God of 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let my righteousness: thou hast en-them fall by their own counsels: cast larged me whenIicas in distress; have them out in the multitude of their mercy upon ine, and hear my prayer. transgressions; for they have rebelled 20 ye sons of men,how long will ye against thee. turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after easing? Selab. 11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice : let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: in thee. the LORD will hear when 1 call unto lim 4 Stand in awe,and sin not : commune 12 For thou, Loan, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou com pass him as with a shield. |