Whose fathers I would have disdained

To have set with the dogs of my flock.

I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me:

If I have made gold my hope,
Or have said to the fine gold, Thou art
my confidence;

If I rejoiced because my wealth was
great,

I stand up, and thou regardest me not. And because mine hand had gotten Thou art become cruel to me:

With thy strong hand thou opposest

thyself against me.

much:

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge:

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou For I should have denied the God causest me to ride upon it,

And dissolvest my substance.

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death,

And to the house appointed for all living.

that is above.

If my land cry against me,

Or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money,

Howbeit he will not stretch out his Or have caused the owners thereof to

hand to the grave,

Though they cry in his destruction. Did not I weep for him that was in trouble?

lose their life:

Let thistles grow instead of wheat,
And cockle instead of barley.

The words of Job are ended.
So these three men ceased to an-
swer Job, because he was righteous

Was not my soul grieved for the poor? When I looked for good, then evil in his own eyes. Then was kindled came unto me: the wrath of Elihu: against Job was

And when I waited for light, there his wrath kindled, because he justicame darkness. fied himself rather than God. Also

If I have withheld the poor from their against his three friends was his desire, wrath kindled, because they had Or have caused the eyes of the widow found no answer, and yet had conto fail; demned Job.

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone,

And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

And Elihu reasoned with Job, that God gave no account of his ways to men, but called them to repentance. And Elihu said,

If I have seen any perish for want of Surely thou hast spoken in mine clothing,

Or any poor without covering;

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,

When I saw my help in the gate: Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade,

And mine arm be broken from the bone.

hearing,

And I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

I am clean without transgression, I am innocent;

Neither is there iniquity in me. Behold, he findeth occasions against me,

He counteth me for his enemy,

Yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, sword. He clappeth his hands among us, Then he is gracious unto him, and And multiplieth his words against saith,

For his eyes are upon the ways of He preserveth not the life of the

There is no darkness, nor shadow of He withdraweth not his eyes from the death,

And when he hideth his face, who And if they be bound in fetters, then can behold him? And be holden in cords of affliction; Whether it be done against a nation, Then he sheweth them their work, or against a man only: And their transgressions that they have exceeded.

He delivereth the poor in his afflic- And the breadth of the waters is tion,

And openeth their ears in oppres- Touching the Almighty, we cannot sion. find him out: he is excellent in power,

Behold, God is great, and we know THE LORD REASONETH WITH JOB

HEN the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Who is this that darkeneth counsel

They pour down rain according to By words without knowledge?

Or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together,

And all the sons of God shouted for
joy?

Or who shut up the sea with doors?
When I made the cloud the garment

thereof,

And that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born?

Or because the number of thy days is great?

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?

And thick darkness a swaddlingband Or hast thou seen the treasures of the for it,

And set bars and doors,

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come,

but no further:

hail,

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble,

Against the day of battle and war?

And here shall thy proud waves be By what way is the light parted,

stayed?

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days;

And caused the dayspring to know his place;

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,

That the wicked might be shaken out
of it?

It is turned as clay to the seal;
And they stand as a garment.
And from the wicked their light is
withholden,

And the high arm shall be broken.
Hast thou entered into the springs of
the sea?

Which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters,

Or a way for the lightning of thunder;

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is;

On the wilderness wherein there is no man;

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground;

And to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go,

Or hast thou walked in the search of And say unto thee, Here we are? the depth?

Have the gates of death been opened

unto thee?

Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth?

Declare if thou knowest it all.

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?

Or who hath given understanding to the heart?

Who can number the clouds in wis-
dom?

Or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
When the dust groweth into hardness,
And the clods cleave fast together?
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?

Where is the way where light dwelleth? And as for darkness, where is the Or fill the appetite of the young lions, place thereof, When they couch in their dens, That thou shouldest take it to the And abide in the covert to lie in bound thereof, wait?

Who provideth for the raven his Because God hath deprived her of food?

wisdom,

When his young ones cry unto God, Neither hath he imparted to her unThey wander for lack of meat.

derstanding.

What time she lifteth up herself on high,

Who hath sent out the wild ass free! Or who hath loosed the bands of the She scorneth the horse and his rider. wild ass? Hast thou given the horse strength? Whose house I have made the wilder- Hast thou clothed his neck with

ness,

And the barren land his dwellings.
He scorneth the multitude of the city,
Neither regardeth he the crying of
the driver.

The range of the mountains is his
pasture,

And he searcheth after every green thing.

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee,

Or abide by thy crib?

thunder?

Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper?

The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength:

He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted;

Neither turneth he back from the sword.

The quiver rattleth against him,

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his The glittering spear and the shield.

band in the furrow?

Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?

Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed,

And gather it into thy barn?

He swalloweth the ground with fierce

ness and rage:

Neither believeth he that it is the

sound of the trumpet.

He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha;

And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom,

peacocks?

Or wings and feathers unto the
ostrich ?

Which leaveth her eggs in the earth,
And warmeth them in dust,

And stretch her wings toward the south?

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command,

And make her nest on high?

And forgetteth that the foot may She dwelleth and abideth on the rock,

crush them,

Or that the wild beast may break them.

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's:

Her labour is in vain without fear;

Upon the crag of the rock, and the
strong place.

From thence she seeketh the prey,
And her eyes behold afar off.

Her young ones also suck up blood:
And where the slain are, there is
she.