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JOB 28

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Job Continues: Where Is Wisdom?
28:1
“Surely there is a mine for silver,
and a place for gold that they refine.
2
Iron is taken out of the earth,
and copper is smelted from the ore.
3
Man puts an end to darkness
and searches out to the farthest limit
the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
4
He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives;
they are forgotten by travelers;
they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro.
5
As for the earth, out of it comes bread,
but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
6
Its stones are the place of sapphires,
and it has dust of gold.

7
“That path no bird of prey knows,
and the falcon’s eye has not seen it.
8
The proud beasts have not trodden it;
the lion has not passed over it.

9
“Man puts his hand to the flinty rock
and overturns mountains by the roots.
10
He cuts out channels in the rocks,
and his eye sees every precious thing.
11
He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle,
and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.

12
“But where shall wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
13
Man does not know its worth,
and it is not found in the land of the living.
14
The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’
and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
15
It cannot be bought for gold,
and silver cannot be weighed as its price.
16
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
in precious onyx or sapphire.
17
Gold and glass cannot equal it,
nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
18
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal;
the price of wisdom is above pearls.
19
The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
nor can it be valued in pure gold.

20
“From where, then, does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
21
It is hidden from the eyes of all living
and concealed from the birds of the air.
22
Abaddon and Death say,
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’

23
“God understands the way to it,
and he knows its place.
24
For he looks to the ends of the earth
and sees everything under the heavens.
25
When he gave to the wind its weight
and apportioned the waters by measure,
26
when he made a decree for the rain
and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
27
then he saw it and declared it;
he established it, and searched it out.
28
And he said to man,
‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”



PSALM 40

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My Help and My Deliverer
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
40:1
I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2
He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
3
He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord.

4
Blessed is the man who makes
the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after a lie!
5
You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
yet they are more than can be told.

6
In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an open ear.
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
7
Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
8
I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.”

9
I have told the glad news of deliverance
in the great congregation;
behold, I have not restrained my lips,
as you know, O Lord.
10
I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.

11
As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain
your mercy from me;
your steadfast love and your faithfulness will
ever preserve me!
12
For evils have encompassed me
beyond number;
my iniquities have overtaken me,
and I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs of my head;
my heart fails me.

13
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me!
O Lord, make haste to help me!
14
Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether
who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be turned back and brought to dishonor
who delight in my hurt!
15
Let those be appalled because of their shame
who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”

16
But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
17
As for me, I am poor and needy,
but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!



PROVERBS 8

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The Blessings of Wisdom
8:1
Does not wisdom call?
Does not understanding raise her voice?
2
On the heights beside the way,
at the crossroads she takes her stand;
3
beside the gates in front of the town,
at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
4
“To you, O men, I call,
and my cry is to the children of man.
5
O simple ones, learn prudence;
O fools, learn sense.
6
Hear, for I will speak noble things,
and from my lips will come what is right,
7
for my mouth will utter truth;
wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8
All the words of my mouth are righteous;
there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
9
They are all straight to him who understands,
and right to those who find knowledge.
10
Take my instruction instead of silver,
and knowledge rather than choice gold,
11
for wisdom is better than jewels,
and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.

12
“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
and I find knowledge and discretion.
13
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.
14
I have counsel and sound wisdom;
I have insight; I have strength.
15
By me kings reign,
and rulers decree what is just;
16
by me princes rule,
and nobles, all who govern justly.
17
I love those who love me,
and those who seek me diligently find me.
18
Riches and honor are with me,
enduring wealth and righteousness.
19
My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold,
and my yield than choice silver.
20
I walk in the way of righteousness,
in the paths of justice,
21
granting an inheritance to those who love me,
and filling their treasuries.

22
“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work,
the first of his acts of old.
23
Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
24
When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
25
Before the mountains had been shaped,
before the hills, I was brought forth,
26
before he had made the earth with its fields,
or the first of the dust of the world.
27
When he established the heavens, I was there;
when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28
when he made firm the skies above,
when he established the fountains of the deep,
29
when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
30
then I was beside him, like a master workman,
and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing before him always,
31
rejoicing in his inhabited world
and delighting in the children of man.

32
“And now, O sons, listen to me:
blessed are those who keep my ways.
33
Hear instruction and be wise,
and do not neglect it.
34
Blessed is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.
35
For whoever finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the Lord,
36
but he who fails to find me injures himself;
all who hate me love death.”

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