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JOB 38

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The Lord Answers Job

38:1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
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“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 3

Dress for action like a man;

I will question you, and you make it known to me.
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“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?

Tell me, if you have understanding. 5

Who determined its measurements—surely you know!

Or who stretched the line upon it? 6

On what were its bases sunk,

or who laid its cornerstone, 7

when the morning stars sang together

and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
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“Or who shut in the sea with doors

when it burst out from the womb, 9

when I made clouds its garment

and thick darkness its swaddling band, 10

and prescribed limits for it

and set bars and doors, 11

and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,

and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?
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“Have you commanded the morning since your days began,

and caused the dawn to know its place, 13

that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth,

and the wicked be shaken out of it? 14

It is changed like clay under the seal,

and its features stand out like a garment. 15

From the wicked their light is withheld,

and their uplifted arm is broken.
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“Have you entered into the springs of the sea,

or walked in the recesses of the deep? 17

Have the gates of death been revealed to you,

or have you seen the gates of deep darkness? 18

Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?

Declare, if you know all this.
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“Where is the way to the dwelling of light,

and where is the place of darkness, 20

that you may take it to its territory

and that you may discern the paths to its home? 21

You know, for you were born then,

and the number of your days is great!
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“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,

or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, 23

which I have reserved for the time of trouble,

for the day of battle and war? 24

What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,

or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?
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“Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain

and a way for the thunderbolt, 26

to bring rain on a land where no man is,

on the desert in which there is no man, 27

to satisfy the waste and desolate land,

and to make the ground sprout with grass?
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“Has the rain a father,

or who has begotten the drops of dew? 29

From whose womb did the ice come forth,

and who has given birth to the frost of heaven? 30

The waters become hard like stone,

and the face of the deep is frozen.
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“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades

or loose the cords of Orion? 32

Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season,

or can you guide the Bear with its children? 33

Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?

Can you establish their rule on the earth?
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“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,

that a flood of waters may cover you? 35

Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go

and say to you, ‘Here we are’? 36

Who has put wisdom in the inward parts

or given understanding to the mind? 37

Who can number the clouds by wisdom?

Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens, 38

when the dust runs into a mass

and the clods stick fast together?
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“Can you hunt the prey for the lion,

or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, 40

when they crouch in their dens

or lie in wait in their thicket? 41

Who provides for the raven its prey,

when its young ones cry to God for help,

and wander about for lack of food?

ROMANS 5

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Peace with God Through Faith

5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Death in Adam, Life in Christ

12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.
15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. 16 And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. 17 For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
18 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. 20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.