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JOB 7

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Job Continues: My Life Has No Hope
7:1
“Has not man a hard service on earth,
and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?
2
Like a slave who longs for the shadow,
and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,
3
so I am allotted months of emptiness,
and nights of misery are apportioned to me.
4
When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’
But the night is long,
and I am full of tossing till the dawn.
5
My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt;
my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.
6
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle
and come to their end without hope.

7
“Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will never again see good.
8
The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more;
while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.
9
As the cloud fades and vanishes,
so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;
10
he returns no more to his house,
nor does 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 the sea, or a sea monster,
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 I would choose strangling
and death rather than my bones.
16
I loathe my life; I would not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
17
What is man, that you make so much of him,
and that you set your heart on him,
18
visit him every morning
and test him every moment?
19
How long will you not look away from me,
nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
20
If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind?
Why have you made me your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?
21
Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
you will seek me, but I shall not be.”



PSALM 31

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Into Your Hand I Commit My Spirit
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
31:1
In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
in your righteousness deliver me!
2
Incline your ear to me;
rescue me speedily!
Be a rock of refuge for me,
a strong fortress to save me!

3
For you are my rock and my fortress;
and for your name’s sake you lead me and guide me;
4
you take me out of the net they have hidden for me,
for you are my refuge.
5
Into your hand I commit my spirit;
you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.

6
I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols,
but I trust in the Lord.
7
I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love,
because you have seen my affliction;
you have known the distress of my soul,
8
and you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy;
you have set my feet in a broad place.

9
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
my eye is wasted from grief;
my soul and my body also.
10
For my life is spent with sorrow,
and my years with sighing;
my strength fails because of my iniquity,
and my bones waste away.

11
Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach,
especially to my neighbors,
and an object of dread to my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street flee from me.
12
I have been forgotten like one who is dead;
I have become like a broken vessel.
13
For I hear the whispering of many—
terror on every side!—
as they scheme together against me,
as they plot to take my life.

14
But I trust in you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
15
My times are in your hand;
rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
16
Make your face shine on your servant;
save me in your steadfast love!
17
O Lord, let me not be put to shame,
for I call upon you;
let the wicked be put to shame;
let them go silently to Sheol.
18
Let the lying lips be mute,
which speak insolently against the righteous
in pride and contempt.

19
Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
in the sight of the children of mankind!
20
In the cover of your presence you hide them
from the plots of men;
you store them in your shelter
from the strife of tongues.

21
Blessed be the Lord,
for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me
when I was in a besieged city.
22
I had said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from your sight.”
But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy
when I cried to you for help.

23
Love the Lord, all you his saints!
The Lord preserves the faithful
but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.
24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who wait for the Lord!



PROVERBS 18

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18:1
Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire;
he breaks out against all sound judgment.
2
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
but only in expressing his opinion.
3
When wickedness comes, contempt comes also,
and with dishonor comes disgrace.
4
The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;
the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
5
It is not good to be partial to the wicked
or to deprive the righteous of justice.
6
A fool’s lips walk into a fight,
and his mouth invites a beating.
7
A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
and his lips are a snare to his soul.
8
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.
9
Whoever is slack in his work
is a brother to him who destroys.
10
The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
11
A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
and like a high wall in his imagination.
12
Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty,
but humility comes before honor.
13
If one gives an answer before he hears,
it is his folly and shame.
14
A man’s spirit will endure sickness,
but a crushed spirit who can bear?
15
An intelligent heart acquires knowledge,
and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
16
A man’s gift makes room for him
and brings him before the great.
17
The one who states his case first seems right,
until the other comes and examines him.
18
The lot puts an end to quarrels
and decides between powerful contenders.
19
A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city,
and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
20
From the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach is satisfied;
he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.
21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.
22
He who finds a wife finds a good thing
and obtains favor from the Lord.
23
The poor use entreaties,
but the rich answer roughly.
24
A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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