The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

Would I keep silence concerning his boastings, or his proud talk, or his fair array of words?

Who can uncover the face of his garment? Who shall come within his double bridle?

Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Out of his mouth go burning torches, and sparks of fire leap forth.

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes.

His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

In his neck abideth strength, and dismay danceth before him.

The flakes of his flesh are joined together; they are firm upon him; they cannot be moved.

His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.

When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.

If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.

Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.

He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

Upon earth there is not his like, who is made to be fearless.

He looketh at all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.

Then Job answered the LORD, and said:

I know that Thou canst do every thing, and that no purpose can be withholden from Thee.

Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Hear, I beseech Thee, and I will speak; I will demand of Thee, and declare Thou unto me.

I had heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth Thee;

Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, seeing I am dust and ashes.

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite: 'My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job hath.

Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I do not unto you aught unseemly; for ye have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.'

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them; and the LORD accepted Job.

And the LORD changed the fortune of Job, when he prayed for his friends; and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house; and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him; every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

He had also seven sons and three daughters.

And he called the name of the first, Jemimah; and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

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.

And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

So Job died, being old and full of days.

BOOK I HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by streams of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf doth not wither; and in whatsoever he doeth he shall prosper.

Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in vain?

The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against His anointed:

'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.'

He that sitteth in heaven laugheth, the Lord hath them in derision.

Then will He speak unto them in His wrath, and affright them in His sore displeasure:

'Truly it is I that have established My king upon Zion, My holy mountain.'

I will tell of the decree: the LORD said unto me: 'Thou art My son, this day have I begotten thee.

Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.'

Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; be admonished, ye judges of the earth.

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Do homage in purity, lest He be angry, and ye perish in the way, when suddenly His wrath is kindled. Happy are all they that take refuge in Him.

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how many are mine adversaries become! Many are they that rise up against me.

Many there are that say of my soul: 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah

But thou, O LORD, art a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

With my voice I call unto the LORD, and He answereth me out of His holy mountain. Selah

I lay me down, and I sleep; I awake, for the LORD sustaineth me.

I am not afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God; for Thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek, Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; Thy blessing be upon Thy people. Selah

For the Leader; with string-music. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness, Thou who didst set me free when I was in distress; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer.

O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be put to shame, in that ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah

But know that the LORD hath set apart the godly man as His own; the LORD will hear when I call unto Him.

Tremble, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

Many there are that say: 'Oh that we could see some good!' LORD, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than when their corn and their wine increase.

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for Thou, LORD, makest me dwell alone in safety.

For the Leader; upon the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; for unto Thee do I pray.

O LORD, in the morning shalt Thou hear my voice; in the morning will I order my prayer unto Thee, and will look forward.

For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with Thee.

The boasters shall not stand in Thy sight; Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Thou destroyest them that speak falsehood; the LORD abhorreth the man of blood and of deceit.

But as for me, in the abundance of Thy lovingkindness will I come into Thy house; I will bow down toward Thy holy temple in the fear of Thee.

O LORD, lead me in Thy righteousness because of them that lie in wait for me; make Thy way straight before my face.

For there is no sincerity in their mouth; their inward part is a yawning gulf, their throat is an open sepulchre; they make smooth their tongue.

Hold them guilty, O God, let them fall by their own counsels; cast them down in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against Thee.

So shall all those that take refuge in Thee rejoice, they shall ever shout for joy, and Thou shalt shelter them; let them also that love Thy name exult in Thee.

For Thou dost bless the righteous; O LORD, Thou dost encompass him with favour as with a shield.

For the Leader; with string-music; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in Thine anger, neither chasten me in Thy wrath.

Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.

My soul also is sore affrighted; and Thou, O LORD, how long?

Return, O LORD, deliver my soul; save me for Thy mercy's sake.

For in death there is no remembrance of Thee; in the nether-world who will give Thee thanks?

I am weary with my groaning; every night make I my bed to swim; I melt away my couch with my tears.

Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation; it waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD receiveth my prayer.

All mine enemies shall be ashamed and sore affrighted; they shall turn back, they shall be ashamed suddenly.

Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning Cush a Benjamite. O LORD my God, in Thee have I taken refuge; save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me;

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

If I have requited him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness;