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Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?

And the LORD said to Job:

“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”

Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you.

Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.

Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?

Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?

No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?

No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?

Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.

One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.

They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.

No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.

Then Job replied to the LORD:

You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.

So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”

So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”

After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.

To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah

Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.

For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.

For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.

Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.

Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,

…or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

…or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

…then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.

Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.

I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.

I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,

The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.

He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”

He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”

He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.

They are crushed and beaten down; the helpless fall prey to his strength.

He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”

Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”

Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”

But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.

Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.

…to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.

For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!

For the choirmaster. Of David. In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!

For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.

I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.

The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

…who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”

Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips.

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.

A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.

You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.

My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.

I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.

They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,

They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,

Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,

…from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

…to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.