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'Who is this that hideth counsel without know- ' See ch. ledge?

Therefore have I uttered that which I under

stood not,

Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak;

2I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto

me.

5 I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee,

6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent

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In dust and ashes.

xxxviii. 2.

2 See ch. xxxviii. 3, xl. 7.

3 Or, loathe

my words

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, 8 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 deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my 9 servant Job hath. So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded Io them and the LORD accepted Job. And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and the LORD gave Job II 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 Heb. upon him: every man also gave him a 'piece of kesitah.

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money, and every one a ring of gold. So the 12 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 13 had also seven sons and three daughters. And 14 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 15 land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. And after 16 this Job lived an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. So Job died, being old and full of 17 days.

THE PSALMS.

BOOK I.

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1 1 1BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the 1Or, Happy counsel of the wicked,

Nor standeth in the way of sinners,

Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD;

And in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water,

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That bringeth forth its fruit in its season,

Whose leaf also doth not wither;

2

And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The wicked are not so;

2 Or, in whatsoever he doeth he shall

But are like the chaff which the wind driveth prosper

away.

5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgement,

Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: But the way of the wicked shall perish.

21 Why do the nations 'rage,

And the peoples 'imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

3 Let us break their bands asunder,

And cast away their cords from us.

3 Or, tumultuously assemble 4 Or,

meditate

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh:
The Lord shall have them in derision.

Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath,
And 'vex them in his sore displeasure:
Yet I have set my king

Upon my holy hill of Zion.

I will tell of the decree:

The LORD said unto me, Thou art my son ;
This day have I begotten thee.

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5

6

7

Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for 8 thine inheritance,

And the uttermost parts 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 be wise, O ye kings :

Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Serve the LORD with fear,

And rejoice with trembling.

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II

'Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish 12

in the way,

For his wrath will soon be kindled.

*Blessed are all they that 'put their trust in him.

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom

his son.

LORD, how are mine adversaries increased!
Many are they that rise up against me.

Many there be which say 6 of

my soul,

There is no 'help for him in God.

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

I cry unto the LORD with my voice,

I

2

[Selah

3

And he answereth me out of his holy hill. [Selah

3

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5 I laid me down and slept;

I awaked; for the LORD sustaineth me.

6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people,

That have set themselves against me round about.

7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God:

For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon

the cheek bone;

Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

8 'Salvation belongeth unto the LORD:

Thy blessing be upon thy people.

1 Or, Victory

[Selah

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments.
A Psalm of David.

1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteous

ness;

2 Or, Be

Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress: "Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 2 O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be unto me turned into dishonour?

How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood?

gracious

[Selah

3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself :

The LORD will hear when I call unto him.

4 'Stand in awe, and sin not:

Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.

5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,

And put your trust in the LORD.

[Selah

6 Many there be that say, Who will shew us any good?

LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance

upon us.

7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart,

More than they have when their corn and their wine are increased.

4 Or, Be ye

angry