Job 30

New American Standard Bible

Job’s Present State Is Humiliating

30 “But now those who are younger than I ^(A)mock me,
Whose fathers I refused to put with the dogs of my flock.
²Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me?
Vigor had perished from them.
³From poverty and famine they are gaunt,
They who gnaw at the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,
⁴Who pluck saltweed by the bushes,
And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.
⁵They are driven from the community;
They shout against them as against a thief,
⁶So that they live on the slopes of ravines,
In holes in the ground and among the rocks.
⁷Among the bushes they ^[a]cry out;
Under the weeds they are gathered together.
⁸Worthless ^[b]fellows, even ^[c]those without a name,
They were cast out from the land.

⁹“And now I have become their ^[d]^(B)taunt,
And I have become a ^[e]^(C)byword to them.
¹⁰They loathe me and stand aloof from me,
And they do not ^[f]refrain from ^(D)spitting in my face.
¹¹Because He has undone ^[g]my ^[h]bowstring and ^(E)afflicted me,
They have cast off ^(F)the bridle before me.
¹²On the right hand their ^[i]mob arises;
They ^(G)push aside my feet ^(H)and pile up their ways of destruction against me.
¹³They ^(I)break up my path,
They promote my destruction;
No one restrains them.
¹⁴As through a wide gap they come,
^[j]Amid the storm they roll on.
¹⁵^(J)Sudden terrors are turned upon me;
They chase away my dignity like the wind,
And my ^[k]prosperity has passed away ^(K)like a cloud.

¹⁶“And now ^(L)my soul is poured out ^[l]within me;
Days of misery have seized me.
¹⁷At night it pierces ^(M)my bones ^[m]within me,
And my gnawing pains do not rest.
¹⁸By a great force my garment is ^(N)distorted;
It ties me up like the collar of my coat.
¹⁹He has thrown me into the ^(O)mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.
²⁰I ^(P)cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
²¹You have ^[n]become cruel to me;
With the strength of Your hand You ^(Q)persecute me.
²²You ^(R)lift me up to the wind and make me ride it;
And You dissolve me in a storm.
²³For I know that You ^(S)will bring me to death,
And to the ^(T)house of meeting for all living.

²⁴“Yet does one in a heap of ruins not reach out with his hand,
Or in his disaster does he not ^(U)cry out for help?
²⁵Have I not ^(V)wept for the ^[o]one whose life is hard?
Was my soul not grieved for ^(W)the needy?
²⁶When I ^(X)expected good, evil came;
When I waited for light, ^(Y)darkness came.
²⁷^[p]I am seething ^(Z)within and cannot rest;
Days of misery confront me.
²⁸I go about ^[q]^(AA)mourning without comfort;
I stand up in the assembly and ^(AB)cry out for help.
²⁹I have become a brother to ^(AC)jackals,
And a companion of ostriches.
³⁰My ^(AD)skin turns black ^[r]on me,
And my ^(AE)bones burn with ^[s]fever.
³¹Therefore my ^(AF)harp ^[t]is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.

Footnotes

Job 30:7 Or bray
Job 30:8 Lit sons
Job 30:8 Lit sons
Job 30:9 Lit song
Job 30:9 I.e., prob. a word of insult
Job 30:10 Lit withhold spit from my face
Job 30:11 Some mss His
Job 30:11 Or cord
Job 30:12 Or youth arise
Job 30:14 Lit Under
Job 30:15 Or welfare
Job 30:16 Lit upon
Job 30:17 Lit from upon
Job 30:21 Lit turned to be
Job 30:25 Lit hard of day
Job 30:27 Lit My inward parts are boiling
Job 30:28 Or blackened, but not by the heat of the sun
Job 30:30 Lit from upon
Job 30:30 Lit heat
Job 30:31 Lit becomes

Psalm 120

New American Standard Bible

Prayer for Rescue from the Treacherous.

A Song of ^[a]Ascents.

120 ^(A)I cried to the Lord in my trouble,
And He answered me.
²Rescue my soul, Lord, from ^(B)lying lips,
From a ^(C)deceitful tongue.
³What will He give to you, and what more will He do to you,
You ^(D)deceitful tongue?
⁴^(E)Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the burning ^(F)coals of the broom tree!

⁵Woe to me, for I reside in ^(G)Meshech,
For I have settled among the ^(H)tents of ^(I)Kedar!
⁶Too long has my soul had its dwelling
With those who ^(J)hate peace.
⁷I ^(K)am for peace, but when I speak,
They are ^(L)for war.

Footnotes

Psalm 120 Title Ex 34:24; 1 Kin 12:27

Galatians 3-4

New American Standard Bible

Faith Brings Righteousness

3 ^[a]You foolish ^(A)Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ ^(B)was publicly portrayed as crucified? ²This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by works of ^[b]the Law, or by ^(C)hearing ^[c]with faith? ³Are you so foolish? Having begun ^[d]by the Spirit, are you now ^[e]being perfected by the flesh? ⁴Did you ^[f]suffer so many things in vain—^(D)if indeed it was in vain? ⁵So then, does He who ^(E)provides you with the Spirit and ^(F)works ^[g]miracles among you, do it by works of ^[h]the Law, or by ^(G)hearing ^[i]with faith?

⁶Just as ^(H)Abraham ^(I)believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness. ⁷Therefore, recognize that ^(J)it is those who are of faith who are ^(K)sons of Abraham. ⁸The Scripture, foreseeing that God ^[j]would justify the ^[k]Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “^(L)All the nations will be blessed in you.” ⁹So then, ^(M)those who are of faith are blessed with ^[l]Abraham, the believer.

¹⁰For all who are of works of ^[m]the Law are under a curse; for it is written: “^(N)Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all the things written in the book of the Law, to do them.” ¹¹Now, that ^(O)no one is justified ^[n]by ^[o]the Law before God is evident; for, “^[p]^(P)the righteous one will live by faith.” ¹²^[q]However, the Law is not ^[r]of faith; on the contrary, “^(Q)The person who performs ^[s]them will live by ^[t]them.” ¹³Christ ^(R)redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written: “^(S)Cursed is everyone who hangs on ^(T)a ^[u]tree”— ¹⁴in order that ^(U)in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we ^(V)would receive ^(W)the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Intent of the Law

¹⁵^(X)Brothers and sisters, ^(Y)I speak ^[v]in terms of human relations: ^(Z)even though it is only a man’s ^[w]covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds ^[x]conditions to it. ¹⁶Now the promises were spoken ^(AA)to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as one would in referring to many, but rather as in referring to one, “^(AB)And to your seed,” that is, Christ. ¹⁷What I am saying is this: the Law, which came ^(AC)430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise. ¹⁸For ^(AD)if the inheritance is ^[y]based on law, it is no longer ^[z]based on a promise; but ^(AE)God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise.

¹⁹^(AF)Why the Law then? It was added on account of the ^[aa]violations, having been ^(AG)ordered through angels ^(AH)at the hand of a ^[ab]mediator, until ^(AI)the Seed would come to whom the promise had been made. ²⁰Now ^(AJ)a mediator is not ^[ac]for one party only; but God is only one. ²¹Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? ^[ad]^(AK)Far from it! For ^(AL)if a law had been given that was able to impart life, then righteousness ^[ae]would indeed have been ^[af]based on law. ²²But the Scripture has ^(AM)confined ^[ag]everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

²³But before faith came, ^[ah]we were kept in custody under the Law, ^(AN)being confined for the faith that was destined to be revealed. ²⁴Therefore the Law has become our ^[ai]^(AO)guardian to lead us to Christ, so that ^(AP)we may be justified by faith. ²⁵But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a ^[aj]^(AQ)guardian. ²⁶For you are all ^(AR)sons and daughters of God through faith in ^(AS)Christ Jesus. ²⁷For all of you who were ^(AT)baptized into Christ have ^(AU)clothed yourselves with Christ. ²⁸^(AV)There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is ^[ak]neither male nor female; for ^(AW)you are all one in ^(AX)Christ Jesus. ²⁹And if ^(AY)you ^[al]belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s ^[am]descendants, heirs according to ^(AZ)promise.

Sonship in Christ

4 Now I say, as long as the heir is a ^[an]child, he does not differ at all from a slave, although he is ^[ao]owner of everything, ²but he is under guardians and ^[ap]managers until the ^[aq]date set by the father. ³So we too, when we were children, were held ^(BA)in bondage under the ^[ar]^(BB)elementary principles of the world. ⁴But when ^(BC)the fullness of the time came, God sent His Son, ^(BD)born of a woman, born ^(BE)under ^[as]the Law, ⁵so that He might redeem those who were under ^[at]the Law, that we might receive the adoption as ^(BF)sons and daughters. ⁶Because you are sons, ^(BG)God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “^(BH)Abba! ^[au]Father!” ⁷Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and ^(BI)if a son, then an heir ^[av]through God.

⁸However at that time, ^(BJ)when you did not know God, you were ^(BK)slaves to ^(BL)those which by nature are not gods. ⁹But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be ^(BM)known by God, ^(BN)how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless ^[aw]^(BO)elementary principles, to which you want to be enslaved all over again? ¹⁰You ^(BP)meticulously observe days and months and seasons and years. ¹¹I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored ^[ax]over you in vain.

¹²I beg of you, ^(BQ)brothers and sisters, ^(BR)become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong; ¹³but you know that it was because of a ^[ay]bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the ^[az]first time; ¹⁴and you did not despise that which was a trial to you in my ^[ba]bodily condition, nor express contempt, but ^(BS)you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself. ¹⁵Where then is ^[bb]that sense of blessing you had? For I testify about you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me. ¹⁶So have I become your enemy ^(BT)by ^[bc]telling you the truth? ¹⁷They eagerly seek you, not ^[bd]in a commendable way, but they want to shut you out so that you will seek them. ¹⁸But it is good always to be eagerly sought ^[be]in a commendable way, and ^(BU)not only when I am present with you. ¹⁹^(BV)My children, with whom ^(BW)I am again in labor until ^(BX)Christ is formed in you— ²⁰but I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone of voice, for ^(BY)I am at a loss about you!

Slave and Free

²¹Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not ^(BZ)listen to the Law? ²²For it is written that Abraham had two sons, ^(CA)one by the slave woman and ^(CB)one by the free woman. ²³But ^(CC)the son by the slave woman ^[bf]was born according to the flesh, and ^(CD)the son by the free woman through the promise. ²⁴^[bg]^(CE)This is speaking allegorically, for these women are two covenants: one coming from ^(CF)Mount Sinai giving birth to children ^[bh]who are to be ^(CG)slaves; ^[bi]she is Hagar. ²⁵Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is enslaved with her children. ²⁶But ^(CH)the Jerusalem above is free; ^[bj]she is our mother. ²⁷For it is written:

“^(CI)Rejoice, infertile one, you who do not give birth;
Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor;
For the children of the desolate one are more numerous
Than those of the one who has a husband.”

²⁸And you, brothers and sisters, ^(CJ)like Isaac, are ^(CK)children of promise. ²⁹But as at that time ^(CL)the son who was born according to the flesh ^(CM)persecuted the one who was born according to the Spirit, ^(CN)so it is even now. ³⁰But what does the Scripture say?