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Job 17

 ¹ My spirit is broken,
       my days are cut short,
       the grave awaits me.

 ² Surely mockers surround me;
       my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

 ³ "Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.
       Who else will put up security for me?

 ⁴ You have closed their minds to understanding;
       therefore you will not let them triumph.

 ⁵ If a man denounces his friends for reward,
       the eyes of his children will fail.

 ⁶ "God has made me a byword to everyone,
       a man in whose face people spit.

 ⁷ My eyes have grown dim with grief;
       my whole frame is but a shadow.

 ⁸ Upright men are appalled at this;
       the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.

 ⁹ Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways,
       and those with clean hands will grow stronger.

 ¹⁰ "But come on, all of you, try again!
       I will not find a wise man among you.

 ¹¹ My days have passed, my plans are shattered,
       and so are the desires of my heart.

 ¹² These men turn night into day;
       in the face of darkness they say, 'Light is near.'

 ¹³ If the only home I hope for is the grave, ^[a]
       if I spread out my bed in darkness,

 ¹⁴ if I say to corruption, 'You are my father,'
       and to the worm, 'My mother' or 'My sister,'

 ¹⁵ where then is my hope?
       Who can see any hope for me?

 ¹⁶ Will it go down to the gates of death ^[b] ?
       Will we descend together into the dust?"

Job 18

Bildad

 ² "When will you end these speeches?
       Be sensible, and then we can talk.

 ³ Why are we regarded as cattle
       and considered stupid in your sight?

 ⁴ You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger,
       is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
       Or must the rocks be moved from their place?

 ⁵ "The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out;
       the flame of his fire stops burning.

 ⁶ The light in his tent becomes dark;
       the lamp beside him goes out.

 ⁷ The vigor of his step is weakened;
       his own schemes throw him down.

 ⁸ His feet thrust him into a net
       and he wanders into its mesh.

 ⁹ A trap seizes him by the heel;
       a snare holds him fast.

 ¹⁰ A noose is hidden for him on the ground;
       a trap lies in his path.

 ¹¹ Terrors startle him on every side
       and dog his every step.

 ¹² Calamity is hungry for him;
       disaster is ready for him when he falls.

 ¹³ It eats away parts of his skin;
       death's firstborn devours his limbs.

 ¹⁴ He is torn from the security of his tent
       and marched off to the king of terrors.

 ¹⁵ Fire resides ^[c] in his tent;
       burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.

 ¹⁶ His roots dry up below
       and his branches wither above.

 ¹⁷ The memory of him perishes from the earth;
       he has no name in the land.

 ¹⁸ He is driven from light into darkness
       and is banished from the world.

 ¹⁹ He has no offspring or descendants among his people,
       no survivor where once he lived.

 ²⁰ Men of the west are appalled at his fate;
       men of the east are seized with horror.

 ²¹ Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man;
       such is the place of one who knows not God."

Job 19

Job

 ² "How long will you torment me
       and crush me with words?

 ³ Ten times now you have reproached me;
       shamelessly you attack me.

 ⁴ If it is true that I have gone astray,
       my error remains my concern alone.

 ⁵ If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me
       and use my humiliation against me,

 ⁶ then know that God has wronged me
       and drawn his net around me.

 ⁷ "Though I cry, 'I've been wronged!' I get no response;
       though I call for help, there is no justice.

 ⁸ He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;
       he has shrouded my paths in darkness.

 ⁹ He has stripped me of my honor
       and removed the crown from my head.

 ¹⁰ He tears me down on every side till I am gone;
       he uproots my hope like a tree.

 ¹¹ His anger burns against me;
       he counts me among his enemies.

 ¹² His troops advance in force;
       they build a siege ramp against me
       and encamp around my tent.

 ¹³ "He has alienated my brothers from me;
       my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

 ¹⁴ My kinsmen have gone away;
       my friends have forgotten me.

 ¹⁵ My guests and my maidservants count me a stranger;
       they look upon me as an alien.

 ¹⁶ I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
       though I beg him with my own mouth.

 ¹⁷ My breath is offensive to my wife;
       I am loathsome to my own brothers.

 ¹⁸ Even the little boys scorn me;
       when I appear, they ridicule me.

 ¹⁹ All my intimate friends detest me;
       those I love have turned against me.

 ²⁰ I am nothing but skin and bones;
       I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth. ^[d]

 ²¹ "Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,
       for the hand of God has struck me.

 ²² Why do you pursue me as God does?
       Will you never get enough of my flesh?

 ²³ "Oh, that my words were recorded,
       that they were written on a scroll,

 ²⁴ that they were inscribed with an iron tool on ^[e] lead,
       or engraved in rock forever!

 ²⁵ I know that my Redeemer ^[f] lives,
       and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. ^[g]

 ²⁶ And after my skin has been destroyed,
       yet ^[h] in ^[i] my flesh I will see God;

 ²⁷ I myself will see him
       with my own eyes—I, and not another.
       How my heart yearns within me!

 ²⁸ "If you say, 'How we will hound him,
       since the root of the trouble lies in him, ^[j] '

 ²⁹ you should fear the sword yourselves;
       for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,
       and then you will know that there is judgment. ^[k] "

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Acts 10

Cornelius Calls for Peter

 ⁴Cornelius stared at him in fear. "What is it, Lord?" he asked.

   The angel answered, "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. ⁵Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter. ⁶He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea."

 ⁷When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants. ⁸He told them everything that had happened and sent them to Joppa.

Peter's Vision

 ¹⁴"Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean."

 ¹⁵The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."

 ¹⁶This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.

 ¹⁷While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found out where Simon's house was and stopped at the gate. ¹⁸They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.

 ¹⁹While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Simon, three^[a] men are looking for you. ²⁰So get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them."

 ²¹Peter went down and said to the men, "I'm the one you're looking for. Why have you come?"

 ²²The men replied, "We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to have you come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say." ²³Then Peter invited the men into the house to be his guests.