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Doesn’t your reverence for God give you confidence?
    Doesn’t your life of integrity give you hope?

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Should not your piety be your confidence(A)
    and your blameless(B) ways your hope?

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26 for the Lord is your security.
    He will keep your foot from being caught in a trap.

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26 for the Lord will be at your side(A)
    and will keep your foot(B) from being snared.(C)

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26 Those who fear the Lord are secure;
    he will be a refuge for their children.

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26 Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress,(A)
    and for their children it will be a refuge.(B)

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Prologue

There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil.

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Prologue

In the land of Uz(A) there lived a man whose name was Job.(B) This man was blameless(C) and upright;(D) he feared God(E) and shunned evil.(F)

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15 Where then is my hope?
    Can anyone find it?

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15 where then is my hope—(A)
    who can see any hope for me?(B)

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11 For I have stayed on God’s paths;
    I have followed his ways and not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from his commands,
    but have treasured his words more than daily food.

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11 My feet have closely followed his steps;(A)
    I have kept to his way without turning aside.(B)
12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;(C)
    I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.(D)

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17 Yet I have done no wrong,
    and my prayer is pure.

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17 yet my hands have been free of violence(A)
    and my prayer is pure.(B)

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A Call to Holy Living

13 So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.

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Be Holy

13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober,(A) set your hope(B) on the grace to be brought to you(C) when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.(D)

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“Remember, O Lord, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.

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“Remember,(A) Lord, how I have walked(B) before you faithfully(C) and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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17 And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time here as “temporary residents.”

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17 Since you call on a Father(A) who judges each person’s work(B) impartially,(C) live out your time as foreigners(D) here in reverent fear.(E)

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12 For I assisted the poor in their need
    and the orphans who required help.
13 I helped those without hope, and they blessed me.
    And I caused the widows’ hearts to sing for joy.
14 Everything I did was honest.
    Righteousness covered me like a robe,
    and I wore justice like a turban.
15 I served as eyes for the blind
    and feet for the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor
    and assisted strangers who needed help.
17 I broke the jaws of godless oppressors
    and plucked their victims from their teeth.

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12 because I rescued the poor(A) who cried for help,
    and the fatherless(B) who had none to assist them.(C)
13 The one who was dying blessed me;(D)
    I made the widow’s(E) heart sing.
14 I put on righteousness(F) as my clothing;
    justice was my robe and my turban.(G)
15 I was eyes(H) to the blind
    and feet to the lame.(I)
16 I was a father to the needy;(J)
    I took up the case(K) of the stranger.(L)
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked
    and snatched the victims(M) from their teeth.(N)

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I will never concede that you are right;
    I will defend my integrity until I die.
I will maintain my innocence without wavering.
    My conscience is clear for as long as I live.

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I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.(A)
I will maintain my innocence(B) and never let go of it;
    my conscience(C) will not reproach me as long as I live.(D)

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15 God might kill me, but I have no other hope.[a]
    I am going to argue my case with him.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:15 An alternate reading in the Masoretic Text reads God might kill me, but I hope in him.

15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope(A) in him;(B)
    I will surely[a] defend my ways to his face.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:15 Or He will surely slay me; I have no hope — / yet I will