Job 10

New International Version

10 “I loathe my very life;^(A)
    therefore I will give free rein to my complaint
    and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.^(B)
²I say to God:^(C) Do not declare me guilty,
    but tell me what charges^(D) you have against me.^(E)
³Does it please you to oppress me,^(F)
    to spurn the work of your hands,^(G)
    while you smile on the plans of the wicked?^(H)
⁴Do you have eyes of flesh?
    Do you see as a mortal sees?^(I)
⁵Are your days like those of a mortal
    or your years like those of a strong man,^(J)
⁶that you must search out my faults
    and probe after my sin^(K)—
⁷though you know that I am not guilty^(L)
    and that no one can rescue me from your hand?^(M)

⁸“Your hands shaped^(N) me and made me.
    Will you now turn and destroy me?^(O)
⁹Remember that you molded me like clay.^(P)
    Will you now turn me to dust again?^(Q)
¹⁰Did you not pour me out like milk
    and curdle me like cheese,
¹¹clothe me with skin and flesh
    and knit me together^(R) with bones and sinews?
¹²You gave me life^(S) and showed me kindness,^(T)
    and in your providence^(U) watched over^(V) my spirit.

¹³“But this is what you concealed in your heart,
    and I know that this was in your mind:^(W)
¹⁴If I sinned, you would be watching me^(X)
    and would not let my offense go unpunished.^(Y)
¹⁵If I am guilty^(Z)—woe to me!^(AA)
    Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,^(AB)
for I am full of shame
    and drowned in^[a] my affliction.^(AC)
¹⁶If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion^(AD)
    and again display your awesome power against me.^(AE)
¹⁷You bring new witnesses against me^(AF)
    and increase your anger toward me;^(AG)
    your forces come against me wave upon wave.^(AH)

¹⁸“Why then did you bring me out of the womb?^(AI)
    I wish I had died before any eye saw me.^(AJ)
¹⁹If only I had never come into being,
    or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!^(AK)
²⁰Are not my few days^(AL) almost over?^(AM)
    Turn away from me^(AN) so I can have a moment’s joy^(AO)
²¹before I go to the place of no return,^(AP)
    to the land of gloom and utter darkness,^(AQ)
²²to the land of deepest night,
    of utter darkness^(AR) and disorder,
    where even the light is like darkness.”^(AS)

Footnotes

Job 10:15 Or and aware of

Galatians 2

New International Version

Paul Accepted by the Apostles

2 Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem,^(A) this time with Barnabas.^(B) I took Titus^(C) along also. ²I went in response to a revelation^(D) and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles.^(E) I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race^(F) in vain. ³Yet not even Titus,^(G) who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.^(H) ⁴This matter arose because some false believers^(I) had infiltrated our ranks to spy on^(J) the freedom^(K) we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves. ⁵We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel^(L) might be preserved for you.

⁶As for those who were held in high esteem^(M)—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism^(N)—they added nothing to my message.^(O) ⁷On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task^(P) of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,^[a]^(Q) just as Peter^(R) had been to the circumcised.^[b] ⁸For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle^(S) to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle^(T) to the Gentiles. ⁹James,^(U) Cephas^[c]^(V) and John, those esteemed as pillars,^(W) gave me and Barnabas^(X) the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me.^(Y) They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles,^(Z) and they to the circumcised. ¹⁰All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor,^(AA) the very thing I had been eager to do all along.

Paul Opposes Cephas

¹¹When Cephas^(AB) came to Antioch,^(AC) I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. ¹²For before certain men came from James,^(AD) he used to eat with the Gentiles.^(AE) But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.^(AF) ¹³The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas^(AG) was led astray.

¹⁴When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel,^(AH) I said to Cephas^(AI) in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew.^(AJ) How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?^(AK)

¹⁵“We who are Jews by birth^(AL) and not sinful Gentiles^(AM) ¹⁶know that a person is not justified by the works of the law,^(AN) but by faith in Jesus Christ.^(AO) So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in^[d] Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.^(AP)

¹⁷“But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners,^(AQ) doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!^(AR) ¹⁸If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.

¹⁹“For through the law I died to the law^(AS) so that I might live for God.^(AT) ²⁰I have been crucified with Christ^(AU) and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.^(AV) The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,^(AW) who loved me^(AX) and gave himself for me.^(AY) ²¹I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law,^(AZ) Christ died for nothing!”^[e]

Footnotes

Galatians 2:7 That is, Gentiles
Galatians 2:7 That is, Jews; also in verses 8 and 9
Galatians 2:9 That is, Peter; also in verses 11 and 14
Galatians 2:16 Or but through the faithfulness of … justified on the basis of the faithfulness of
Galatians 2:21 Some interpreters end the quotation after verse 14.

Psalm 136

New International Version

Psalm 136

¹Give thanks^(A) to the Lord, for he is good.^(B)
His love endures forever.^(C)
²Give thanks^(D) to the God of gods.^(E)
His love endures forever.
³Give thanks^(F) to the Lord of lords:^(G)
His love endures forever.

⁴to him who alone does great wonders,^(H)
His love endures forever.
⁵who by his understanding^(I) made the heavens,^(J)
His love endures forever.
⁶who spread out the earth^(K) upon the waters,^(L)
His love endures forever.
⁷who made the great lights^(M)—
His love endures forever.
⁸the sun to govern^(N) the day,
His love endures forever.
⁹the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.

¹⁰to him who struck down the firstborn^(O) of Egypt
His love endures forever.
¹¹and brought Israel out^(P) from among them
His love endures forever.
¹²with a mighty hand^(Q) and outstretched arm;^(R)
His love endures forever.

¹³to him who divided the Red Sea^[a]^(S) asunder
His love endures forever.
¹⁴and brought Israel through^(T) the midst of it,
His love endures forever.
¹⁵but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;^(U)
His love endures forever.

¹⁶to him who led his people through the wilderness;^(V)
His love endures forever.

¹⁷to him who struck down great kings,^(W)
His love endures forever.
¹⁸and killed mighty kings^(X)—
His love endures forever.
¹⁹Sihon king of the Amorites^(Y)
His love endures forever.
²⁰and Og king of Bashan^(Z)—
His love endures forever.
²¹and gave their land^(AA) as an inheritance,^(AB)
His love endures forever.
²²an inheritance^(AC) to his servant Israel.^(AD)
His love endures forever.

²³He remembered us^(AE) in our low estate
His love endures forever.
²⁴and freed us^(AF) from our enemies.^(AG)
His love endures forever.
²⁵He gives food^(AH) to every creature.
His love endures forever.