Job 13
New American Standard Bible 1995
Job Says His Friends’ Proverbs Are Ashes
13 “(A)Behold, my eye has seen all this,
My ear has heard and understood it.
2 “(B)What you know I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
3 “But (C)I would speak to [a]the Almighty,
And I desire to (D)argue with God.
4 “But you (E)smear with lies;
You are all (F)worthless physicians.
5 “O that you would (G)be completely silent,
And that it would become your wisdom!
6 “Please hear my argument
And listen to the contentions of my lips.
7 “Will you (H)speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?
8 “Will you (I)show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?
9 “Will it be well when He examines you?
Or (J)will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
10 “He will surely reprove you
If you secretly (K)show partiality.
11 “Will not (L)His [b]majesty terrify you,
And the dread of Him fall on you?
12 “Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.
Job Is Sure He Will Be Vindicated
13 “(M)Be silent before me so that I may speak;
Then let come on me what may.
14 “Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
And (N)put my life in my [c]hands?
15 “(O)Though He slay me,
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless I (P)will argue my ways [d]before Him.
16 “This also will be my (Q)salvation,
For (R)a godless man may not come before His presence.
17 “Listen carefully to my speech,
And let my declaration fill your ears.
18 “Behold now, I have (S)prepared my case;
I know that (T)I will be vindicated.
19 “(U)Who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and (V)die.
20 “Only two things do not do to me,
Then I will not hide from Your face:
21 (W)Remove Your [e]hand from me,
And let not the dread of You terrify me.
22 “Then call, and (X)I will answer;
Or let me speak, then reply to me.
23 “(Y)How many are my iniquities and sins?
Make known to me my [f]rebellion and my sin.
24 “Why do You (Z)hide Your face
And consider me (AA)Your enemy?
25 “Will You cause a (AB)driven leaf to tremble?
Or will You pursue the dry (AC)chaff?
26 “For You write (AD)bitter things against me
And (AE)make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27 “You (AF)put my feet in the stocks
And watch all my paths;
You [g]set a limit for the soles of my feet,
28 While [h]I am decaying like a (AG)rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Psalm 18:43-50
New American Standard Bible 1995
43 You have delivered me from the (A)contentions of the people;
You have placed me as (B)head of the nations;
A (C)people whom I have not known serve me.
44 As soon as they hear, they obey me;
Foreigners [a](D)submit to me.
45 Foreigners (E)fade away,
And (F)come trembling out of their [b]fortresses.
46 The Lord (G)lives, and blessed be (H)my rock;
And exalted be (I)the God of my salvation,
47 The God who (J)executes vengeance for me,
And (K)subdues peoples under me.
48 He (L)delivers me from my enemies;
Surely You (M)lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from the (N)violent man.
49 Therefore I will (O)give thanks to You among the nations, O Lord,
And I will (P)sing praises to Your name.
50 He gives great [c](Q)deliverance to His king,
And shows lovingkindness to (R)His anointed,
To David and (S)his [d]descendants forever.
Footnotes
- Psalm 18:44 Lit deceive me; i.e. give feigned obedience
- Psalm 18:45 Lit fastnesses
- Psalm 18:50 I.e. victories; lit salvations
- Psalm 18:50 Lit seed
Mark 2:13-17
New American Standard Bible 1995
13 And He went out again by the seashore; and (A)all the [a]people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.
Levi (Matthew) Called
14 (B)As He passed by, He saw [b](C)Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth, and He *said to him, “(D)Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.
15 And it *[c]happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and [d]sinners [e]were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him. 16 When (E)the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “(F)Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and [f]sinners?” 17 And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “(G)It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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