Job 27

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Job Continues: I Will Maintain My Integrity

27 And Job again ^(A)took up his discourse, and said:

²“As God lives, who has ^(B)taken away my right,
    and the Almighty, who has ^(C)made my soul bitter,
³as long as my breath is in me,
    and ^(D)the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
⁴my lips will not speak ^(E)falsehood,
    and my tongue will not utter ^(F)deceit.
⁵Far be it from me to say that you are right;
    till I die I will not put away my ^(G)integrity from me.
⁶I ^(H)hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
    my heart does not ^(I)reproach me for any of my days.

⁷“Let my enemy be as the wicked,
    and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
⁸^(J)For what is the hope of the godless ^(K)when God cuts him off,
    when God takes away his life?
⁹^(L)Will God hear his cry
    when distress comes upon him?
¹⁰Will he ^(M)take delight in the Almighty?
    Will he call upon God at all times?
¹¹I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
    ^(N)what is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
¹²Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves;
    why then have you become altogether vain?

¹³^(O)“This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
    and the heritage that ^(P)oppressors receive from the Almighty:
¹⁴If his ^(Q)children are multiplied, it is for ^(R)the sword,
    and his descendants have not enough bread.
¹⁵Those who survive him the pestilence buries,
    and his ^(S)widows do not weep.
¹⁶Though he ^(T)heap up silver like dust,
    and pile up clothing like clay,
¹⁷he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,
    and ^(U)the innocent will divide the silver.
¹⁸He builds his ^(V)house like a moth's,
    like ^(W)a booth that ^(X)a watchman makes.
¹⁹He goes to bed rich, but will ^(Y)do so no more;
    he opens his eyes, and ^(Z)his wealth is gone.
²⁰^(AA)Terrors overtake him like ^(AB)a flood;
    in the night a whirlwind ^(AC)carries him off.
²¹^(AD)The east wind lifts him up and he is gone;
    it ^(AE)sweeps him out of his place.
²²It^[a] hurls at him ^(AF)without pity;
    he flees from its^[b] power in headlong flight.
²³It ^(AG)claps its hands at him
    and ^(AH)hisses at him from its place.

Footnotes

Job 27:22 Or He (that is, God); also verse 23
Job 27:22 Or his; also verse 23

Psalm 99:1-5

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The Lord Our God Is Holy

99 ^(A)The Lord reigns; ^(B)let the peoples tremble!
    He ^(C)sits enthroned upon the cherubim; ^(D)let the earth quake!
²The Lord is ^(E)great in Zion;
    he is ^(F)exalted over all the peoples.
³Let them praise your ^(G)great and awesome name!
    ^(H)Holy is he!
⁴^(I)The King in his might ^(J)loves justice.^[a]
    You have established equity;
you have executed justice
    and righteousness in Jacob.
⁵^(K)Exalt the Lord our God;
    ^(L)worship at his ^(M)footstool!
    ^(N)Holy is he!

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Footnotes

Psalm 99:4 Or The might of the King loves justice

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

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Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

¹⁸For the word of the cross is ^(A)folly to ^(B)those who are perishing, but to us ^(C)who are being saved it is ^(D)the power of God. ¹⁹For it is written,

^(E)“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”

²⁰^(F)Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? ^(G)Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ²¹For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach^[a] to save those who believe. ²²For ^(H)Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, ²³but we preach Christ ^(I)crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, ²⁴but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ ^(J)the power of God and ^(K)the wisdom of God. ²⁵For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

²⁶For consider your calling, brothers: ^(L)not many of you were wise according to worldly standards,^[b] not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. ²⁷But ^(M)God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; ^(N)God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; ²⁸God chose what is low and despised in the world, even ^(O)things that are not, to ^(P)bring to nothing things that are, ²⁹so ^(Q)that no human being^[c] might boast in the presence of God. ³⁰And because of him^[d] you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us ^(R)wisdom from God, ^(S)righteousness and ^(T)sanctification and ^(U)redemption, ³¹so that, as it is written, ^(V)“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”