Job: There Is No Mediator

Then Job answered and said:

“Truly I know it is so,
But how can a (A)man be (B)righteous before God?
If one wished to [a]contend with Him,
He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
(C)God is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
He removes the mountains, and they do not know
When He overturns them in His anger;
He (D)shakes the earth out of its place,
And its (E)pillars tremble;
He commands the sun, and it does not rise;
He seals off the stars;
(F)He alone spreads out the heavens,
And [b]treads on the [c]waves of the sea;
(G)He made [d]the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south;
10 (H)He does great things past finding out,
Yes, wonders without number.
11 (I)If He goes by me, I do not see Him;
If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;
12 (J)If He takes away, [e]who can hinder Him?
Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
13 God will not withdraw His anger,
(K)The allies of [f]the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.

14 “How then can I answer Him,
And choose my words to reason with Him?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:3 argue
  2. Job 9:8 walks
  3. Job 9:8 Lit. heights
  4. Job 9:9 Heb. Ash, Kesil, and Kimah
  5. Job 9:12 Lit. who can turn Him back?
  6. Job 9:13 Heb. rahab

The Perfect Revelation of the Lord

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

19 The (A)heavens declare the glory of God;
And the (B)firmament[a] shows [b]His handiwork.
Day unto day utters speech,
And night unto night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech nor language
Where their voice is not heard.
(C)Their [c]line has gone out through all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.

In them He has set a [d]tabernacle for the sun,
Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
(D)And rejoices like a strong man to run its race.
Its rising is from one end of heaven,
And its circuit to the other end;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 19:1 expanse of heaven
  2. Psalm 19:1 the work of His hands
  3. Psalm 19:4 LXX, Syr., Vg. sound; Tg. business
  4. Psalm 19:4 tent

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