Job 17

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17 ¹My spirit^(A) is broken,
    my days are cut short,^(B)
    the grave awaits me.^(C)
²Surely mockers^(D) surround me;^(E)
    my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

³“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.^(F)
    Who else will put up security^(G) for me?^(H)
⁴You have closed their minds to understanding;^(I)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.
⁵If anyone denounces their friends for reward,^(J)
    the eyes of their children will fail.^(K)

⁶“God has made me a byword^(L) to everyone,^(M)
    a man in whose face people spit.^(N)
⁷My eyes have grown dim with grief;^(O)
    my whole frame is but a shadow.^(P)
⁸The upright are appalled at this;
    the innocent are aroused^(Q) against the ungodly.
⁹Nevertheless, the righteous^(R) will hold to their ways,
    and those with clean hands^(S) will grow stronger.^(T)

¹⁰“But come on, all of you, try again!
    I will not find a wise man among you.^(U)
¹¹My days have passed,^(V) my plans are shattered.
    Yet the desires of my heart^(W)
¹²turn night into day;^(X)
    in the face of the darkness light is near.^(Y)
¹³If the only home I hope for is the grave,^(Z)
    if I spread out my bed^(AA) in the realm of darkness,^(AB)
¹⁴if I say to corruption,^(AC) ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm,^(AD) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
¹⁵where then is my hope—^(AE)
    who can see any hope for me?^(AF)
¹⁶Will it go down to the gates of death?^(AG)
    Will we descend together into the dust?”^(AH)

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Matthew 25:31-40

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The Sheep and the Goats

³¹“When the Son of Man comes^(A) in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.^(B) ³²All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate^(C) the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.^(D) ³³He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

³⁴“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom^(E) prepared for you since the creation of the world.^(F) ³⁵For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,^(G) ³⁶I needed clothes and you clothed me,^(H) I was sick and you looked after me,^(I) I was in prison and you came to visit me.’^(J)

³⁷“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? ³⁹When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

⁴⁰“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’^(K)

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