Great are the (A)works of the Lord,
    (B)studied by all who delight in them.

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24 O Lord, how manifold are your works!
    In (A)wisdom have you made them all;
    the earth is full of your creatures.

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14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
    if you find it, there will be (A)a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.

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(A)I remember the days of old;
    (B)I meditate on all that you have done;
    I ponder the work of your hands.

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14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.[a]
(A)Wonderful are your works;
    my soul knows it very well.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:14 Or for I am fearfully set apart

17 ‘Ah, Lord God! It is (A)you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by (B)your outstretched arm! (C)Nothing is too hard for you. 18 (D)You show steadfast love to thousands, (E)but you repay the guilt of fathers (F)to their children after them, O great and (G)mighty God, whose name is the (H)Lord of hosts, 19 (I)great in counsel and (J)mighty in deed, (K)whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, (L)rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

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19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, (A)according to the working of (B)his great might

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How great are (A)his signs,
    how mighty his (B)wonders!
(C)His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
    (D)and his dominion endures from generation to generation.

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11 He has (A)made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot (B)find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

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16 Why should a fool have money in his hand (A)to buy wisdom
    when he has no sense?

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11 I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
    yes, I will (A)remember your wonders of old.
12 I will ponder all your (B)work,
    and meditate on your (C)mighty deeds.

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And they sing (A)the song of Moses, (B)the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

(C)“Great and amazing are your deeds,
    O Lord God the Almighty!
(D)Just and true are your ways,
    O King of the nations![a]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 15:3 Some manuscripts the ages

10 Concerning this salvation, (A)the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11 inquiring (B)what person or time[a] (C)the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating (D)when he predicted (E)the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. 12 (F)It was revealed to them that (G)they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you (H)by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, (I)things into which angels long to look.

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  1. 1 Peter 1:11 Or what time or circumstances

so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable (A)riches of his grace in (B)kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For (C)by grace you have been saved (D)through faith. And this is (E)not your own doing; (F)it is the gift of God, (G)not a result of works, (H)so that no one may boast. 10 For (I)we are his workmanship, (J)created in Christ Jesus (K)for good works, (L)which God prepared beforehand, (M)that we should walk in them.

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For to set (A)the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

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28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, (A)God gave them up to (B)a debased mind to do (C)what ought not to be done.

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18 Whoever (A)isolates himself seeks his own desire;
    he breaks out against all sound judgment.
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
    but only (B)in expressing his opinion.

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He (A)seals up the hand of every man,
    that all men whom he made may (B)know it.

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12 (A)Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
    and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure
    and weighed the mountains in scales
    and the hills in a balance?

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43 (A)Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things;
    let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

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34 May my (A)meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.

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For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your (A)work;
    at (B)the works of your hands I sing for joy.

How (C)great are your works, O Lord!
    Your (D)thoughts are very (E)deep!

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41 [a] “Can you draw out (A)Leviathan[b] with a fishhook
    or press down his tongue with a cord?
Can you put (B)a rope in his nose
    or pierce his jaw with (C)a hook?
Will he make many pleas to you?
    Will he speak to you soft words?
Will he make a covenant with you
    to take him for (D)your servant forever?
Will you play with him as with a bird,
    or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
Will traders bargain over him?
    Will they divide him up among the merchants?
Can you fill his skin with harpoons
    or his head with fishing spears?
Lay your hands on him;
    remember the battle—you will not do it again!
[c] Behold, the hope of a man is false;
    he is laid low even at the sight of him.
10 No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up.
    Who then is he who can stand before me?
11 (E)Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?
    (F)Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.

12 “I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
    or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
13 Who can strip off his outer garment?
    Who would come near him with a bridle?
14 Who can open the doors of his face?
    Around his teeth is terror.
15 His back is made of[d] rows of shields,
    shut up closely as with a seal.
16 One is so near to another
    that no air can come between them.
17 They are (G)joined one to another;
    they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
18 His sneezings flash forth light,
    and his eyes are like (H)the eyelids of the dawn.
19 Out of his mouth go flaming torches;
    sparks of fire leap forth.
20 Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke,
    as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
21 His breath (I)kindles coals,
    and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
22 In his neck abides strength,
    and terror dances before him.
23 The folds of his flesh (J)stick together,
    firmly cast on him and immovable.
24 His heart is hard as a stone,
    hard as the lower millstone.
25 When he raises himself up, the mighty[e] are afraid;
    at the crashing they are beside themselves.
26 Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail,
    nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
27 He counts iron as straw,
    and bronze as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot make him flee;
    for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
29 Clubs are counted as stubble;
    he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
30 His underparts are like sharp (K)potsherds;
    he spreads himself like (L)a threshing sledge on the mire.
31 He makes the deep boil like a pot;
    he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
32 Behind him he leaves a shining wake;
    one would think the deep to be white-haired.
33 (M)On earth there is not his like,
    a creature without fear.
34 He sees everything that is high;
    he is king over all the (N)sons of pride.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 41:1 Ch 40:25 in Hebrew
  2. Job 41:1 A large sea animal, exact identity unknown
  3. Job 41:9 Ch 41:1 in Hebrew
  4. Job 41:15 Or His pride is in his
  5. Job 41:25 Or gods

The Lord Answers Job

38 Then the Lord (A)answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

“Who is this that (B)darkens counsel by words (C)without knowledge?
(D)Dress for action[a] like a man;
    I will question you, and you make it known to me.

“Where were you when I (E)laid the foundation of the earth?
    Tell me, if you have understanding.
Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
    Or who stretched the line upon it?
On what were its bases sunk,
    or who laid its cornerstone,
when the morning stars (F)sang together
    and all (G)the sons of God (H)shouted for joy?

“Or who (I)shut in the sea with doors
    when it burst out from the womb,
when I made clouds its garment
    and (J)thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 and prescribed (K)limits for it
    and set bars and doors,
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
    and here shall your (L)proud waves be stayed’?

12 “Have you (M)commanded the morning since your days began,
    and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 that it might take hold of (N)the skirts of the earth,
    and the wicked be (O)shaken out of it?
14 It is changed like clay under the seal,
    and its features stand out like a garment.
15 From the wicked their (P)light is withheld,
    and (Q)their uplifted arm is broken.

16 “Have you (R)entered into the springs of the sea,
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have (S)the gates of death been revealed to you,
    or have you seen the gates of (T)deep darkness?
18 Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
    Declare, if you know all this.

19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
    and where is the place of darkness,
20 that you may take it to its territory
    and that you may discern (U)the paths to its home?
21 You know, for (V)you were born then,
    and the number of your days is great!

22 “Have you entered (W)the storehouses of the snow,
    or have you seen (X)the storehouses of the hail,
23 which I have reserved (Y)for the time of trouble,
    (Z)for the day of battle and war?
24 What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
    or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?

25 “Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain
    and (AA)a way for the thunderbolt,
26 to bring rain on (AB)a land where no man is,
    on (AC)the desert in which there is no man,
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
    and to make the ground sprout with (AD)grass?

28 “Has (AE)the rain a father,
    or who has begotten the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb did (AF)the ice come forth,
    and who has given birth to (AG)the frost of heaven?
30 The waters become hard like stone,
    and the face of the deep is (AH)frozen.

31 “Can you bind the chains of (AI)the Pleiades
    or loose the cords of (AJ)Orion?
32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth[b] in their season,
    or can you guide (AK)the Bear with its children?
33 Do you know (AL)the ordinances of the heavens?
    Can you establish their rule on the earth?

34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
    that (AM)a flood of waters may cover you?
35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go
    and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36 Who has (AN)put wisdom in (AO)the inward parts[c]
    or given understanding to the mind?[d]
37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
    Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
38 when the dust runs into a mass
    and (AP)the clods stick fast together?

39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
    or (AQ)satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40 when they crouch in their (AR)dens
    or lie in wait (AS)in their thicket?
41 Who provides for (AT)the raven its prey,
    when its young ones cry to God for help,
    and wander about for lack of food?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:3 Hebrew Gird up your loins
  2. Job 38:32 Probably the name of a constellation
  3. Job 38:36 Or in the ibis
  4. Job 38:36 Or rooster

12 By his power he (A)stilled the sea;
    by his understanding he shattered (B)Rahab.
13 (C)By his wind the heavens were made fair;
    his hand pierced (D)the fleeing serpent.
14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his (E)ways,
    and how small (F)a whisper do we hear of him!
    But the thunder of his power who can understand?”

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