Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
9 Fear the LORD, you, His saints. For those who fear Him lack nothing.
10 The lions lack and suffer hunger. But those who seek the LORD shall lack nothing that is good.
11 Come children, hear me. I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 What man is he who desires life and loves long days to see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips, so that they speak no deceit.
14 Turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and follow after it.
12 Then Job answered, and said,
2 “Truly, you are the people. Wisdom must die with you.
3 “But I have understanding as well as you and am not inferior to you. Yea, who does not know such things?
4 “I am as one mocked by his friends, who calls upon God and He hears him. The just and the upright are laughed to scorn.
5 “He who feels ready to fall is like a lamp, ridiculed in the thoughts of the careless.
6 “The tents of robbers prosper. And those who provoke God are in safety. God has enriched them with His Hand.
7 “Ask, now, the beasts and they shall teach you, and the birds of the heaven and they shall tell you.
8 “Or speak to the Earth and it shall show you, or the fish of the sea and they shall declare to you.
9 “Who among all these is ignorant that the Hand of the LORD has done this,
10 “in Whose Hand is the soul of every living thing and the breath of all mankind?
11 “Do not the ears discern the words and the mouth taste food for themselves?
12 “Wisdom is among the ancient, and understanding is in the length of days.
13 “With Him is wisdom and strength. He has counsel and understanding.
14 “Behold, He will break it down, and it cannot be built. He shuts a man up, and he cannot be loosed.
15 “Behold, He withholds the waters, and they dry up. But when He sends them out, they destroy the Earth.
16 “With Him is strength and wisdom. Both he who is deceived and who deceives are His.
17 “He leads the counselors away barefoot and makes the judges fools.
18 “He loosens the bonds of kings and girds their loins with a girdle.
19 “He leads away the princes as prey and overthrows the mighty.
20 “He takes away the speech from the faithful and takes away the judgment of the ancient.
21 “He pours contempt upon princes and makes the strength of the mighty weak.
22 “He discovers the deep places from darkness and brings forth the shadow of death to light.
23 “He increases the people and destroys them. He enlarges the nations and brings them in again.
24 “He takes away the hearts of the leaders of the people of the Earth and makes them wander in the wilderness, out of the way.
25 “They grope in the dark without light. And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
17 Now I urge you, brothers, mark carefully those who cause division and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned and avoid them.
18 For such as they do not serve the Lord Jesus Christ, but their own bellies; and deceive the hearts of the simple with fair speech and flattering.
19 For your obedience has spread among all. Therefore, I am glad for you. But yet, I wish you to be wise to that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
20 The God of peace shall tread Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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