God convinceth Job of

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1520.

1 Heb. and to the shower of

rain, and to

the showers of rain of

his strength

d Pa. 109.27. e Ps. 104.22.

8 Heb. Out of the chamber.

4 Heb. scattering winds.

f ch. 38. 29, 30.

Ps. 147. 17, 18.

6 Heb.

the cloud of his light.

8 Ps. 148. 8.

h Ex. 9. 18, 23.

1 Sam. 12. 18, 19. Ezra 10. 9. ch. 36. 31. "Heb.arod.

1 ch. 38. 20, 27.

k 2 Sam. 21. 10.

5

11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth. 13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

15 Dost thou know when God dis1 Kings 18. posed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

45.

1 Ps. 111. 2.

m ch. 86. 29.

a ch. 36. 4.

• Gen. 1. 6. Is. 44. 24.

THeb.Gold.

plTim.6.10. q ch. 36. 5.

n

16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of " him which is perfect in knowledge? 17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

18 Hast thou with him • spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty. 23 Touching the Almighty, Pwe cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict. 24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are 1 Cor. 1. 26. of heart.

Matt.10.28.

■ Matt. 11. 25.

• So Ex. 19. 16, 18. 1 Kings 19. 11. Ezek. 1. 4. Nah. 1. 3.

b ch. 34. 35. & 42.3.

ol Tim.1.7. d ch.40.7.

ignorance and imbecility.

man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

2

4. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1520.

2 Heb.make me know.

e Ps. 104. 5. Prov. 8. 29. & 30. 4.

5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who & Heb. if hath stretched the line upon it?

thou knowest understanding. 4 Heb.

6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof 5 fastened? or who laid the sockets. corner stone thereof;

7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

88 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

6 Heb.made to sink?

fch. 1. 6.

Gen. 1.9. 104.9.

Pa. 33.7. &

Prov. 8. 29. Jer. 5. 22.

established my decree

10 And brake up for it my de-Or creed place, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou upon it. come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves 'be stayed?

7

12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that 'the wicked might be shaken out of it?

14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

m

15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

b ch. 26.10.

7 Heb. the pride of thy waves. 1.89.9.

& 4. k Ps. 74. 16. & 148. 5.

8 Heb. wings.

1 Ps. 104.35.

m ch. 18. 5. n Ps. 10. 15.

16 Hast thou entered into the Ps. 77. 19. springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

17 Have P the gates of death been PPs. 9. 13. opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

20 That thou shouldest take it to Or, at. the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

22 Hast thou entered into the Ps. 135.7. treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

God convinceth Job of

BEFORE CHRIST

cir. 1520.

• ch. 23. 26.

t Ps. 107. 35.

■ Pa. 147. 8. Jer. 14. 22.

27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

28 " Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the Po.147.16. ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

2 Heb. is taken.

y ch. 37. 10.

2 ch.9.9.

Amos 5. 8.

8 Or, The

seven stars.

4 Heb. Cimah.

5 Heb. Cesil?

6 Or, The twelve signs.

5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

6 b Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the 2 barren land his dwellings.

7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying 3 of the driver.

BEFORE CHRIST

cir. 1520.

Jer. 2. 24.

bch. 24. 5. Hos. 8.9. 2 Heb. salt places.

3 Heb. of the exactor,

y frozen.

31 Canst thou bind the sweet fluences of 234 Pleiades, or loose the bands of 5 Orion?

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the doguide them. minion thereof in the earth?

7 Heb.

16 She is a hardened against her a Lam. 4.3. young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear;

17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted ⚫ch. 35.11. to her understanding.

18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

27 Doth the eagle mount up 8 Jer, 49.16. thy command, and make her nest on high?

Obad. 4.

28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

30 Her young ones also suck up blood and where the slain are, Luke 17.37. there is she.

b Matt. 24. 28.

a ch. 33. 13.

b Ezra 9. 6.

ch. 42.6.

Ps. 51. 4.

och. 29. 9. Ps. 39.9.

d ch. 38. 1.

• ch. 38. 3. fch. 42. 4.

8 Ps. 51. 4. Rom. 3. 4.

h ch. 37.4. Ps. 29. 3,4.

1 Pg. 93. 1. & 104. 1.

k Is. 2. 12. Dan. 4. 37.

8 Or, the elephant, as

CHAPTER XL.

1 Job humbleth himself to God. 6 God stirreth him up to shew his righteousness, power, and wisdom. 15 Of the behemoth.

OREOVER the LORD answer

Med Job, and said,

2 Shall he that a contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

3 ¶ Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

4. b Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

6 ¶ Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

8 & Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

10 'Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. 13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

15 Behold now behemoth, somethink. Which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

Of the leviathan.

17 2 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1520.

2 Or, He

18 His bones are as strong pieces setteth up. of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. 19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

1

20 Surely the mountains bring IPs. 104. 14. him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

23 Behold, 'he drinketh up a river, 3 Heb. he and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. 24 He taketh it with his eyes: his sight, or, nose pierceth through snares.

7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? 8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.

13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

drownest? b Is. 37. 29.

Job submitteth himself.

BEFORE CHRIST

cir. 1520.

2 Heb.

sorrow rejoiceth. 3 Heb. The fallings.

16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. 20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.

23 3 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether

millstone.

25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the 4Or, breast- dart, nor the habergeon. plate.

6 Heb. Sharp pieces of potsherd.

27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

33 Upon earth there is not his Or, who be like, "who is made without fear. 34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.

have themselves without fear.

God blesseth him.

9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted 3 Job. 10 And the LORD turned the cap-Ps. 14.7. tivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job

3 Heb. the face of Job.

& 126.1.

4 Heb. added all that had been to Job

13.

k twice as much as he had before. 11 Then came there unto him all unto the double. his brethren, and all his sisters, and k Is. 40. 2. all they that had been of his acquaint-See ch. 19. ance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

Jam.5. 11.

n See ch.1.3.

12 So the LORD blessed the latter ch.8.7. end of Job more than his beginning: for he had "fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

13 o

He had also seven sons and och. 1. 2. three daughters.

14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

16 After this Plived Job an hundred pch. 5. 26. Prov. 3.16.

and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. 17 So Job died, being old and a full a Gen. 25.8. of days.

Ezek.47.12.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of

the earth.

11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Blessed

12 m Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when "his wrath is kindled but a little. are all they that put their trust in him. PSALM III.

The security of God's protection. Psalm of David, *when he fled 2 Sam. 15, from Absalom his son. ORD, how are they increased

& 16, & 17, & 18.

1023.

4

Gen. 39. 3, whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

23.

Ps. 128. 2.

Is. 3. 10.

f Job 21. 18.

Ps. 35. 5.

Is. 17. 13. & 29.5. Hos. 13. 3.

i Ps. 37. 18. Nah. 1.7.

John 10.14. 2 Tim. 2. 19.

1047.

a Ps. 46. 6. Acts 4. 25, 26.

5 Or, tumultuously assemble. 6 Heb. meditate.

b Ps. 45. 7. John 1.41.

HY do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

3 Let us break their bands asunLuke 19.14. der, and cast away their cords from

© Jer. 5. 5.

us.

PSALM IV.

1 David prayeth for audience. 2 He reproveth and exhorteth his enemies. 6 Man's happiness is in God's favour.

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.

HEAR me when I call, O God

;

of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress have mercy upon me, and hear prayer.

my

20 ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

3 But know that a the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

4.

Stand in awe, and sin not:

am 3.3 & 29. 17. Prov. 21.

Lam. 30.

31.

18. 43. 11. Jer. 3. 23.

Hos. 13. 4.

Jonah 2.9.

Rev. 7. 10. & 19. 1.