the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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March 29 - Different Topics
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Job 25-26
Chapter 25
Bildad Speaks
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 Dominion and dread(a) belong to Him,
the One who establishes harmony in the heavens.[a]
3 Can His troops be numbered?
Does His light not shine on everyone?
4 How can a person be justified before God?(b)
How can one born of woman be pure?(c)
5 If even the moon does not shine
and the stars are not pure in His sight,(d)
6 how much less man, who is a maggot,
and the son of man, who is a worm!(e)
Chapter 26
Job's Reply to Bildad
1 Then Job answered:
2 How you have helped(a) the powerless
and delivered the arm that is weak!
3 How you have counseled the unwise(b)
and thoroughly explained the path to success!
4 Who did you speak these words to?
Whose breath came out of your mouth?
5 The departed spirits tremble
beneath the waters and all that inhabit them.(c)
6 Sheol(d) is naked before God,
and Abaddon(e) has no covering.(f)
7 He stretches the northern skies over empty space;
He hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight.(g)
9 He obscures the view of His throne,
spreading His cloud over it.
10 He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters(h)
at the boundary between light and darkness.
11 The pillars that hold up the sky tremble,
astounded at His rebuke.(i)
12 By His power He stirred(j) the sea,
and by His understanding He crushed Rahab.(k)
13 By His breath the heavens gained their beauty;
His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.[a](l)
14 These are but the fringes of His ways;
how faint is the word we hear of Him!
Who can understand His mighty thunder?
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