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 <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1">Prologue</div><div class="p"> 1In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. 2He had seven sons and three daughters, 3and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.</div><div class="p"> 4His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, &#8220;Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.&#8221; This was Job&#8217;s regular custom.</div><div class="p"> 6One day the angels#1:6 Hebrew the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan#1:6 Hebrew satan means adversary. also came with them. 7The Lord said to Satan, &#8220;Where have you come from?&#8221;</div><div class="p">Satan answered the Lord, &#8220;From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 8Then the Lord said to Satan, &#8220;Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 9&#8220;Does Job fear God for nothing?&#8221; Satan replied. 10&#8220;Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 11But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 12The Lord said to Satan, &#8220;Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.&#8221;</div><div class="p">Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.</div><div class="p"> 13One day when Job&#8217;s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother&#8217;s house, 14a messenger came to Job and said, &#8220;The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, 15and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 16While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, &#8220;The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 17While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, &#8220;The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 18While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, &#8220;Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother&#8217;s house, 19when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 20At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship 21and said:</div><div class="q1">&#8220;Naked I came from my mother&#8217;s womb,</div><div class="q2">and naked I will depart.#1:21 Or will return there</div><div class="q1">The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;</div><div class="q2">may the name of the Lord be praised.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 22In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.</div>
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 <div class="label">2</div><div class="p"> 1On another day the angels#2:1 Hebrew the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him. 2And the Lord said to Satan, &#8220;Where have you come from?&#8221;</div><div class="p">Satan answered the Lord, &#8220;From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 3Then the Lord said to Satan, &#8220;Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 4&#8220;Skin for skin!&#8221; Satan replied. &#8220;A man will give all he has for his own life. 5But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 6The Lord said to Satan, &#8220;Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 7So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. 8Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.</div><div class="p"> 9His wife said to him, &#8220;Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 10He replied, &#8220;You are talking like a foolish#2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency. woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?&#8221;</div><div class="p">In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"> 11When Job&#8217;s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. 12When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. 13Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.</div>
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 <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1">Job Speaks</div><div class="p"> 1After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2He said:</div><div class="q1"> 3&#8220;May the day of my birth perish,</div><div class="q2">and the night that said, &#8216;A boy is conceived!&#8217;</div><div class="q1"> 4That day&#8212;may it turn to darkness;</div><div class="q2">may God above not care about it;</div><div class="q2">may no light shine on it.</div><div class="q1"> 5May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more;</div><div class="q2">may a cloud settle over it;</div><div class="q2">may blackness overwhelm it.</div><div class="q1"> 6That night&#8212;may thick darkness seize it;</div><div class="q2">may it not be included among the days of the year</div><div class="q2">nor be entered in any of the months.</div><div class="q1"> 7May that night be barren;</div><div class="q2">may no shout of joy be heard in it.</div><div class="q1"> 8May those who curse days#3:8 Or curse the sea curse that day,</div><div class="q2">those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.</div><div class="q1"> 9May its morning stars become dark;</div><div class="q2">may it wait for daylight in vain</div><div class="q2">and not see the first rays of dawn,</div><div class="q1"> 10for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me</div><div class="q2">to hide trouble from my eyes.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 11&#8220;Why did I not perish at birth,</div><div class="q2">and die as I came from the womb?</div><div class="q1"> 12Why were there knees to receive me</div><div class="q2">and breasts that I might be nursed?</div><div class="q1"> 13For now I would be lying down in peace;</div><div class="q2">I would be asleep and at rest</div><div class="q1"> 14with kings and rulers of the earth,</div><div class="q2">who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,</div><div class="q1"> 15with princes who had gold,</div><div class="q2">who filled their houses with silver.</div><div class="q1"> 16Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,</div><div class="q2">like an infant who never saw the light of day?</div><div class="q1"> 17There the wicked cease from turmoil,</div><div class="q2">and there the weary are at rest.</div><div class="q1"> 18Captives also enjoy their ease;</div><div class="q2">they no longer hear the slave driver&#8217;s shout.</div><div class="q1"> 19The small and the great are there,</div><div class="q2">and the slaves are freed from their owners.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 20&#8220;Why is light given to those in misery,</div><div class="q2">and life to the bitter of soul,</div><div class="q1"> 21to those who long for death that does not come,</div><div class="q2">who search for it more than for hidden treasure,</div><div class="q1"> 22who are filled with gladness</div><div class="q2">and rejoice when they reach the grave?</div><div class="q1"> 23Why is life given to a man</div><div class="q2">whose way is hidden,</div><div class="q2">whom God has hedged in?</div><div class="q1"> 24For sighing has become my daily food;</div><div class="q2">my groans pour out like water.</div><div class="q1"> 25What I feared has come upon me;</div><div class="q2">what I dreaded has happened to me.</div><div class="q1"> 26I have no peace, no quietness;</div><div class="q2">I have no rest, but only turmoil.&#8221;</div>
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 <div class="p">10 &#8220;See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. [11]#18:11 Some manuscripts include here the words of Luke 19:10.</div><div class="p"> 12 &#8220;What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? 13And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. 14In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.</div><div class="s1">Dealing With Sin in the Church</div><div class="p"> 15 &#8220;If your brother or sister # 18:15 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman; also in verses 21 and 35. sins,#18:15 Some manuscripts sins against you go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. 16But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that &#8216;every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.&#8217;#18:16 Deut. 19:15 17If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.</div><div class="p"> 18 &#8220;Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be # 18:18 Or will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be#18:18 Or will have been loosed in heaven.</div><div class="p"> 19 &#8220;Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.&#8221;</div><div class="s1">The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant</div><div class="p"> 21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, &#8220;Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 22Jesus answered, &#8220;I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.#18:22 Or seventy times seven</div><div class="p"> 23 &#8220;Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold#18:24 Greek ten thousand talents; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day laborer&#8217;s wages. was brought to him. 25Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.</div><div class="p"> 26 &#8220;At this the servant fell on his knees before him. &#8216;Be patient with me,&#8217; he begged, &#8216;and I will pay back everything.&#8217; 27The servant&#8217;s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.</div><div class="p"> 28 &#8220;But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. # 18:28 Greek a hundred denarii ; a denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see 20:2). He grabbed him and began to choke him. &#8216;Pay back what you owe me!&#8217; he demanded.</div><div class="p"> 29 &#8220;His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, &#8216;Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.&#8217;</div><div class="p"> 30 &#8220;But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.</div><div class="p"> 32 &#8220;Then the master called the servant in. &#8216;You wicked servant,&#8217; he said, &#8216;I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33Shouldn&#8217;t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?&#8217; 34In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.</div><div class="p"> 35 &#8220;This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.&#8221;</div>
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 <div class="label">16</div><div class="cl">Psalm 16</div><div class="d">A miktam#Title: Probably a literary or musical term of David.</div><div class="q1"> 1Keep me safe, my God,</div><div class="q2">for in you I take refuge.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 2I say to the Lord, &#8220;You are my Lord;</div><div class="q2">apart from you I have no good thing.&#8221;</div><div class="q1"> 3I say of the holy people who are in the land,</div><div class="q2">&#8220;They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.&#8221;</div><div class="q1"> 4Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.</div><div class="q2">I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods</div><div class="q2">or take up their names on my lips.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 5 Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;</div><div class="q2">you make my lot secure.</div><div class="q1"> 6The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;</div><div class="q2">surely I have a delightful inheritance.</div><div class="q1"> 7I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;</div><div class="q2">even at night my heart instructs me.</div><div class="q1"> 8I keep my eyes always on the Lord.</div><div class="q2">With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;</div><div class="q2">my body also will rest secure,</div><div class="q1"> 10because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,</div><div class="q2">nor will you let your faithful#16:10 Or holy one see decay.</div><div class="q1"> 11You make known to me the path of life;</div><div class="q2">you will fill me with joy in your presence,</div><div class="q2">with eternal pleasures at your right hand.</div>
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