Job 13 - 14 - Legacy Standard Bible

Job 13 - 14

I Will Be Declared Righteous

“Behold, my eye has seen all this;

My ear has heard and understood it.

What you know I also know;

I have not fallen short of you.

“But I would speak to the Almighty,

And I desire to argue with God.

But you cover me with lies;

You are all worthless physicians.

O that you would be completely silent,

And that it would become your wisdom!

Please hear my argument

And give heed to the contentions of my lips.

Will you speak what is unrighteous for God,

And speak what is deceitful for Him?

Will you show partiality for Him?

Will you contend for God?

Will it be well when He examines you?

Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?

He will surely reprove you

If you secretly show partiality.

Will not His exaltedness terrify you,

And the dread of Him fall on you?

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes;

Your defenses are defenses of clay.

“Be silent before me so that I may speak;

Then let come on me what may.

Why should I take my flesh in my teeth

And put my life in my hands?

Though He slay me,

I will hope in Him.

Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.

This also will be my salvation,

For a godless man may not come before His presence.

Listen carefully to my words,

And let my declaration fill your ears.

Behold now, I have arranged my case for justice;

I know that I will be declared righteous.

Who will contend with me?

For now I am silent and will breathe my last.

“Only two things do not do to me,

Then I will not hide from Your face:

Move Your hand far from me,

And let not the dread of You terrify me.

Then call, and I will answer;

Or let me speak, then respond to me.

How many are my iniquities and sins?

Make known to me my transgression and my sin.

Why do You hide Your face

And think of me as Your enemy?

Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble?

Or will You pursue the dry chaff?

For You write bitter things against me

And make me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

You put my feet in the stocks

And kept watch over all my paths;

You set a limit for the soles of my feet,

While I am decaying like a rotten thing,

Like a garment that is moth‑eaten.

If a Man Dies, Will He Live Again?

“Man, who is born of woman,

Is short‑lived and full of turmoil.

Like a flower he comes forth and withers.

He also flees like a shadow and does not stand.

You also open Your eyes on him

And bring me into judgment with Yourself.

Who can make the clean out of the unclean?

No one!

Since his days are determined,

The number of his months is with You;

And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.

Turn Your gaze from him that he may cease from toil,

Until he accepts his day like a hired man.

“For there is hope for a tree,

When it is cut down, that it will change back sprouting again,

And its shoots will not cease.

Though its roots grow old in the ground

And its stump dies in the dry soil,

At the scent of water it will flourish

And put forth sprigs like a plant.

But man dies and lies prostrate.

Man breathes his last, and where is he?

As water evaporates from the sea,

And a river becomes parched and dried up,

So man lies down and does not rise.

Until the heavens are no longer,

He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.

“Oh that You would conceal me in Sheol,

That You would hide me until Your anger returns to You,

That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

If a man dies, will he live again?

All the days of my labor I will wait

Until my change comes.

You will call, and I will answer You;

You will long for the work of Your hands.

For now You number my steps,

You do not keep watch over my sin.

My transgression is sealed up in a bag,

And You cover up my iniquity.

“But the falling mountain crumbles away,

And the rock moves from its place;

Water wears away stones;

Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;

So You make man’s hope perish.

You forever overpower him and he goes away;

You alter his appearance and send him away.

His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it;

Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.

But his flesh pains him,

And he mourns only for himself.”

Luke 3

The Preaching of John the Baptist

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins; 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,

‘Make ready the way of the Lord,

Make His paths straight.

Every ravine will be filled,

And every mountain and hill will be brought low;

The crooked will be straight,

And the rough roads smooth.

And all flesh will see the salvation of God.’”

7 So he was saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham. 9 But indeed the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore, every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.” 10 And the crowds were questioning him, saying, “Then what should we do?” 11 And he would answer and say to them, “The man who has two tunics is to share with him who has none; and he who has food is to do likewise.” 12 And tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?” 13 And he said to them, “Collect no more than what you have been ordered to.” 14 And soldiers were also questioning him, saying, “What should we also do?” And he said to them, “Do not take money from anyone by force, or extort anyone, and be content with your wages.” 15 Now while the people were in a state of expectation and all were reasoning in their hearts about John, as to whether he was the Christ, 16 John answered, saying to them all, “As for me, I baptize you with water, but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the strap of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 His winnowing fork is in His hand to thoroughly clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” 18 So with many other exhortations he proclaimed the gospel to the people. 19 But when Herod the tetrarch was reproved by him because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the wicked things which Herod had done, 20 Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison.

The Baptism of Jesus

21 Now it happened that when all the people were being baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”

The Genealogy of Jesus

23 When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed,

the son of Joseph,

the son of Eli,

the son of Matthat,

the son of Levi,

the son of Melchi,

the son of Jannai,

the son of Joseph,

the son of Mattathias,

the son of Amos,

the son of Nahum,

the son of Hesli,

the son of Naggai,

the son of Maath,

the son of Mattathias,

the son of Semein,

the son of Josech,

the son of Joda,

the son of Joanan,

the son of Rhesa,

the son of Zerubbabel,

the son of Shealtiel,

the son of Neri,

the son of Melchi,

the son of Addi,

the son of Cosam,

the son of Elmadam,

the son of Er,

the son of Joshua,

the son of Eliezer,

the son of Jorim,

the son of Matthat,

the son of Levi,

the son of Simeon,

the son of Judah,

the son of Joseph,

the son of Jonam,

the son of Eliakim,

the son of Melea,

the son of Menna,

the son of Mattatha,

the son of Nathan,

the son of David,

the son of Jesse,

the son of Obed,

the son of Boaz,

the son of Salmon,

the son of Nahshon,

the son of Amminadab,

the son of Admin,

the son of Ram,

the son of Hezron,

the son of Perez,

the son of Judah,

the son of Jacob,

the son of Isaac,

the son of Abraham,

the son of Terah,

the son of Nahor,

the son of Serug,

the son of Reu,

the son of Peleg,

the son of Heber,

the son of Shelah,

the son of Cainan,

the son of Arphaxad,

the son of Shem,

the son of Noah,

the son of Lamech,

the son of Methuselah,

the son of Enoch,

the son of Jared,

the son of Mahalaleel,

the son of Cainan,

the son of Enosh,

the son of Seth,

the son of Adam,

the son of God.

Psalm 33

Yahweh Is Our Help and Our Shield

Sing for joy in Yahweh, O righteous ones;

Praise is becoming to the upright.

Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre;

Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.

Sing to Him a new song;

Play skillfully with a loud shout.

For the word of Yahweh is upright,

And all His work is done in faithfulness.

He loves righteousness and justice;

The earth is full of the lovingkindness of Yahweh.

By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made,

And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap;

He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

Let all the earth fear Yahweh;

Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

For He spoke, and it was;

He commanded, and it stood.

Yahweh nullifies the counsel of the nations;

He frustrates the thoughts of the peoples.

The counsel of Yahweh stands forever,

The thoughts of His heart from generation to generation.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh,

The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.

Yahweh looks from heaven;

He sees all the sons of men;

From the place of His habitation He gazes

On all the inhabitants of the earth,

He who forms the hearts of them all,

He who understands all their works.

The king is not saved by a mighty army;

A warrior is not delivered by great strength.

A horse is a false hope for salvation;

Nor does it provide escape to anyone by its great strength.

Behold, the eye of Yahweh is on those who fear Him,

On those who wait for His lovingkindness,

To deliver their soul from death

And to keep them alive in famine.

Our soul is patient for Yahweh;

He is our help and our shield.

For our heart is glad in Him,

Because we trust in His holy name.

Let Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, be upon us,

As we wait for You.