Job 19 - 20, Luke 6, Psalm 36 — Legacy Standard Bible

My Redeemer Lives

19Then Job answered and said,

²“How long will you torment my soulAnd crush me with words?³“These ten times you have dishonored me;You are not ashamed that you wrong me.⁴“¹Even if I have truly erred,My error lodges with me.⁵“If truly you ^amagnify yourselves against meAnd argue my disgrace to me,⁶Know then that ^aGod has wronged meAnd has closed ^bHis net around me.⁷“Behold, ^aI cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;I shout for help, but there is no justice.⁸“He has ^awalled up my way so that I cannot pass,And He has put ^bdarkness on my paths.⁹“He has ^astripped my honor from meAnd removed the ^bcrown from my head.¹⁰“He ^abreaks me down on every side, and I am gone;And He has uprooted my ^bhope ^clike a tree.¹¹“He has also ^akindled His anger against meAnd ^bcounted me as His adversary.¹²“His ^atroops come together,And ^bbuild up their ¹way against meAnd camp around my tent.¹³“He has ^aremoved my brothers far from me,And my ^bacquaintances are completely estranged from me.¹⁴“My relatives have failed,And my ^afamiliar friends have forgotten me.¹⁵“Those who sojourn in my house and my maidservants count me a stranger.I am a foreigner in their sight.¹⁶“I call to my servant, but he does not answer;I have to implore him with my mouth.¹⁷“My breath is ¹offensive to my wife,And I am loathsome to my own brothers.¹⁸“Even young children reject me;I rise up, and they speak against me.¹⁹“All the men of my ^acounsel abhor me,And those I love have turned against me.²⁰“My ^abone clings to my skin and my flesh,And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.²¹“Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,For the ^ahand of God has smitten me.²²“Why do you ^apersecute me as God does,And are not satisfied with my flesh?²³“Oh that my words were written!Oh that they were ^ainscribed in a book!²⁴“That with an iron stylus and leadThey were engraved in the rock forever!²⁵“As for me, I know that ^amy ¹Redeemer lives,And ²at the last He will rise up over the dust of this world.²⁶“Even after my skin ¹is destroyed,Yet from my flesh I shall ^abehold God,²⁷Whom I ¹myself shall behold,And whom my eyes will see and not another.My ²heart ^afaints ³within me!²⁸“If you say, ‘How shall we ^apersecute him?’‘And the root of the matter is found in ¹him?’²⁹“Then be afraid of ^athe sword for yourselves,For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,So that you may know ^bthere is judgment.”

Zophar Says the Joy of the Wicked Is Short

20Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

²“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me ¹respond,Even because of my haste within me.³“I listened to ^athe discipline which dishonors me,And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.⁴“Do you know this from ^aof old,From the establishment of man on earth,⁵That the ^ashouts of joy of the wicked are short,And ^bthe gladness of the godless momentary?⁶“Though his loftiness ^agoes up to the heavens,And his head touches the clouds,⁷He ^aperishes forever like his refuse;Those who have seen him ^bwill say, ‘Where is he?’⁸“He flies away like a ^adream, and they cannot find him;Even like a vision of the night he is ^bchased away.⁹“The ^aeye which saw him sees him no longer,And ^bhis place no longer beholds him.¹⁰“His ^asons seek the favor of the poor,And his hands ^bgive back his wealth.¹¹“His ^abones are full of his youthful vigor,But it lies down with him ¹in the dust.¹²“Though ^aevil is sweet in his mouthAnd he hides it under his tongue,¹³Though he ¹desires it and will not forsake it,And holds it ^ato his palate,¹⁴Yet his food in his stomach is changedTo the ¹venom of cobras within him.¹⁵“He swallows up wealth,But will ^avomit it up;God will expel it from his belly.¹⁶“He sucks ^athe poison of cobras;The viper’s tongue kills him.¹⁷“He does not look at ^athe streams,The rivers flowing with honey and curds.¹⁸“He ^areturns what he has attainedAnd cannot swallow it;As to the wealth of his trading,He cannot even enjoy it.¹⁹“For he has ^acrushed and forsaken the poor;He has seized a house which he has not built.²⁰“Because he knew no ease within his belly,In his covetousness, he does ^anot let anything escape.²¹“Nothing remains ¹for him to devour;Therefore ^ahis prosperity does not endure.²²“In the fullness of his plenty he will be confined;The ^ahand of everyone who is troubled will come against him.²³“So it will be that he ^afills his belly,And God will send His burning anger on himAnd will ^brain it on him ¹while he is eating.²⁴“He may ^aflee from the iron weapon,But the bronze bow will pierce him.²⁵“It is drawn forth and comes out of his back,Even the glittering point from ^ahis gall;^bBouts of dread come upon him.²⁶Complete ^adarkness is held in reserve for his treasures;A ^bfire unfanned will devour him;It will consume the survivor in his tent.²⁷“The ^aheavens will reveal his iniquity,And the earth will rise up against him.²⁸“The ^aincrease of his house will depart;His possessions will flow away ^bin the day of His anger.²⁹“This is the wicked man’s ^aportion from God,Even the inheritance decreed to him by God.”

Lord of the Sabbath

6^aNow it happened that on a Sabbath He was passing through some grainfields, and His disciples ^bwere picking and eating the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. ²But some of the Pharisees said, “Why do you do what ^ais not lawful on the Sabbath?” ³And Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you never read ^awhat David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him, ⁴how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the ¹consecrated bread which ^ais not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?” ⁵And He was saying to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

Jesus Heals a Man on the Sabbath

⁶^aNow it happened that on another Sabbath He entered ^bthe synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there ¹whose right hand was withered. ⁷And the scribes and the Pharisees ^awere watching Him closely to see if He heals on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him. ⁸But He ^aknew ¹what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and ²come forward!” And he stood up and ³came forward. ⁹And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it?” ¹⁰And after ^alooking around at them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your hand!” And he did so, and his hand was restored. ¹¹But they themselves were filled with ¹rage, and were discussing together what they might do to Jesus.

Jesus Appoints the Twelve

¹²Now it happened that ¹at this time He went off to ^athe mountain to ^bpray, and He was spending the whole night in prayer to God. ¹³And when day came, ^aHe called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as ^bapostles: ¹⁴Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew; ¹⁵and ^aMatthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot; ¹⁶Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

¹⁷And Jesus ^acame down with them and stood on a level place; and there was ^ba large crowd of His disciples, and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of ^cTyre and Sidon, ¹⁸who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were being cured. ¹⁹And all the crowd was trying to ^atouch Him, for ^bpower was coming from Him and healing them all.

The Beatitudes

²⁰And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, “^aBlessed are the poor, for ^byours is the kingdom of God.

²¹Blessed are those who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are those who cry now, for you shall laugh. ²²^aBlessed are you when men hate you, and ^bexclude you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

²³“Be glad in that day and ^aleap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For ^btheir fathers were doing the same things to the prophets.

Jesus Pronounces Woes

²⁴“But woe to ^ayou who are rich, for ^byou are receiving your comfort in full. ²⁵Woe to you who ¹are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and cry. ²⁶Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers were doing the same things to the ^afalse prophets.

Love Your Enemies

²⁷“But I say to you who hear, ^alove your enemies, do good to those who hate you, ²⁸bless those who curse you, ^apray for those who disparage you. ²⁹“^aWhoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your garment, do not withhold your ¹tunic from him either. ³⁰“Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back. ³¹“And ¹^,^atreat others the same way you want ²them to treat you. ³²“^aAnd if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. ³³“And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴“^aAnd if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount. ³⁵“But ^alove your enemies, and do good, and lend, ¹expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be ^bsons of ^cthe Most High; for He Himself is kind to the ungrateful and evil. ³⁶“¹Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Do Not Judge

³⁷“^aAnd do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; ¹^,^bpardon, and you will be ²pardoned. ³⁸“Give, and it will be given to you. They will ¹pour ^ainto your lap a ^bgood measure—pressed down, shaken together, running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”

³⁹And He also spoke a parable to them: “^aCan a blind man guide a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? ⁴⁰“^aA ¹student is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will ²be like his teacher. ⁴¹“And why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? ⁴²“How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye. ⁴³“^aFor there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, ¹on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit. ⁴⁴“^aFor each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush. ⁴⁵“^aThe good man out of the good ¹treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil. ^bFor his mouth speaks from the abundance of his heart.

Build Your House on the Rock

⁴⁶“^aNow why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? ⁴⁷“^aEveryone who comes to Me and hears My words and does them, I will show you whom he is like: ⁴⁸he is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the river burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. ⁴⁹“But the one who heard and did not do accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the river burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

In Your Light We See Light

For the choir director. Of the servant of Yahweh, of David.

¹Transgression declares to the ²ungodly within ³his heart;There is ^ano dread of God before his eyes.²For it ^aflatters him in his eyesFor one to discover his iniquity and hate it.³The ^awords of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;He has ^bceased to consider to do good.⁴He ^adevises wickedness upon his bed;He sets himself on a ^bpath that is not good;He ^cdoes not despise evil.⁵Your ^alovingkindness, O Yahweh, is in the heavens,Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.⁶Your ^arighteousness is like the ¹mountains of God;Your ^bjudgments are like a great deep.O Yahweh, You ^csave man and beast.⁷How ^aprecious is Your lovingkindness, O God!And the sons of men ^btake refuge in the shadow of Your wings.⁸They ¹are ^asatisfied from the ²richness of Your house;And You give them to drink of the ^briver of Your delights.⁹For with You is the ^afountain of life;In Your light we see light.¹⁰Continue Your lovingkindness to ^athose who know You,And Your ^brighteousness to the upright in heart.¹¹Let not the foot of ¹pride come upon me,And let not the hand of the ²ungodly drive me away.¹²There the workers of wickedness have fallen;They have been thrust down and ^acannot rise.