Job 19 - 20 - Legacy Standard Bible

Job 19 - 20

My Redeemer Lives

Then Job answered and said, 2

“How long will you torment my soul

And crush me with words?

These ten times you have dishonored me;

You are not ashamed that you wrong me.

Even if I have truly erred,

My error lodges with me.

If truly you magnify yourselves against me

And argue my disgrace to me,

Know then that God has wronged me

And has closed His net around me.

“Behold, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;

I shout for help, but there is no justice.

He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,

And He has put darkness on my paths.

He has stripped my honor from me

And removed the crown from my head.

He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;

And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.

He has also kindled His anger against me

And counted me as His adversary.

His troops come together,

And build up their way against me

And camp around my tent.

“He has removed my brothers far from me,

And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

My relatives have failed,

And my familiar friends have forgotten me.

Those who sojourn in my house and my maidservants count me a stranger.

I am a foreigner in their sight.

I call to my servant, but he does not answer;

I have to implore him with my mouth.

My breath is offensive to my wife,

And I am loathsome to my own brothers.

Even young children reject me;

I rise up, and they speak against me.

All the men of my counsel abhor me,

And those I love have turned against me.

My bone clings to my skin and my flesh,

And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,

For the hand of God has smitten me.

Why do you persecute me as God does,

And are not satisfied with my flesh?

“Oh that my words were written!

Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

That with an iron stylus and lead

They were engraved in the rock forever!

As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,

And at the last He will rise up over the dust of this world.

Even after my skin is destroyed,

Yet from my flesh I shall behold God,

Whom I myself shall behold,

And whom my eyes will see and not another.

My heart faints within me!

If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’

‘And the root of the matter is found in him?’

Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves,

For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,

So that you may know there is judgment.”

Zophar Says the Joy of the Wicked Is Short

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said, 2

“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond,

Even because of my haste within me.

I listened to the discipline which dishonors me,

And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.

Do you know this from of old,

From the establishment of man on earth,

That the shouts of joy of the wicked are short,

And the gladness of the godless momentary?

Though his loftiness goes up to the heavens,

And his head touches the clouds,

He perishes forever like his refuse;

Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him;

Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.

The eye which saw him sees him no longer,

And his place no longer beholds him.

His sons seek the favor of the poor,

And his hands give back his wealth.

His bones are full of his youthful vigor,

But it lies down with him in the dust.

“Though evil is sweet in his mouth

And he hides it under his tongue,

Though he desires it and will not forsake it,

And holds it to his palate,

Yet his food in his stomach is changed

To the venom of cobras within him.

He swallows up wealth,

But will vomit it up;

God will expel it from his belly.

He sucks the poison of cobras;

The viper’s tongue kills him.

He does not look at the streams,

The rivers flowing with honey and curds.

He returns what he has attained

And cannot swallow it;

As to the wealth of his trading,

He cannot even enjoy it.

For he has crushed and forsaken the poor;

He has seized a house which he has not built.

“Because he knew no ease within his belly,

In his covetousness, he does not let anything escape.

Nothing remains for him to devour;

Therefore his prosperity does not endure.

In the fullness of his plenty he will be confined;

The hand of everyone who is troubled will come against him.

So it will be that he fills his belly,

And God will send His burning anger on him

And will rain it on him while he is eating.

He may flee from the iron weapon,

But the bronze bow will pierce him.

It is drawn forth and comes out of his back,

Even the glittering point from his gall;

Bouts of dread come upon him.

Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures;

A fire unfanned will devour him;

It will consume the survivor in his tent.

The heavens will reveal his iniquity,

And the earth will rise up against him.

The increase of his house will depart;

His possessions will flow away in the day of His anger.

This is the wicked man’s portion from God,

Even the inheritance decreed to him by God.”

Luke 6

Lord of the Sabbath

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

Jesus Heals a Man on the Sabbath

6 Now it happened that on another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. 7 And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He heals on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him. 8 But He knew what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and come forward!” And he stood up and came forward. 9 And 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?” 10 And after looking around at them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your hand!” And he did so, and his hand was restored. 11 But they themselves were filled with rage, and were discussing together what they might do to Jesus.

Jesus Appoints the Twelve

12 Now it happened that at this time He went off to the mountain to pray, and He was spending the whole night in prayer to God. 13 And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles: 14 Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew; 15 and Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot; 16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. 17 And Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a large crowd of His disciples, and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon, 18 who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were being cured. 19 And all the crowd was trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all.

The Beatitudes

20 And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say,

“Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Blessed are those who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied.

Blessed are those who cry now, for you shall laugh.

Blessed are you when men hate you, and exclude 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 leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For their fathers were doing the same things to the prophets.

Jesus Pronounces Woes

But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.

Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry.

Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and cry.

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers were doing the same things to the false prophets.

Love Your Enemies

27 “But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who disparage you. 29 Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your garment, do not withhold your tunic 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 treat others the same way you want them to treat you. 32 And 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 And 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 love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to the ungrateful and evil. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Do Not Judge

37 “And do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned. 38 Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.” 39 And He also spoke a parable to them: “Can a blind man guide a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 A student is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be 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 For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit. 44 For 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 The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil. For his mouth speaks from the abundance of his heart.

Build Your House on the Rock

46 “Now why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47 Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and does them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 he 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.”

Psalm 36

In Your Light We See Light

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

Transgression declares to the ungodly within his heart;

There is no dread of God before his eyes.

For it flatters him in his eyes

For one to discover his iniquity and hate it.

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;

He has ceased to consider to do good.

He devises wickedness upon his bed;

He sets himself on a path that is not good;

He does not despise evil.

Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, is in the heavens,

Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;

Your judgments are like a great deep.

O Yahweh, You save man and beast.

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!

And the sons of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

They are satisfied from the richness of Your house;

And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.

For with You is the fountain of life;

In Your light we see light.

Continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,

And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

Let not the foot of pride come upon me,

And let not the hand of the ungodly drive me away.

There the workers of wickedness have fallen;

They have been thrust down and cannot rise.