Job 7 - 8, Mark 15 - 16, Psalm 30 — Legacy Standard Bible

7“¹Is not man ^aconscripted to labor on earth,And are not his days like the days of ^ba hired man?²“As a slave who pants for the shade,And as a hired man who eagerly hopes for his wages,³So am I apportioned months of worthlessness,And ^anights of trouble are appointed me.⁴“If I ^alie down I say,‘When shall I arise?’But the twilight continues,And I am saturated with tossing until dawn.⁵“My ^aflesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt;My skin scabs over and flows out again.⁶“My days are ^aswifter than a weaver’s shuttle,And come to an end ^bwithout hope.⁷“Remember that my life ^ais but wind;My eye will ^bnot again see good.⁸“The ^aeye of him who sees me will behold me no longer;Your eyes will be on me, but ^bI will not be.⁹“A ^acloud vanishes, and it is gone,So ^bhe who goes down to ^cSheol does not come up.¹⁰“He will not return again to his house,Nor will ^ahis place recognize him anymore.¹¹“Indeed ^aI will not hold back my mouth;I will speak in the distress of my spirit;I will muse on the bitterness of my soul.¹²“Am I the sea or ^athe sea monster,That You set a guard over me?¹³“If I say, ‘^aMy bed will comfort me;My couch will ¹ease my bitter musing,’¹⁴Then You frighten me with dreamsAnd terrify me by visions,¹⁵So that my soul would choose suffocation,Death rather than my ¹pains.¹⁶“I have ^arejected everything; I will not live forever.Leave me alone, ^bfor my days are but a breath.¹⁷“^aWhat is man that You magnify him,And that You set Your heart on him,¹⁸That ^aYou ¹examine him every morningAnd test him every moment?¹⁹“¹^,^aWill You never turn Your gaze away from me,Nor let me alone until I swallow my spit?²⁰“^aHave I sinned? What have I done to You,O ^bwatcher of men?Why have You set me as Your target,So that I am a burden to myself?²¹“Why then ^ado You not forgive my transgressionAnd take away my iniquity?For now I will ^blie down in the dust;And You will seek me earnestly, ^cbut I will not be.”

Bildad Claims God Rewards the Good

8Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

²“How long will you say these things,And the ^awords of your mouth be a mighty wind?³“Does ^aGod pervert justice?Or does ¹the Almighty pervert what is right?⁴“^aIf your sons sinned against Him,Then He sent them into the ¹power of their transgression.⁵“If you would ^aseek God earnestlyAnd plead for the grace of ¹the Almighty,⁶If you are pure and upright,Indeed now ^aHe would rouse Himself for youAnd make your righteous ^babode at peace.⁷“Though your beginning was insignificant,Yet your ^aend will increase greatly.⁸“Please ^aask of past generations,And establish the things searched out by their fathers.⁹“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,Because ^aour days on earth are but a shadow.¹⁰“Will they not instruct you and tell you,And bring forth words from their hearts?¹¹“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?Can the rushes grow without water?¹²“While it is still green and not cut down,Yet it dries up before any other ¹plant.¹³“So are the paths of ^aall who forget God;And the ^bhope of the godless will perish,¹⁴Whose confidence is fragile,And whose trust a ^aspider’s ¹web.¹⁵“He relies on his ^ahouse, but it does not stand;He holds fast to it, but it is not established.¹⁶“He ¹^,^athrives before the sun,And his ^bshoots go forth over his garden.¹⁷“His roots wrap around a rock pile;He looks upon a house of stones.¹⁸“If He swallows him up from ^ahis place,Then it will deny him, saying, ‘^bI never saw you.’¹⁹“Behold, ^athis is the joy of ¹His way;And out of the dust others will spring.²⁰“Behold, ^aGod will not reject a blameless man,Nor ^bwill He strengthen the hand of the evildoers.²¹“He will yet fill ^ayour mouth with laughterAnd your lips with shouting.²²“Those who hate you will be ^aclothed with shame,And the ^btent of the wicked will be no longer.”

Jesus Before Pilate

15^aAnd early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole ^bSanhedrin, immediately held council; and binding Jesus, led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate. ²^aAnd Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And He answered him and *said, “You yourself say it.” ³And the chief priests began to accuse Him of many things. ⁴Then Pilate was questioning Him again, saying, “You answer nothing? See how many accusations they bring against You!” ⁵But Jesus ^amade no further answer; so Pilate marveled.

⁶^aNow at the feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested. ⁷And the man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection. ⁸And the crowd went up and began asking him to do as he had been accustomed to do for them. ⁹And Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?” ¹⁰For he was aware that the chief priests had delivered Him over because of envy. ¹¹But the chief priests stirred up the crowd ^ato ask him to release Barabbas for them instead. ¹²And answering again, Pilate was saying to them, “Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?” ¹³And they shouted again, “Crucify Him!” ¹⁴But Pilate was saying to them, “Why? What evil did He do?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!” ¹⁵And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus ^ascourged, he delivered Him over to be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

¹⁶^aSo the soldiers took Him away into ^bthe ¹palace (that is, the ²Praetorium), and they *called together the whole Roman ³^,^ccohort. ¹⁷And they *dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they *put it on Him; ¹⁸and they began to greet Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” ¹⁹And they kept beating His head with a ¹reed, and spitting on Him; and kneeling, they were bowing down before Him. ²⁰And after they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they *led Him out to crucify Him.

²¹^aAnd they *pressed into service a passer-by coming from the countryside, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and ^bRufus), to ¹carry His cross.

The Crucifixion

²²^aThen they *brought Him to the place ^bGolgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. ²³And they tried to give Him ^awine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it. ²⁴And they *crucified Him, and *^adivided up His garments among themselves, casting ¹lots for them to decide who should take what. ²⁵Now it was the ¹^,^athird hour, and they crucified Him. ²⁶And the inscription of the charge against Him ¹read, “^aTHE KING OF THE JEWS.”

²⁷And they *crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left. ²⁸¹[And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “And He was numbered with transgressors.”] ²⁹And those passing by were blaspheming Him, ^ashaking their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who are going to ^bdestroy the ¹sanctuary and rebuild it in three days, ³⁰save Yourself by coming down from the cross!” ³¹In the same way, mocking Him to one another, the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were saying, “^aHe saved others; ¹He cannot save Himself. ³²“Let this ¹Christ, ^athe King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe!” ^bThose who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him.

³³^aAnd when the ¹^,^bsixth hour came, darkness ²fell over the whole land until the ³^,^cninth hour. ³⁴And at the ^aninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “^bEloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” ³⁵And when some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, “Look, He is calling for Elijah.” ³⁶And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, “¹Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down.” ³⁷^aAnd Jesus, uttering a loud cry, breathed His last. ³⁸^aAnd the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. ³⁹^aAnd when the centurion, who was standing ¹right in front of Him, saw ²the way He breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”

⁴⁰^aAnd there were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James ^bthe ¹Less and Joses, and ^cSalome, ⁴¹who, when He was in Galilee, were following Him and ¹^,^aserving Him; and there were many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

⁴²^aAnd when evening had already come, because it was ¹^,^bPreparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³Joseph of Arimathea came, a ^aprominent ¹Council member, who himself was ^bwaiting for the kingdom of God; and he ^cgathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴And Pilate wondered if He had died by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He already died. ⁴⁵And ascertaining this from ^athe centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. ⁴⁶And when Joseph had bought a linen cloth and took Him down, he wrapped Him in the linen cloth and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out in the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ⁴⁷^aAnd Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were looking on to see where He had been laid.

Jesus Is Risen!

16^aAnd when the Sabbath passed, ^bMary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, ^cbought spices, so that they might come and anoint Him. ²And very early on the first day of the week, they *came to the tomb when the sun had risen. ³And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away ^athe stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” ⁴And looking up, they *saw that the stone had been rolled away, ¹although it was very large. ⁵^aAnd entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, wearing a white robe; and they ^bwere amazed. ⁶And he *said to them, “^aDo not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the ^bNazarene, who has been crucified. ^cHe has risen; He is not here; behold, the place where they laid Him. ⁷“But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘^aHe is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He told you.’” ⁸And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment were gripping them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

⁹¹[Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to ^aMary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. ¹⁰^aShe went and reported to those who had been with Him, while they were mourning and crying. ¹¹And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, ^athey refused to believe it.

¹²After that, ^aHe appeared in a different form ^bto two of them while they were walking along on their way to the countryside. ¹³And they went away and reported it to the others, but they ^adid not believe them either.

The Great Commission

¹⁴Afterward ^aHe appeared ^bto the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their ^cunbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen. ¹⁵And He said to them, “^aGo into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. ¹⁶“^aHe who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. ¹⁷“And these ¹signs will accompany those who have believed: ^ain My name they will cast out demons, they will ^bspeak with new tongues; ¹⁸and they will ^apick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will ^blay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

¹⁹So then, the Lord Jesus, after He had ^aspoken to them, ^bwas taken up into heaven and ^csat down at the right hand of God. ²⁰And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the ¹signs that followed.] ²[And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable preaching of eternal salvation.]

You Have Turned My Mourning into Dancing

A Psalm. A Song at the Dedication of the House. Of David.

I will ^aexalt You, O Yahweh, for You have ^blifted me up,And have not let my ^cenemies be glad over me.²O Yahweh my God,I ^acried to You for help, and You ^bhealed me.³O Yahweh, You have ^abrought up my soul from Sheol;You have kept me alive, ¹that I would not ^bgo down to the pit.⁴^aSing praise to Yahweh, you ^bHis holy ones,And ^cgive thanks for the ^dremembrance of His holy name.⁵For ^aHis anger is but for a moment,His ^bfavor is for a lifetime;Weeping may ^clast for the night,But a shout of joy comes in the morning.⁶Now as for me, I said in my prosperity,“I will ^anever be shaken.”⁷O Yahweh, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong;You ^ahid Your face, I was dismayed.⁸To You, O Yahweh, I called,And to the Lord I made supplication:⁹“What profit is there in my blood, if I ^ago down to the pit?Will the ^bdust praise You? Will it declare Your truth?¹⁰“^aHear, O Yahweh, and be gracious to me;O Yahweh, be my ^bhelper.”¹¹You have turned for me ^amy mourning into dancing;You have ^bloosed my sackcloth and girded me with ^cgladness,¹²That my ¹^,^aglory may sing praise to You and not be silent.O Yahweh my God, I will ^bgive thanks to You forever.