Today's Reading

Job 25-27

Job Chapter 25
1 - Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 - Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
3 - Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
4 - How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
5 - Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
6 - How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

Job Chapter 26
1 - But Job answered and said,
2 - How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
3 - How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 - To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5 - Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
6 - Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
7 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 - He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
10 - He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
11 - The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12 - He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
13 - By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
14 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

Job Chapter 27
1 - Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 - As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
3 - All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
4 - My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
5 - God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
6 - My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7 - Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8 - For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
9 - Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10 - Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
11 - I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12 - Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
13 - This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
14 - If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 - Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
16 - Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
17 - He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 - He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
19 - The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20 - Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
21 - The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
22 - For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
23 - Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.