Today's Reading

Job 10-12

Job Chapter 10
1 - My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 - I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
3 - Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4 - Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
5 - Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
6 - That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
7 - Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
8 - Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
9 - Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10 - Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11 - Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
12 - Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
13 - And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
14 - If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
15 - If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
16 - For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
17 - Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
18 - Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
19 - I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20 - Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
21 - Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
22 - A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Job Chapter 11
1 - Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 - Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3 - Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4 - For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5 - But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6 - And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8 - It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
9 - The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 - If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11 - For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
12 - For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
13 - If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14 - If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 - For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16 - Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17 - And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18 - And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 - Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20 - But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

Job Chapter 12
1 - And Job answered and said,
2 - No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3 - But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4 - I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
5 - He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6 - The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7 - But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8 - Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9 - Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
10 - In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
11 - Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12 - With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
13 - With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
14 - Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15 - Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 - With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 - He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
18 - He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19 - He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20 - He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
21 - He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22 - He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 - He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
24 - He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 - They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.