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The Verses “Then Elihu continued and said,‘Hear my words, you wise men,And listen to me, you who understand.For the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.Let’s choose for ourselves what is right;Let’s understand among ourselves what is good. For Job has said, “I am righteous,But God has taken away my right;Should I lie about my right?My wound is incurable, though I have done nothing wrong.”What man is like Job,Who…
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The Verses “Then these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.But the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned against Job; his anger burned because he justified himself before God.And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, yet they had condemned Job. Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job…
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The Verses “I have made a covenant with my eyes;How then could I look at a virgin?And what is the portion of God from above,Or the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?Is it not disaster to the criminal,And misfortune to those who practice injustice?Does He not see my ways,And count all my steps? If I have walked with deception,And my foot has hurried after deceit,Let Him weigh me with…
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The Verses “But now those who are younger than I mock me,Whose fathers I refused to put with the dogs of my flock.Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me?Vigor had perished from them.From poverty and hunger they are gaunt,They who gnaw at the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,Who pluck saltweed by the bushes,And whose food is the root of the broom tree.They are…
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The Verses “Then Job again took up his discourse and said,‘Oh that I were as in months gone by,As in the days when God watched over me,When His lamp shone over my head,And by His light I walked through darkness;Just as I was in the days of my youth,When the protection of God was over my tent;When the Almighty was still with me,And my children were around me;When my steps…
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The Verses “Certainly there is a mine for silver,And a place for refining gold.Iron is taken from the dust,And copper is smelted from rock.Man puts an end to darkness,And to the farthest limit he searches outThe rock in gloom and deep shadow.He sinks a shaft away from inhabited areas,Forgotten by the foot;They hang and swing, far from people.From the earth comes food,And underneath, it is turned over like fire.Its rocks…
