10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? 11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? 12 Wilt believe him, that Job humbleth himself to God. fhe goeth on to meet † the armed men. Before CHRIST about 1520. 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth Jer. 8. 6. he back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. 25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? † Heb. the armour. 27 Doth the eagle mount up tat thy command, and make Heb. by thy her nest on high? 28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. mouth. B Jer. 49. 16. Obad. 4. 29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. 30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, h Matt. 24. 28. there is she. CHAPTER XL. 1 Job humbleth himself to God. 6 God stirreth him up to shew his righteousness, power, and wisdom. 15 Of the behemoth." OREOVER the LORD an he will bring home thy seed, and Mswered Job, and said, gather it into thy barn? 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he e imparted to her understanding. 18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. 19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? 20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is fterrible. 21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: Luke 17. 37. God's power seen in the behemoth, Before about 1520. JOB. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy CHRIST Wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. k Is. 2. 12. Dan. 4. 37. I Or, the 13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. 14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. 15 ¶ Behold now behemoth, elephant which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. some think. | Or, He setteth up. 1 Ps. 104. 14. † Heb. he oppresseth. I Or, Will any take him in his sight, or, bore his nose with a gin? ch. 41. 1,2. I That is, a whale, or, a whirlpool. a Ps. 104. 26. Is. 27. 1. † Heb. which thou drownest. b Is. 37. 29. 16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. 17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. 18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. 19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. and in the leviathan. banquet of him? shall they part 8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? 10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? 11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? soever is under the whole heaven is mine. Before CHRIST about 1520. © Rom. 11. 35. what-d Ex. 19. 5. Deut. 10. 14. Ps. 24. 1. & 50 12. 1 Cor. 10. 26, 12 I will not conceal his parts, 28. nor his power, nor his cómely proportion. 13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? 14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. 15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. 16 One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. 17 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. 18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. 19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. 20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. 21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 6 Shall the companions make a geon. breastplate. God accepteth Job, and Before JOB. 27 He esteemeth iron as straw, CHRIST and brass as rotten wood. about 1520. † Heb. Sharp pieces of potsherd. Or, who behave themselves with out fear. a Gen. 18. 14. Matt. 19. 26. Mark 10. 27. & 14. 36. Luke 18. 27. 1 Or, no thought of thine can be hindered. b ch. 38. 2. 28 The arrow cannot make him flee: sling stones are turned with him into stubble. 29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 30 Sharp stones are under him he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. 32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. 33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. 34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. CHAPTER XLII. 1 Job submitteth himself unto God. 7 God, preferring Job's cause, maketh his friends submit themselves, and accepteth him. 10 He magnifieth and blesseth Job. 16 Job's age and death. 3 b Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderPs. 40. 5. &ful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: dI will demand of thee, and declare thou unto 131. 1. & 139. 6. dcl. 38. 3. & 40. 7. ⚫ Ezra 9. 6. ch. 40. 4. f Num. 23. 1. me. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye seeth thee: 6 Wherefore I eabhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. 7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 8 Therefore take unto you now f seven bullocks and seven rams, h doubleth his former blessings. Before CHRIST about 1520. h Gen. 20. 17. James 5. 15, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for thim Matt. 5. 24. will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing Heb. which is right, like my servant Job. 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted tJob. 10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD + gave Job k twice as much as het had before. 11 Then came there unto him 1 all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. 12 So the LORD blessed m the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had a fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. *Luke 20. 42. Acts 1. 20. *THE BOOK OF PSALMS. a Prov. 4. 14, 15. I Or, wicked. b Ps. 26. 4. Jer. 15. 17. Ps. 119. 35, 47, 92. d Josh. 1. 8. PSALM I. 1 The happiness of the godly. 4 The unhappiness of the ungodly. LESSED a is the man that Ballet not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law Ps. 119. 1, 97. doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree e planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall † Heb. fade. not † wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. * Jer. 17. 8. Ez. 47. 12. f Gen. 39. 3, Ps. 128. 2. Hus. 13. 3. h Ps. 37. 18. Nah. 1. 7. John 10. 14. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the 2 Tim. 2. 19. way of the ungodly shall perish. PSALM II. 1047. 1 The kingdom of Christ. 10 Kings are exhorted to accept it. HY a do the heathen I rage, W down slept; I a Ps. 46, 6. Acts 4.25,26. I Or, tumult uously as semble. ↑ Heb. meditate. b Ps. 45. 7. John 1. 41. Jer. 5. 5. Luke 19. 14. d Ps. 11. 4. a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their Ps. 37. 13. & cords from us. 59. 8. Prov. 1. 26. † Heb. + Heb. upon Zion, the hill of my holiness. f 2 Sam. 5. 7. 1 Or, for a decree. & Acts 13. 33. Heb. 1.5. & 5.5. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and I vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I tset my King +fupon my holy hill of Zion. 7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said me, Thou awaked; me. for the LORD sustained Ps. 71. 11. Gen. 15. 2. Ps. 28. 7. & 119. 114. ! Or, about. d Ps. 27. 6. Ps. 34. 4. f P. 2 6. & 43.3. & 99.9. 5 Lev. 26. 6. Ps. 4. 8. Ps. 27.3. 6 hI will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten Job 16. 10. & all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Šelah. 72. 8. & 89. gotten thee. 8h Ask of me, and I shall give 4,5. & 19. 15. thee the heathen for thine inherit 29. 17. Ps. 58. 6. Lam. 3. 30. k Prov. 21.3L 1s. 43. 11. Jer. 3. 23. Hos. 13.4. Jonah 2. 9. Rev. 7. 10. & 19. 1. Or, overseer, Hab. 3. 19. God favoureth not the wicked. a 2 Tim. 2. 19. 2 Pet. 2. 9. b Eph. 4. 26. © Ps. 77. 6. 2 Cor. 13. 5. PSALMS. 20 ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. 3 But know that a the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. part is † very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. 10 Destroy thou them, O God; mlet them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgres- 23. sions; for they have rebelledor. against thee. n 11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because 5 Offer the sacrifices of right-thou defendest them: let them 6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 8hI will both lay me down in peace, and for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in Safety. PSALM V. 1 David prayeth, and professeth his study in prayer. 4 God favoureth not the wicked. 7 Daril, professing his faith, prayeth unto God to guide him, 10 to destroy his enemies, 11 and to preserve the godly. To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. IVE ear to my words, in thee. 12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with at shield. 3 My soul is also sore vexed: tation. 2 Hearken unto the a voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for bunto thee will I pray. C 3 My voice shalt thou hear in 88. 13. & 130. the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. 5 The foolish shall not stand tin thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. * Rev. 21. 8. the man of g1 Kings 8,29, 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD 132. 7. & 138. will abhor tthe bloody and deceitful man. 2. † Heb. the temple of thy holiness. h Ps. 25. 5. + Heb. those which observe me, Ps. 27. 11. i Ps. 25. 4. & 27. 11. 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy and in thy fear will I worship toward t thy holy temple. 8 h Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of t mine enemies; make thy way straight mouth, that before my face. Or, steadfastness. † Heb. in his is, in the 9 For there is no faithfulness e Or, Make them guilty. m2 Sam. 15. 31. & 17. 14, from their counsels. Is. 65. 13. Heb. est over, or, thou cover protectest them. Ps. 115. 13. Or, upon the eighth: See 1 Chr. 15. 21. Ps. 12, title. a Ps 38. 1. J 10.24. b Ps. 41. 4. & 46. 28. C Hos. 6. 1. d Ps. 90. 13. 5 For in death there is no re- Ps. 30. 9. & membrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? 88. 11. & 115. 17. & 118. 17. Is. 38. 18. night. 6 I am weary with my groan-Or, every ing; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. 7 Mine eye is consumed be-Job 17.7. cause of grief; it waxeth old be- Ps. 31.9. & cause of all mine enemies. 85 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath h heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. 10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly. |