Wednesday, February 13, 2008

job 38:1-3; 40:8-12; 42:1-6

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

“Who is this who darkens counsel
By words without knowledge?

Now prepare yourself like a man;
I will question you, and you shall answer Me.

“ Would you indeed annul My judgment?

Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

Have you an arm like God?
Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
And array yourself with glory and beauty.

Disperse the rage of your wrath;
Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.

Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low;
Tread down the wicked in their place.


Then Job answered the LORD and said:

“I know that You can do everything,
And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.

You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, ‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’

“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.

Therefore I abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”