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His stony heart is without fear, as unyielding and hard as a millstone.

The scales on his belly are like jagged pieces of pottery; they tear up the muddy ground like a threshing sledge.

Now take seven bulls and seven rams to Job and offer them as a sacrifice for yourselves. Job will pray for you, and I will answer his prayer and not disgrace you the way you deserve. You did not speak the truth about me as he did."

Then, after Job had prayed for his three friends, the Lord made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had had before.

All Job's brothers and sisters and former friends came to visit him and feasted with him in his house. They expressed their sympathy and comforted him for all the troubles the Lord had brought on him. Each of them gave him some money and a gold ring.

Job lived a hundred and forty years after this, long enough to see his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

From his throne in heaven the Lord laughs and mocks their feeble plans.

Then he warns them in anger and terrifies them with his fury.

and bow down to him; or else his anger will be quickly aroused, and you will suddenly die. Happy are all who go to him for protection.

I call to the Lord for help, and from his sacred hill he answers me.

Victory comes from the Lord — may he bless his people.

Remember that the Lord has chosen the righteous for his own, and he hears me when I call to him.

If they do not change their ways, God will sharpen his sword. He bends his bow and makes it ready;

he takes up his deadly weapons and aims his burning arrows.

I thank the Lord for his justice; I sing praises to the Lord , the Most High.

But the Lord is king forever; he has set up his throne for judgment.

The Lord has revealed himself by his righteous judgments, and the wicked are trapped by their own deeds.

The wicked say to themselves, "God doesn't care! He has closed his eyes and will never see me!"

The Lord is king forever and ever. Those who worship other gods will vanish from his land.

The Lord is in his holy temple; he has his throne in heaven. He watches people everywhere and knows what they are doing.