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Who can open his jaws,surrounded by those terrifying teeth?

His pride is in his rows of scales,closely sealed together.

His snorting flashes with light,while his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;fiery sparks fly out!

Smoke billows from his nostrilsas from a boiling pot or burning reeds.

His breath sets coals ablaze,and flames pour out of his mouth.

Strength resides in his neck,and dismay dances before him.

The folds of his flesh are joined together,solid as metal and immovable.

His heart is as hard as a rock,as hard as a lower millstone!

When Leviathan rises, the mighty are terrified;they withdraw because of his thrashing.

His undersides are jagged potsherds,spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.

Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then my servant Job will pray for you. I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”

After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions.

All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to him and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold earring.

He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.

Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,and he meditates on it day and night.

The kings of the earth take their stand,and the rulers conspire togetheragainst the Lord and his Anointed One:

Then he speaks to them in his angerand terrifies them in his wrath:

Pay homage to the Son or he will be angryand you will perish in your rebellion,for his anger may ignite at any moment.All who take refuge in him are happy.