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

When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.

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

Nothing on earth is his equal-a creature devoid of fear!

So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has."

After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

So the LORD blessed Job's latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

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

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

But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy hill. Selah

If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.

He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.

He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.