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"Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so as not to do with you as your foolishness deserves, because you have not spoken of Me what is trustworthy, as My servant Job has."

Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they sympathized with him and comforted him for all the adversities that the LORD had brought on him. And each one gave him a piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

He will be like a tree planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.

'You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.'"

But You, LORD, are a shield around me, My glory, and the One who lifts my head.

You sons of man, how long will my honor be treated as an insult? How long will you love what is worthless and strive for a lie? Selah

For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil can dwell with You.

For You bless the righteous person, LORD, You surround him with favor as with a shield.

Or he will tear my soul like a lion, Dragging me away, while there is no one to rescue me.

God is a righteous judge, And a God who shows indignation every day.

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made.

What is man that You think of him, And a son of man that You are concerned about him?

Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!

The LORD will also be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble;

The LORD has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. A wicked one is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion Selah

He lurks in secret like a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the needy; He catches the needy when he pulls him into his net.

In the LORD I take refuge; How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain?

They speak lies to one another; They speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

The words of the LORD are pure words; Like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, filtered seven times.