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When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

And prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors,

Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;

Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder;

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

Who provideth for the raven his prey,

For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

Shall any take him by his eyes, or pierce through his nose with a snare? Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord? Canst thou put a ring into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a hook? Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee? Will he make a covenant with thee, that thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever? Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants? Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears? Lay thy hand upon him; think upon the battle, thou wilt do so no more.

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite: 'My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job hath.

Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I do not unto you aught unseemly; for ye have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.'

And the LORD changed the fortune of Job, when he prayed for his friends; and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

For the LORD regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for thine inheritance, and the ends of the earth for thy possession.

Many there are that say of my soul: 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah

I lay me down, and I sleep; I awake, for the LORD sustaineth me.

Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God; for Thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek, Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; Thy blessing be upon Thy people. Selah

For the Leader; with string-music. A Psalm of David.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than when their corn and their wine increase. In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for Thou, LORD, makest me dwell alone in safety.

For the Leader; upon the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David.