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His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes out of his mouth.

Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him.

The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved.

His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower millstone.

When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;Because of his crashings they are beside [fn] themselves.

His undersides are like sharp potsherds; He spreads pointed marks in the mire.

And the Lord restored Job's losses [fn] when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Then all his brothers, all his sisters, and all those who had been his acquaintances before, came to him and ate food with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and each a ring of gold.

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

After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations.

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

The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,

Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, And distress them in His deep displeasure:

12 Kiss the Son, [fn] lest He [fn] be angry,And you perish in the way,When His wrath is kindled but a little.Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.

I cried to the LORD with my voice, And He heard me from His holy hill.Selah

If he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready.

He also prepares for Himself instruments of death; He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.

His trouble shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.

I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,