18:011:013 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch
out thine hands
toward
him;
18:011:014 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far
away, and let not
wickedness
dwell in thy tabernacles.
18:011:015 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without
spot; yea, thou
shalt
be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
18:011:016 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and
remember it as
waters
that pass away:
18:011:017 And thine age shall be clearer than the
noonday: thou shalt
shine
forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18:011:018 And thou shalt be secure, because there
is hope; yea, thou
shalt
dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
18:011:019 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall
make thee afraid;
yea,
many shall make suit unto thee.
18:011:020 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail,
and they shall not
escape,
and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
18:012:001 And Job answered and said,
18:012:002 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
18:012:003 But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to
you:
yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
18:012:004 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who
calleth upon God, and
he
answereth him: the just upright man is laughed
to scorn.
18:012:005 He that is ready to slip with his feet
is as a lamp despised
in
the thought of him that is at ease.
18:012:006 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and
they that provoke God
are
secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
18:012:007 But ask now the beasts, and they shall
teach thee; and the
fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
18:012:008 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach
thee: and the fishes
of
the sea shall declare unto thee.
18:012:009 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand
of the lord hath
wrought
this?
18:012:010 In whose hand is the soul of every living
thing, and the
breath
of all mankind.
18:012:011 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
18:012:012 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length
of days
understanding.
18:012:013 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath
counsel and
understanding.
18:012:014 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot
be built again: he
shutteth
up a man, and there can be no opening.
18:012:015 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and
they dry up: also he
sendeth
them out, and they overturn the earth.
18:012:016 With him is strength and wisdom: the
deceived and the deceiver
are
his.


