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Today's Readings
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Saturday, 19th October 2024 --- 9 Babah 1741
Job 27 : 1 - 28 : 13
Chapter 27
1 | Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
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2 | "As God lives, who has taken away my justice, And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
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3 | As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils,
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4 | My lips will not speak wickedness, Nor my tongue utter deceit.
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5 | Far be it from me That I should say you are right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
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6 | My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.
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7 | "May my enemy be like the wicked, And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.
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8 | For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life?
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9 | Will God hear his cry When trouble comes upon him?
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10 | Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God?
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11 | "I will teach you about the hand of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
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12 | Surely all of you have seen it; Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?
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13 | "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, received from the Almighty:
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14 | If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
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15 | Those who survive him shall be buried in death, And their widows shall not weep,
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16 | Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up clothing like clay--
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17 | He may pile it up, but the just will wear it, And the innocent will divide the silver.
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18 | He builds his house like a moth, Like a booth which a watchman makes.
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19 | The rich man will lie down, But not be gathered up; He opens his eyes, And he is no more.
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20 | Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night.
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21 | The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; It sweeps him out of his place.
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22 | It hurls against him and does not spare; He flees desperately from its power.
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23 | Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
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Chapter 28
1 | "Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place where gold is refined.
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2 | Iron is taken from the earth, And copper is smelted from ore.
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3 | Man puts an end to darkness, And searches every recess For ore in the darkness and the shadow of death.
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4 | He breaks open a shaft away from people; In places forgotten by feet They hang far away from men; They swing to and fro.
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5 | As for the earth, from it comes bread, But underneath it is turned up as by fire;
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6 | Its stones are the source of sapphires, And it contains gold dust.
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7 | That path no bird knows, Nor has the falcon's eye seen it.
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8 | The proud lions have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.
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9 | He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the roots.
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10 | He cuts out channels in the rocks, And his eye sees every precious thing.
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11 | He dams up the streams from trickling; What is hidden he brings forth to light.
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12 | "But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
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13 | Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.
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Acknowledgement
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