Whereupon fastened?

were the

foundations thereof

Or who laid the corner stone thereof,
When the morning stars sang together,
And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Or who shut up the sea with doors,
When it brake forth, as if newly born;
When I made clouds the garment thereof,
And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
And marked out for it my bound,

And set bars and doors,

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further;

And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began,

And caused the dayspring to know its place? Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep? Have the portals of the grave been revealed unto thee?

Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth?

Declare, if thou knowest it all!

Where is the way to the dwelling place of light?

And as for darkness, where is the place there

of,

That thou shouldest take it to the bound there

of,

And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

Doubtless thou knowest, for thou wast then born,
And the number of thy days is great!

Canst thou bind the clusters of the Pleiades,
Or loose the bands of Orion?

Canst thou lead forth the signs of the Zodiac in their season?

Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?
Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens?
Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the
earth?

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,
That abundance of waters may cover thee?
Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they

may go,

And say unto thee, Here we are?

Who put wisdom in the inward parts?

Or who hath given understanding to the mind?

Gird

up now thy loins like a man,

And declare unto me all these things.

Wilt thou even annul my judgment?

Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity;
And array thyself with honour and majesty.
Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger;
And look upon every one that is proud, and
abase him.

Look on every one that is haughty, and bring

him low.

Then will I also confess of thee,

That thine own right hand can save thee!

Then Job answered the Lord, and said:

I know that thou canst do all things,

And that no purpose of thine can be restrained. Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not,

Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear;
But now mine eye seeth thee:
Wherefore I humble myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.

Now

And it was so, after these things, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My heart is sore displeased with thee, and with thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 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, he shall pray for you: for him will I accept, lest I deal with you after your folly for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends; and he blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning.

THE PSALMS

Blessed is the man

PSALM I

That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor standeth in the way of sinners,

Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful:

But his delight is in the law of the Lord;

And in his law doth he meditate day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,

That bringeth forth its fruit in its season;
Whose leaf also doth not wither;

And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so:

But are like the chaff which the wind driveth

For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

PSALMS III, IV

Many there be that say of my soul,
There is no help for him in God.
But thou, O Lord, art a shield about me;
My glory, and the lifter up of my head.
I cry unto the Lord with my voice,

And he answereth me out of his holy hill.
I laid me down and slept;

I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.

Many there be that say,

Who will shew us any good?

Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance

upon us.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart,

More than they have when their grain and their new wine are increased.

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep;
For thou, Lord, alone makest me dwell in safety.

Stand in awe, and sin not:

Commune with thine own heart upon thy bed, and be still.

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,

And put thy trust in the Lord.

PSALM V

Give ear to my words, O Lord,

Consider my meditation.

Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God:

For unto thee do I

pray.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O

Lord;

In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

For thou, O Lord, hast no pleasure in wicked

ness:

Neither shall evil dwell with thee.