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Bible Reading for June 11

Job Chapter 35

1 Elihu spake moreover, and said,

2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is
more than God's?

3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit
shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher
than thou.

6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions
be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of
thine hand?

8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may
profit the son of man.

9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to
cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us
wiser than the fowls of heaven?

12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before
him; therefore trust thou in him.

15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he
knoweth it not in great extremity:

16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words
without knowledge.

Job Chapter 36

1 Elihu also proceeded, and said,

2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on
God's behalf.

3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to
my Maker.

4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge
is with thee.

5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength
and wisdom.

6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are
they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they
have exceeded.

10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they
return from iniquity.

11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in
prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall
die without knowledge.

13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he
bindeth them.

14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad
place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy
table should be full of fatness.

17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and
justice take hold on thee.

18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his
stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought
iniquity?

24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.

26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of
his years be searched out.

27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according
to the vapour thereof:

28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of
his tabernacle?

30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of
the sea.

31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by
the cloud that cometh betwixt.

33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning
the vapour.

Job Chapter 37

1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.

2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out
of his mouth.

3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the
ends of the earth.

4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his
excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he,
which we cannot comprehend.

6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small
rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his
bright cloud:

12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do
whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or
for mercy.

14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous
works of God.

15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his
cloud to shine?

16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of
him which is perfect in knowledge?

17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a
molten looking glass?

19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech
by reason of darkness.

20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the
wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.

23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in
power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

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