and his brothers, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went in front of them.

The two thanksgiving processions stood in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials accompanying me,

so I could return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of God’s house.

Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms: and there brought I again the vessels of God's house, with the meal offerings and the frankincense.

Then I contended with the rulers, and said, "Why is God's house forsaken?" I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

Now it happened on the day when God's sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, that Satan also came among them.

In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.

Again it happened on the day when the God's sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, that Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.

Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me;
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.

“Indeed, you have now become like a dried-up stream,
You see a terror [believing me to be a victim of the wrath of God] and are afraid [to be compassionate].

"Indeed, this is the benefit of God's way: from the soil other plants will sprout.

God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.

“For you have said, ‘My teaching (doctrine) [that God knowingly afflicts the righteous] is pure,
And I am innocent in your eyes.’

Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

“But I have intelligence and understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these [of God’s wisdom and might]?

The tents of robbers are safe,
and those who provoke God are secure;
God’s power provides this.

“Who among all these does not recognize [in all these things that good and evil are randomly scattered throughout nature and human life]
That the hand of the Lord has done this,

Would you testify unjustly on God’s behalf
or speak deceitfully for Him?

{Will you show partiality for him}? Or do you want to plead God's case?

Would God’s majesty not terrify you?
Would His dread not fall on you?

“Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
And put my life in my hands [incurring the wrath of God]?

Only grant these two things to me, God,
so that I will not have to hide from Your presence:

Have you listened in God's confidential discussion? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

“Are the consolations of God [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you,
[Or] were we too gentle toward you [in our first speech] to be effective?

“He does not believe that he will return out of the darkness [for fear of being murdered],
And he is destined for the sword [of God’s vengeance].

He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.

"Pity me, pity me, you my friends, for God's hand has touched me.

Make sure that you remain wary of God's sword, for God's wrath brings with it the sword of punishment, by which you'll know there's a judgment."

“The produce and increase of his house will depart [with the victors];
His possessions will be dragged away in the day of God’s wrath.

Their houses are safe from fear, and God's chastisement never visits them.

“But notice, the prosperity of the wicked is not in their hand (in their power);
The counsel of the wicked [and the mystery of God’s dealings with the ungodly] is far from my comprehension.

“That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster and destruction,
They will be led away on the day of [God’s] wrath?

“You will also decide and decree a thing, and it will be established for you;
And the light [of God’s favor] will shine upon your ways.

“Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory]
And the stars are not pure in His sight,

As long as I can breathe; as long as God's breath is in my nostrils,

“I will teach you regarding the hand (power) of God;
I will not conceal what is with the Almighty [God’s actual treatment of the wicked].

"[It is] a path a bird of prey does not know and [the] black kite's eye has not seen.

Who doth make me as in months past, As in the days of God's preserving me?

as when I was in the days of my prime, when God's confiding [was] over my {house},

By God's great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?

“If my step has turned away from the way [of God],
Or if my heart has [covetously] followed my eyes,
Or if any spot [of guilt] has stained my hands,

Have I rejoiced because my substance was great, and because my hand gat so much?

Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

“In a dream, a vision of the night [one may hear God’s voice],
When deep sleep falls on men
While slumbering upon the bed,

He holds back his soul from the pit [of destruction],
And his life from passing over into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

“Man is also disciplined with pain on his bed,
And with unceasing complaint in his bones,

“If there is an angel as a mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To explain to a man what is right for him [that is, how to be in right standing with God],

He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;

For he has said, “A man gains nothing
when he becomes God’s friend.”

“For God’s eyes are on the ways of a man,
And He sees all his steps.

“Shall God’s retribution [for your sins] be on your terms, because you refuse to accept it?
For you must do the choosing, and not I;
Therefore say what you [truthfully] know.

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

But now, because God’s anger does not punish
and He does not pay attention to transgression,

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

“But if they do not hear and obey, they will die by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments]
And they will die [in ignorance] without [true] knowledge.

“Remember that you should magnify God’s work,
Of which men have sung.

“All men have seen God’s work;
Man looks at it from a distance.

Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out
or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?

By God's breath, ice is given, and [the] broad waters [are] frozen.

"Hear this, Job; stand [still] and consider carefully God's wondrous works.

Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?

A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared.

"Should the one who is fighting the Almighty find fault with him? Let God's accuser answer."

Do you have an arm like God’s?
Can you thunder with a voice like His?

He is the chief of God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.

For the Lord knows and fully approves the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked shall perish.

And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You,
For You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his face, will not seek nor inquire for Him;
All his thoughts are, “There is no God [so there is no accountability or punishment].”

As for God's chosen people who are in the land, and the leading officials I admired so much --

In my trouble I will call upon the LORD, and complain unto my God. So he shall hear my voice out of his holy temple, and my complaint shall come before him: it shall enter even into his ears. {TYNDALE: In my tribulation I called to the LORD, and cried to my God. And he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry entered into his ears.}

Indeed, with your help I can charge against an army; by my God's power I can jump over a wall.

How precious is thy loving-kindness, O God! So the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

Trust [rely on and have confidence] in the Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and feed [securely] on His faithfulness.

Depart from evil and do good,
So you will abide forever.

A psalm of David, written to get God's attention. O Lord, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury!

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When may I come and appear in God's presence?

The rulers of the peoples have come together, with the people of the God of Abraham; because the powers of the earth are God's: he is lifted up on high.

We heard about God's mighty deeds, now we have seen them, in the city of the Lord, the invincible Warrior, in the city of our God. God makes it permanently secure. (Selah)

According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him." For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

For the choir director. A Davidic Maskil. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”Why brag about evil, you hero!
God’s faithful love is constant.

But I am like a flourishing olive tree
in the house of God;
I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.

We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God's house with company.

I will comfort myself in God's word; yea, I will hope in God, and not fear. What can flesh then do unto me?

In God's word will I rejoice, in the LORD's word will I comfort me.

By God's power we will conquer; he will trample down our enemies.

He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.

Once has God said, twice has it come to my ears, that power is God's:

But the king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who swears by Him [honoring the true God, acknowledging His authority and majesty] will glory,
For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.

And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.

You visit the earth and water it abundantly,
enriching it greatly.
God’s stream is filled with water,
for You prepare the earth in this way,
providing people with grain.

Come, and see God's deeds -- awesome work on behalf of the children of men.

But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

The earth has yielded its harvest [as evidence of His approval];
God, our God, blesses us.

Mount Bashan is God’s towering mountain;
Mount Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.

Why hop ye so, ye high hills? This is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth him to dwell. Yea, the LORD will abide in it forever.

God’s chariots are tens of thousands,
thousands and thousands;
the Lord is among them in the sanctuary
as He was at Sinai.

Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.