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Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

If so be that I have withdrawn my foot out of the right way, if my heart hath followed mine eyesight, if I have stained or defiled my hands,

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

If I refused the right of my servant, or my handmaid, when they contended with me,

Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!


“For if my land has cried out against me,
And its furrows weep together;

So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes [and could not be persuaded otherwise by them].

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God;

I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

"Look! I have waited to hear your speech, so I listened to your insights while you searched for the right words to say.

“Do not say,
We have found wisdom;
God will rout him, not man.’

Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for +God is greater than man.

For when God doth once command a thing, there should no man be curious to search whether it be right.

If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him;


“He will pray to God, and He shall be favorable to him,
So that he looks at His face with joy;
For God restores to man His righteousness [that is, his right standing with God—with its joys].

He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.

For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:

And he goes on the road in company with instigators of mischief, and walks with men of wickedness.

Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

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


“He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous [those in right standing with Him];
But with kings upon the throne
He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

And thou didst fill up the judgment of the unjust one; judgment and right shall hold together.


“The Almighty—we cannot find Him;
He is exalted in power
And He will not do violence to [nor disregard] justice and abundant righteousness.

Where is the road to the home of light?
Do you know where darkness lives,

What road leads to the place where light is dispersed?
Where is the source of the east wind that spreads across the earth?

Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you?

When they crouch, they bring forth their young ones; they get rid of their labor pains.

Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?

stared down and subdued every proud person, trampled the wicked right where they are,

Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.

He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw?

"Its snorting flashes forth light, and its eyes [are] {red like dawn}.

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.


Therefore the wicked will not stand [unpunished] in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way. For his wrath shall be kindled shortly: blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;
Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.


O Lord, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies;
Make Your way straight (direct, right) before me.


For You, O Lord, bless the righteous man [the one who is in right standing with You];
You surround him with favor as with a shield.

Song of David which he sang to Jehovah upon the words of Cush, son of the right hand. O Jehovah my God, in thee I put My trust: save me from all pursuing me, and deliver me:


The Lord judges the peoples;
Judge me, O Lord, and grant me justice according to my righteousness and according to the integrity within me.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.


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.

to help the fatherless and the poor unto their right, that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them.

The LORD shall root out all deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things,

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right. He who speaks honestly in his heart.

The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.

Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.


He sent out His arrows and scattered them;
And He sent an abundance of lightning flashes and confused and routed them [in defeat].


Therefore the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness (moral character, spiritual integrity),
According to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

It is he that delivereth me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up against mine adversaries: thou shalt rid me from the wicked man. {TYNDALE: And delivereth me from mine enemies: thou liftest me up on high from them that rise against me, and deliverest me from the wicked men.}

Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.


Indeed, none of those who [expectantly] wait for You will be ashamed;
Those who turn away from what is right and deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed (humiliated, embarrassed).

Good and right [is] Yahweh; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.

My foot standeth right: I will praise the LORD in the congregations.

Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

Then cried I unto thee, O LORD, and got me to my LORD right humbly.


Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous [who actively seek right standing with Him];
Shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones;
Praise is becoming and appropriate for those who are upright [in heart—those with moral integrity and godly character].

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.


He will make your righteousness [your pursuit of right standing with God] like the light,
And your judgment like [the shining of] the noonday [sun].