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“Indeed, how could the strength of their hands profit me?
Vigor had perished from them.

Verse ConceptsWithout Strength


They are gaunt with want and famine;
They gnaw the dry and barren ground by night in [the gloom of] waste and desolation.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes Of


They pluck [and eat] saltwort (mallows) among the bushes,
And their food is the root of the broom shrub.

Verse ConceptsRootsSaltGod Is HolyTreestoughness


They are driven from the community;
They shout after them as after a thief.

Verse ConceptsPeople Ostracised


They must dwell on the slopes of wadis
And in holes in the ground and in rocks.

Verse ConceptsRocksPeople In Caves


“Among the bushes they cry out [like wild animals];
Beneath the prickly scrub they gather and huddle together.

Verse ConceptsNettles


They are the sons of [worthless and nameless] fools,
They have been driven out of the land.


They hate me, they stand aloof from me,
And do not refrain from spitting in my face.

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessSpittingSalivaNo DealingsHating Individuals


“For God has loosed His bowstring [attacking me] and [He has] afflicted and humbled me;
They have cast off the bridle [of restraint] before me.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of Strength


“On my right the [rabble] brood rises;
They push my feet away, and they build up their ways of destruction against me [like an advancing army].

Verse ConceptsRight Sides


They break up and clutter my path [upsetting my plans],
They profit from my destruction;
No one restrains them.

Verse ConceptsPaths Of Believers


“As through a wide breach they come,
Amid the crash [of falling walls] they roll on [over me].

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyGaps


“Terrors are turned upon me;
They chase away my honor and reputation like the wind,
And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

Verse ConceptsLossWeather, As God's JudgmentNot ProsperingLosing Honour


“If I have despised and rejected the claim of my male or female servants
When they filed a complaint against me,

Verse ConceptsEmployersMasters Duties Towards ServantsSlavesWhat Sin?


“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],

Verse ConceptsNot Helping The PoorNot Helping WidowsHelping OthersSharingHelping The PoorHelping Those In NeedHelping Others In NeedFeeding The Poorhelping

Elihu’s anger burned against Job’s three friends because they had found no answer [and were unable to determine Job’s error], and yet they had condemned Job and declared him to be in the wrong [and responsible for his own afflictions].

Verse ConceptsReasonThree MenOthers Not AnsweringNamed People Angry With OthersFamily And Friends


They (Job’s friends) are dismayed and embarrassed, they no longer answer;
The words have moved away and failed them,” [says Elihu].

Verse ConceptsPeople Being Silent


“And shall I wait, because they say nothing,
But stand still and say no more?

Verse ConceptsPeople WaitingPeople Being Silent


“My words will express the uprightness of my heart,
And my lips will speak what they know with utter sincerity.

Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The RighteousLipsSpeaking Truth


“Who is not partial to princes,
Nor does He regard the rich above the poor,
For they all are the work of His hands.

Verse ConceptsFavouritismGod, Impartiality OfGod And The PoorPovertyMan, Creation OfPeople Are The SameCreation Of All MankindThe Rich Lording It


“In a moment they die, even at midnight
The people are shaken and pass away,
And the powerful are taken away without a [human] hand.

Verse ConceptsMidnightSudden Death


“Therefore He knows of their works,
And He overthrows them in the night,
So that they are crushed and destroyed.

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowing


Because they turned aside from following Him
And would not consider or show regard for any of His ways,


So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And He heard the cry of the afflicted.

Verse ConceptsPrayer, Answers ToCries Of Distress To GodGod Helps The PoorOutcryHelping The Poor


“Because of the multitudes of oppressions the people cry out;
They cry for help because of the [violent] arm of the mighty.

Verse ConceptsArmsSuffering, Hardshipoppression


“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.

Verse ConceptsRighteous, TheGod Seeing The RighteousPeople Of The Kingdom


“And if they are bound in bonds [of adversity],
And held by cords of affliction,


Then He declares to them [the true character of] their deeds
And their transgressions, that they have acted arrogantly [with presumption and notions of self-sufficiency].

Verse ConceptsThings Revealed


“He opens their ears to instruction and discipline,
And commands that they return from evil.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, By GodThe Faculty Of Hearing


“If they hear and serve Him,
They will end their days in prosperity
And their years in pleasantness and joy.

Verse ConceptsPaying Attention To GodThe Righteous ProsperObedienceServingServing GodEnd Of DaysBlessings And ProsperityObeying Godobeying


“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.

Verse ConceptsRepentance, Importance OfDangers Of Ignorance


“But the godless in heart store up anger [at the divine discipline];
They do not cry [to Him] for help when He binds them [with cords of affliction].

Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsGrudgesHeart, Fallen And RedeemedResentment, Against GodResentmentNot PrayingHypocrisy


They die in youth,
And their life ends among the cult prostitutes.

Verse ConceptsProstitutionShrinesYouthEarly Death


“Its direction is turned around by His guidance,
That it may do whatever He commands it
On the face of the inhabited earth.

Verse ConceptsTurning RoundguidanceDirectionWisdom And GuidanceWeather In The Last Daysaccomplishmentweather


“Can you send forth lightnings that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?

Verse ConceptsLightning


“Can you count the months that they carry offspring,
Or do you know the time when they give birth?

Verse ConceptsWhen?


They kneel down, they bring forth their young,
They cast out their labor pains.

Verse ConceptsCrouching


“Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field;
They leave and do not return to them.

Verse ConceptsGrowing Up


“The [flightless] wings of the ostrich wave joyously;
With the pinion (shackles, fetters) and plumage of love,

Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceWingsWings Of BirdsFeathersOstriches


“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor is in vain because she is unconcerned [for the safety of her brood],

Verse ConceptsStrictness


Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him,
And [if you are so able] tread down the wicked where they stand.

Verse ConceptsAbasement Of The ProudAbasementBeing HumbleHumility And Pridehumblenesshumblecrushes


“Will traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him up among the merchants?

Verse ConceptsBartering


They are joined one to another;
They stick together and cannot be separated.

Verse ConceptsJoining Flesh And Bones


“The folds of his flesh are joined together,
Firm on him and immobile [when he moves].

Verse ConceptsJoining Flesh And Bonesmuscles


“When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.

Verse ConceptsBewildermentFear And Animals

Then all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him over all the [distressing] adversities that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave him a piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGoldOrnamentsRingsSistersSuffering, Encouragements InVisitingComfort, Of FriendsPresentsJewelleryLarge Denominations


The wicked [those who live in disobedience to God’s law] are not so,
But they are like the chaff [worthless and without substance] which the wind blows away.

Verse ConceptsWindWicked Described AsChaffLight As ChaffThe Wicked Will Perish


The kings of the earth take their stand;
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the Lord and His Anointed (the Davidic King, the Messiah, the Christ), saying,

Verse ConceptsAnointing, Performed Onenemies, of Jesus ChristRebellion, Against GodRulersSuffering, Of Jesus ChristChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesThe Lord's AnointedMan's Counsel

O Lord, how my enemies have increased!
Many are rising up against me.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Abilities OfMany Enemies


You have put joy in my heart,
More than [others know] when their wheat and new wine have yielded abundantly.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfecstasyJoy, And Human ExperienceWineAbundance, MaterialGladnessJoySleeping Peacefully


For there is nothing trustworthy or reliable or truthful in what they say;
Their heart is destruction [just a treacherous chasm, a yawning gulf of lies].
Their throat is an open grave;
They [glibly] flatter with their [silken] tongue.

Verse ConceptsFlatteryDeceitful HeartsdistrustGood WorksHeart, Fallen And RedeemedMind, The HumanMouthsDeception In Fallen Human NatureSin, Universality OfSpeech, Negative Aspects OfSpeech, Power And Significance OfTongueFlattery, Used By The WickedSincereityFigurative BurialsSpeaking With The Mouth


Hold them guilty, O God;
Let them fall by their own designs and councils!
Cast them out because of the abundance of their transgressions,
For they are mutinous and have rebelled against You.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentRebellion, Against GodFruits Of SinDriven Away By GodFound GuiltyRebellion against GodGuilt


When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and perish before You.

Verse ConceptsStumblingOvercoming EnemiesFalling Backwards


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.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamFaith, Necessity OfKnowing God, Nature OfKnowledge, Of GodOptimismPenitentAnswered PromisesGod Not ForsakingBelief In GodTrustFaith And TrustTrusting OthersGod As The Object Of Faith


The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

Verse ConceptsNetsPitsHeathenDigging PitsHidden ThingsTrapping OneselfPit Used As Traps


For look, the wicked are bending the bow;
They take aim with their arrow on the string
To shoot [by stealth] in darkness at the upright in heart.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfArrows, Figurative OfDarkness Of EvilArrowsResolving Conflict


Have all the workers of wickedness and injustice no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?

Verse ConceptsEating, Metaphorical UseCalling upon GodEvildoersNot PrayingThose Who Were Ignorantatheism


As for the saints (godly people) who are in the land,
They are the majestic and the noble and the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

Verse ConceptsSaintsNames And Titles For The ChristianAffection For God's PeoplePleasing MenThe EarthInner BeautyBeing BeautifulExcellenceheroes


They have closed their unfeeling heart [to kindness and compassion];
With their mouths they speak proudly and make presumptuous claims.

Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartArrogance, Characterizes The WickedPeople Without Mercy


They track us down and have now surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to force us to the ground,

Verse ConceptsEnemies Surrounding


From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world [these moths of the night] whose portion [of enjoyment] is in this life—idle and vain,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And they leave what they have left [of wealth] to their children.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual MalnutritionLimitednessBabiesThriftSins Of The FathersLack Of HolinessFutility Of Worldly Pursuits


Then the earth shook and quaked,
The foundations of the mountains trembled;
They were shaken because He was indignant and angry.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsearthquakesMountainsEarth's FoundationGod Has Anger


He rescued me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGod Saving From EnemiesOvercoming EnemiesProtection From Enemiescrusades


They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
But the Lord was my support.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationCalamityGod Supporting


I pursued my enemies and overtook them;
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleOvertaking


I shattered them so that they were not able to rise;
They fell [wounded] under my feet.

Verse ConceptsDownfallPeople Overcomingcrushes


They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—
Even to the Lord [they cried], but He did not answer them.

Verse ConceptsGod Not AnsweringNo One Can Save


As soon as they hear me, they respond and obey me;
Foreigners feign obedience to me.

Verse ConceptsForeignersObedience To GodPretendingObeying People


They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.

Verse ConceptsFoodTasteBible, Described AsHoneySweetnessThings Like GoldAlternatives To MoneyWorthValue


They have bowed down and fallen,
But we have risen and stood upright.

Verse ConceptsHumbling The ProudDownfallPeople Getting Up


In You our fathers trusted [leaned on, relied on, and were confident];
They trusted and You rescued them.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithBelief In God


They cried out to You and were delivered;
They trusted in You and were not disappointed or ashamed.

Verse ConceptsdefeatNot DisappointedBelief In GodDisappointment


All who see me laugh at me and mock me;
They [insultingly] open their lips, they shake their head, saying,

Verse ConceptsGesturesCruelty, examples ofMockeryThe Lips Of The WickedShaking The HeadFunOvercoming Adversity


For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They pierced my hands and my feet.

Verse ConceptsdogsEnemies SurroundingMessianic Prophecies


The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who [diligently] seek Him and require Him [as their greatest need] will praise the Lord.
May your hearts live forever!

Verse ConceptsBad LeadershipExploitationsEatingSatisfactionPenitentPlenty For The PoorPraising GodGod Feeds All The EarthI Will Praise You With Music


All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship;
All those who go down to the dust (the dead) will bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, Events CelebratedKneelingMortalityGod Opposes The Prouddust


Posterity will serve Him;
They will tell of the Lord to the next generation.

Verse ConceptsFutureGenerations


They will come and declare His righteousness
To a people yet to be born—that He has done it [and that it is finished].


Remember, O Lord, Your [tender] compassion and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they have been from of old.

Verse ConceptsLovingkindnessBe Merciful!devotion


All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and goodness and truth and faithfulness
To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

Verse ConceptsGod's attitude towards peopleLoyaltyOrthodoxy, In OtThe Paths Of The LordTestimoniesGod's TruthGod's FaithfulnessPaths


Look upon my enemies, for they are many;
They hate me with cruel and violent hatred.

Verse ConceptsHatredPeople Being Hated


When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

Verse ConceptsStumblingDownfallPeople OvercomingEnemiesProtection From EnemiesEnemy Attacks


Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have come against me;
They breathe out violence.

Verse ConceptsFalsehoodWitnesses, FalseOvercoming EnemiesSurrenderProtection From Enemiesbreathing


Repay them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
Repay them according to the deeds of their hands;
Repay them what they deserve.

Verse ConceptsRetributionRevenge, Examples OfPunishment of the The Wickeddeeds


Because they have no regard for the works of the Lord
Nor the deeds of His hands,
He will tear them down and not rebuild them.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodDestruction Of The WickedRefusing To HearWorking For The Lord


For I have heard the slander and whispering of many,
Terror is on every side;
While they schemed together against me,
They plotted to take away my life.

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessAliancesTrapCharacter AssassinationPlottingAttempting To Kill MeFear Will Cometerrorism

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