I. The Prologue (1:1-2:13)
Job’s Good Life1:1
3:18 There
they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
20:19 For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them;
he has seized a house which he did not build.
Written by David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, causing the king to send him away.
34:1 I will praise
my mouth will continually praise him.
89:38 But you have spurned
you are angry with your chosen king.
89:39 You have repudiated
you have thrown his crown to the ground.
89:40 You have broken down all his
you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.
89:41 All who pass by
he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.
89:42 You have allowed his adversaries to be victorious,
and all his enemies to rejoice.
89:43 You turn back
and have not sustained him in battle.
89:44 You have brought to an end his splendor,
and have knocked
89:45 You have cut short his youth,
and have covered him with shame. (Selah)
89:46 How long, O Lord, will this last?
Will you remain hidden forever?
Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
89:47 Take note of my brief lifespan!
Why do you make all people so mortal?
89:48 No man can live on without experiencing death,
or deliver his life from the power of Sheol.
89:49 Where are your earlier faithful deeds,
the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?
89:50 Take note, O Lord,
and of how I must bear so many insults from people!
89:51 Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults;
they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps.
89:52
We agree! We agree!
24:15 So in the east
along the seacoasts extol
5:1 Therefore, be