He made the courtyard of the priests and the large enclosure and its doors; he plated their doors with bronze.

Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.

“How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind?

For calamity, there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate) – a fate for those whose feet slip!

how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot – a son of man, who is only a worm!”

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!

A psalm of David. Acknowledge the Lord, you heavenly beings, acknowledge the Lord’s majesty and power!

You will free me from the net they hid for me, for you are my place of refuge.

Give thanks to the Lord with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!

You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

Say to God: “How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you.

Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!

He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.

He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long.

Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?

He spoke to them from a pillar of cloud; they obeyed his regulations and the ordinance he gave them.

Praise the Lord, you angels of his, you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees and obey his orders!

A psalm of praise, by David. I will extol you, my God, O king! I will praise your name continually!

Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.