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Job 34

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¹ "If I were hungry, I would not tell you, For the world and all it contains are Mine.

² "Shall I eat the flesh of bulls Or drink the blood of male goats?

³ "Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;

⁴ Call on Me in the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me."

⁵ But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite My statutes Or to take My covenant on your lips?

⁶ "For you hate instruction and discipline And cast My words behind you [discarding them].

⁷ "When you see a thief, you are pleased with him and condone his behavior, And you associate with adulterers.

⁸ "You give your mouth to evil And your tongue frames deceit.

⁹ "You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother's son.

¹⁰ "These things you have done and I kept silent; You thought that I was just like you. Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.

¹¹ "Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].

¹² "He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him], I shall show the salvation of God."

¹³ To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

¹⁴ Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness and guilt And cleanse me from my sin.

¹⁵ For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them; My sin is always before me.

¹⁶ Against You, You only, have I sinned And done that which is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak [Your sentence] And faultless in Your judgment.

¹⁷ I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness; In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].

¹⁸ Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.

¹⁹ Purify me with[1] hyssop, and I will be clean; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

²⁰ Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied; Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

²¹ Hide Your face from my sins And blot out all my iniquities.

²² Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a right and steadfast spirit within me.

²³ Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

²⁴ Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.

²⁵ Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted and return to You.

²⁶ Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.

²⁷ O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Your praise.

²⁸ For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering.

²⁹ My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

³⁰ By Your favor do good to Zion; May You rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

³¹ Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

³² To the Chief Musician. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech." Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

³³ Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

³⁴ You love evil more than good, And falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.

³⁵ You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.

³⁶ But God will break you down forever; He will take you away and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

³⁷ The righteous will see it and fear, And will [scoffingly] laugh, saying,

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1	"If I were hungry, I would not tell you, For the world and all it contains are Mine.
2	"Shall I eat the flesh of bulls Or drink the blood of male goats?
3	"Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;
4	Call on Me in the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me."
5	But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite My statutes Or to take My covenant on your lips?
6	"For you hate instruction and discipline And cast My words behind you [discarding them].
7	"When you see a thief, you are pleased with him and condone his behavior, And you associate with adulterers.
8	"You give your mouth to evil And your tongue frames deceit.
9	"You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother's son.
10	"These things you have done and I kept silent; You thought that I was just like you. Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.
11	"Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].
12	"He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him], I shall show the salvation of God."
13	To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.
14	Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness and guilt And cleanse me from my sin.
15	For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them; My sin is always before me.
16	Against You, You only, have I sinned And done that which is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak [Your sentence] And faultless in Your judgment.
17	I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness; In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].
18	Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.
19	Purify me with[1] hyssop, and I will be clean; Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
20	Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied; Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
21	Hide Your face from my sins And blot out all my iniquities.
22	Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a right and steadfast spirit within me.
23	Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
24	Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit.
25	Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted and return to You.
26	Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.
27	O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Your praise.
28	For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering.
29	My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.
30	By Your favor do good to Zion; May You rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
31	Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.
32	To the Chief Musician. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech." Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.
33	Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
34	You love evil more than good, And falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
35	You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
36	But God will break you down forever; He will take you away and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.
37	The righteous will see it and fear, And will [scoffingly] laugh, saying,

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