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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.71.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I have taken refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.71.1"><span class="content">let me never be put to shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.71.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.71.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.71.2"><span class="content">turn your ear to me and save me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.71.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Be my rock of refuge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="content">to which I can always go;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="content">give the command to save me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="content">for you are my rock and my fortress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.71.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.71.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.71.4"><span class="content">from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.71.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.71.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For you have been my hope, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.71.5"><span class="content">my confidence since my youth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.71.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.71.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">From birth I have relied on you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.71.6"><span class="content">you brought me forth from my mother&#8217;s womb.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.71.6"><span class="content">I will ever praise you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.71.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.71.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I have become a sign to many;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.71.7"><span class="content">you are my strong refuge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.71.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.71.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">My mouth is filled with your praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.71.8"><span class="content">declaring your splendor all day long.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.71.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.71.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do not cast me away when I am old;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.71.9"><span class="content">do not forsake me when my strength is gone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.71.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.71.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For my enemies speak against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.71.10"><span class="content">those who wait to kill me conspire together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.71.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.71.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They say, &#8220;God has forsaken him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.71.11"><span class="content">pursue him and seize him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.71.11"><span class="content">for no one will rescue him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.71.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.71.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Do not be far from me, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.71.12"><span class="content">come quickly, God, to help me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.71.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.71.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">May my accusers perish in shame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.71.13"><span class="content">may those who want to harm me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.71.13"><span class="content">be covered with scorn and disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.71.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.71.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">As for me, I will always have hope;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.71.14"><span class="content">I will praise you more and more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.71.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.71.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.71.15"><span class="content">of your saving acts all day long&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.71.15"><span class="content">though I know not how to relate them all.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.71.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.71.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.71.16"><span class="content">I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.71.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.71.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Since my youth, God, you have taught me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.71.17"><span class="content">and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.71.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Even when I am old and gray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="content">do not forsake me, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="content">till I declare your power to the next generation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="content">your mighty acts to all who are to come.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.71.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.71.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.71.19"><span class="content">you who have done great things.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.71.19"><span class="content">Who is like you, God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.71.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Though you have made me see troubles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">many and bitter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">you will restore my life again;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">from the depths of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">you will again bring me up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.71.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.71.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You will increase my honor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.71.21"><span class="content">and comfort me once more.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.71.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I will praise you with the harp</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="content">for your faithfulness, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="content">I will sing praise to you with the lyre,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="content">Holy One of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.71.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.71.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">My lips will shout for joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.71.23"><span class="content">when I sing praise to you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.71.23"><span class="content">I whom you have delivered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.71.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.71.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">My tongue will tell of your righteous acts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.71.24"><span class="content">all day long,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.71.24"><span class="content">for those who wanted to harm me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.71.24"><span class="content">have been put to shame and confusion.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch9" data-usfm="2CO.9.1+2CO.9.2+2CO.9.3+2CO.9.4+2CO.9.5+2CO.9.6+2CO.9.7+2CO.9.8+2CO.9.9+2CO.9.10+2CO.9.11+2CO.9.12+2CO.9.13+2CO.9.14+2CO.9.15">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CO.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">There is no need for me to write to you about this service to the Lord&#8217;s people. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CO.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CO.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove hollow, but that you may be ready, as I said you would be. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CO.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we&#8212;not to say anything about you&#8212;would be ashamed of having been so confident. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift, not as one grudgingly given.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Generosity Encouraged</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CO.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CO.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CO.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.9.9"><span class="content">&#8220;They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.9.9"><span class="content">their righteousness endures forever.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:9 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 112:9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CO.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord&#8217;s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CO.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CO.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="JOB.1.1+JOB.1.2+JOB.1.3+JOB.1.4+JOB.1.5+JOB.1.6+JOB.1.7+JOB.1.8+JOB.1.9+JOB.1.10+JOB.1.11+JOB.1.12+JOB.1.13+JOB.1.14+JOB.1.15+JOB.1.16+JOB.1.17+JOB.1.18+JOB.1.19+JOB.1.20+JOB.1.21+JOB.1.22">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He had seven sons and three daughters, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, &#8220;Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.&#8221; This was Job&#8217;s regular custom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">One day the angels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">the sons of God</span></span></span><span class="content"> came to present themselves before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and Satan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew <span class="tl">satan</span> means </span><span class="fqa">adversary.</span></span></span><span class="content"> also came with them. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Satan, &#8220;Where have you come from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.1.7"><span class="content">Satan answered the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Satan, &#8220;Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Does Job fear God for nothing?&#8221; Satan replied. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Satan, &#8220;Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.1.12"><span class="content">Then Satan went out from the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">One day when Job&#8217;s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother&#8217;s house, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">a messenger came to Job and said, &#8220;The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, &#8220;The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, &#8220;The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, &#8220;Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother&#8217;s house, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">and said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Naked I came from my mother&#8217;s womb,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">and naked I will depart.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will return there</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has taken away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">may the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> be praised.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">On another day the angels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">the sons of God</span></span></span><span class="content"> came to present themselves before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Satan, &#8220;Where have you come from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.2.2"><span class="content">Satan answered the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Satan, &#8220;Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Skin for skin!&#8221; Satan replied. &#8220;A man will give all he has for his own life. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Satan, &#8220;Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So Satan went out from the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">His wife said to him, &#8220;Are you still maintaining your integrity? Curse God and die!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;You are talking like a foolish</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew word rendered </span><span class="fq">foolish </span><span class="ft">denotes moral deficiency.</span></span></span><span class="content"> woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.2.10"><span class="content">In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When Job&#8217;s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.</span></span></div>
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