21 For he wronged the barren that beareth not, And did no good to the widow.

22 And he draweth down the mighty in his strength, He riseth up, and there is no security among the

living.

25 He gave them (to dwell) in confidence and safety, But his eyes were on their ways:

24 He exalted them for a while, and they are not, They decay like all that are shut up, (in the grave) And like the ears of corn they are cut off.

25 And if it be not so, who will convict me of falsehood, And set my words at nought?

CHAP. XXV.

1 AND Bildad the Shuhite spake and said,

2 Are not dominion and terror with him? Preparing retribution in his heights?

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3 Is there any number to his troops? And on whom ariseth not his light?

4 How should a mortal be justified with God? Or how the son of a woman be cleansed?

5 Behold! even the moon, her abode is not fixed, And the stars are not pure in his sight.

6 How then man?-a worm!

And the son of the earth?-a reptile!

CHAP. XXVI.

1 AND Job spake and said,

2 How hast thou helped him who hath no power, And delivered the arm without strength!

3 How hast thou counselled him who hath no wisdom, And instructed him who aboundeth in knowledge?

4 Whose sayings hast thou repeated?

And whose breath came from thee?

5 The dust of the dead trembles from beneath,
The waters, and their inhabitants;

6 Hell is naked before him,

And there is no covering to destruction.

7 He spread out the sky upon emptiness, And hung the earth on a balance:

8 He confined the waters in his thick vapours, And the cloud is not rent under them:

9 Laying hold on the face of the canopy, He spread his clouds over it.

10 He hath described a circle on the face of the waters, Even to the boundary of light and darkness:

11 The pillars of heaven tremble,

And are astonished at his restraint:

12 In his strength, he divided the sea,

And in his discernment, plunged in the proud:

13 At his breath the heavens become serene, His hand hath slain the strait serpent.*

14 Behold, these are parts of his ways,

But what a whispering of a word do we hear of him,
And the thunder of his fury, who can understand?

CHAP. XXVII.

1 AND Job resumed his speech, and said,

2 As God liveth, who deprives me of my just award, And the ALMIGHTY, who embitters my soul;

3 So, while my breath is in me,

And the spirit of God in my nostrils,

4 My lips shall not speak perverseness, Nor my tongue utter deceit.

The strait serpent.--The crocodile, for which Pharaoh is another name. Does not this allude to the passage of the Red Sea?

5 Far be it from me, to justify myself with you, Till I expire, I will not put away mine integrity.

6 I have laid hold on my righteousness, and will not let it go,

My heart shall not reproach me, from my (latter) days'

7 The semblance of wickedness shall be mine enemy, And the appearance of perverseness my foe.

8 For what is the hope of the polluted, though he have gained,

When GoD demandeth his soul?

9 Will GoD attend to his cry, When distress cometh on him;

10 Unless he delight in the ALMIGHTY, And call upon Gop at all times?

11 I will instruct you in the power of GoD,

What is with the ALMIGHTY, will I not conceal.

12 Behold! ye have all seen,

And why do ye thus trifle with vanity?