29 and continuing there seek its food? Its eyes take an extensive survey, and its young are besmeared with blood. Wherever

carcasses are, there are they suddenly found.

XL. 15 But behold now the wild beasts around thee, which feed 16 upon grass like cattle-behold that one in particular whose

strength is in his loins, and whose power is in the navel of his 17 belly. He hath raised his tail like a cypress, and his sinews are 18 plaited together. His ribs are ribs of brass, and his back bone 19 is molten iron; he is a chief of the Lord's fashioning, made to 20 be insulted by his angels only. When he went up to the crag

gy mountain, he gave joy to the four footed beasts in the vale. 21 They go to rest under trees of every sort, by the papyrus, the 22 reed and the bulrush; But by him large trees with branches, 23 and the bushes of the field are overshadowed. Should there

come a flood he would not regard it; he is confident the Jor24 dan ca. roll into his mouth. Can one look steadily at him, can one craftily bore his nose?

XLI.

Canst thou draw out Dragon with a hook, or put a ban2 dage round his nostrils? Or canst thou fasten a ring in his snout, 3 or bore his lip for a jewel? Will he speak to thee with entrea4 ties with soothing supplications? Will he make a covenant

with thee? And wilt thou take him for a perpetual servant? 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, or bind him as a spar6 row for a child? Do the nations feed upon him, or the Phæni7 cians divide him among them? With their whole fleet they

could not carry the first skin of his tail, nor his head in their 8 fishing barks. Wilt thou lay thine hand on him, recollecting 9 the battle made by his mouth? Do not so again. Hast thou not

seen him? Hast thou not been amazed at what is said of him? Hast 10 thou not been afraid that he was prepared against me? But who 11 is there, who hath risen up against me-or who can rise up against 12 me and stand to it? If the whole world is mine, I cannot be put

to silence by him. On the account of his power one may pity 13 his equal. Who can strip off his outer robe, or who can come 14 within the folds of his breast plate? Who can open the doors 15 of his mouth? His teeth are encompassed with terror. His

scales are shields of brass; and his ligature, like a smyrite 16 stone. They are glued one to another, so that no air may pass 17 through to him. They are to adhere close to each other; they

18 stick so close that they cannot be torn asunder. At his sneezing lightnings flash: and his eyes have the lustre of the morn19 ing star. Out of his mouth issue as it were burning lamps; 20 and flaky flames, in appearance, are belched out. From his

nostrils issueth the smoke of a furnace, flaming with a fire of 21 burning coals. His animal life is glowing coals; and a flame 22 proceedeth out of his mouth. In his neck, strength maketh 23 its abode; and destruction runneth before him. The flesh of his body is glued together; it is so abundant that he cannot 24 be shaken. His heart is hard as a stone, and firm as an im25 moveable anvil. When he turneth himself about, all the four 26 footed beasts on the earth shrink with fear. Though spears

oppose him, they effect nothing; for with regard to the lance 27 and the breast plate, he considereth iron as straw, and brass 28 as rotten wood. The bow of steel cannot wound him; and 29 stones from a sling he considereth as grass. Battering rams are

accounted as stubble; and he laugheth at the shock of eruptive 30 fire. His bed is sharp pointed obelisks; and all the gold in 31 the sea under him, is but as dirt. He causeth the deep to boil

like a cauldron; and considereth the sea as a pot of ointment. 32 The deepest gulf of the sea he accounteth his captive; and 33 reckoneth the abyss itself as his parade. Upon the earth there

is not his fellow; made to be insulted only by my angels. 34 He beholdeth every thing that is high; and he is king over all that are in the waters.

XLII. Then Job in reply, said to the Lord, I know that thou

canst do all things, and that with thee nothing is impossible. 2 Who indeed can conceal counsel from thee? Though he for3 beareth to speak, can he think to hide it from thee? But who 4 will tell me those things which I did not know-those great

and wonderful things which I did not understand. Hear me, O Lord, that I may speak. And let me ask, and do thou teach

me. XL. 6 Whereupon the Lord further said to Job from the 7 cloud, No: but gird up thy loins like a man, and let me ques8 tion thee; and do thou answer me. Decline not the trial with me. Dost thou think that I have spoken to thee for any other 9 purpose, but that thou mayst appear justified? Hast thou an arm to contend against the Lord, or dost thou thunder with a

10 voice against him? Assume then majesty and power, and array 11 thyself with glory and excellence; and send forth angels in 12 wrath, and humble every one who is insolent. Extinguish also

the haughty, and turn the wicked into instant corruption. 13 Hide them in the earth together, and cover their faces with dis14 honour. Then will I confess that thine own right hand can save 1 thee. Then the Lord God addressing Job, said, Doth he de2 cline a trial with the Almighty? Surely he who commenceth XL. 3 a suit against God, should support it. Whereupon Job, in 4 reply, said to the Lord, Why should I continue the debate any further? I stand corrected for commencing a suit against the Lord. On hearing such things, what answer can I, who 5 am nothing, make to thee? I will lay my hand on my mouth. Once I have spoken, but I will not proceed a second time. I heard of thee before, with the hearing of the ear; but now mine eye hath seen thee, therefore I abhor myself, and am ready to drop into dissolution, and account myself as dust and ashes. XLII. 7 Now after the Lord had spoken all these things to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz, the Thaimanite, Thou hast sinned and thy two friends. For you have not spoken any thing true 8 before me, as my servant Job hath. Now therefore take seven young bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and he will make an offering for you; and my servant Job will pray for you. For him only I will accept; for were it not for his sake, I would destroy you, because you have not spoken what is true against my servant Job.

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So Eliphaz the Thaimanite, and Baldad the Sauchean, and Sophar the Minaian, went and did as the Lord commanded them, and he forgave them their sin for Job's sake. And the 10 Lord increased Job. Upon his making supplication for his

friends, the Lord forgave them their sins, and the Lord gave 11 Job twice as much as he had before. When all his brethren and his sisters heard what had befallen him, they came to him, together with all those who were formerly acquainted with him, and having eaten and drank at his house, they comforted him, and expressed their amazement at all that the Lord had brought upon him. And every one presented him a lamb, and 12 a quarter of a drachm of gold bullion. And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than the former; so that his stock

was fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand 13 yoke of oxen, a thousand breeding asses. And he had seven 14 sons born to him, and three daughters, the eldest of whom he

called Hemera, and the second Kasia, and the third Amalthaia15 keres. And in all the land there were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job. And their father gave them an inher16 itance among their brothers. And Job lived after this affliction a hundred and seventy years. So that all the years which he lived were two hundred and forty. And Job saw his children and his childrens' children, to the fourth generation, and 17 died an old man and full of days. And it is written that he will rise again with them whom the Lord raiseth up.

This is translated out of a book in the Syrian language: For he dwelt in the land of Ausitis, on the confines of Idumea and Arabia. His first name was Jobab, and having married an Arabian woman, he had by her a son whose name was Ennon. Now he himself was a son of father Zare, one of the sons of Esau, and his mother's name was Bosorra: so that he was the fifth in descent from Abraham. Now these were the kings who reigned in Edom, over which country he also bore rule. The first was Balak, the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dannaba. And after Balak, Jobab, who is called Job; and after him, Asom, who was general from the region of Thaimanitis; and after him, Adad, son of Barad, who smote Madiam in the plain of Moab; and the name of his city was Gethaim. And the friends who came to Job were Eliphaz, of the sons of Esau, the king of the Thaimanites; Baldad, the sovereign of the Saucheans, and Sophar, the king of the Minaians.

PSALMS.

I.

HAPPY the man, who hath not walked by the counsel of the wicked; nor stood in the way of sinners; nor sat in the seat of the scornful. His delight will be in the law of the Lord only. 3 And on his law he will meditate day and night. And he will be like the tree planted by the streams of water, which will yield its fruit in due season, and its fruit shall not fall un

4 timely. In all that he doth he shall be prospered. Not so the wicked; not so. They are like the chaff, which the wind dri5 veth from the face of the earth. Therefore the wicked shall not stand in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the right6 eous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: and the way of the ungodly shall perish.

II..

WHY did nations rage? And tribes meditate vain things? 2 The kings of the earth combined; and the chiefs assembled together, against the Lord and against his Anointed. [saying]

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"Let us break their bands asunder and throw off from us their yoke."

He who dwelleth in heaven will laugh them to scorn-the 5 Lord will treat them with derision. Then will he speak to them 6 in his wrath and trouble them with his sore displeasure. But

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as for me, by him I am appointed king on Sion his holy moun7 tain. I proclaim the decree of the Lord; to me the Lord said, "Thou art my Son, this day I have begotten thee, Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for thine inheritance, and the 9 utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron. Thou shalt break them to pieces like a potter's vessel."

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Now therefore, O kings, be wise: Be instructed, all ye, who judge the earth.

11 Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice for him with trem12 bling. Keep fast hold of instruction; the Lord may be angry and you may perish out of the right way. When his anger suddenly blazeth forth, happy are all they who have trusted in him.

III.

A Psalm by David, when he fled from the presence of his son Abessalom.

1 O LORD! why have they who afflicted me multiplied? 2 Many are risen up against me. Many say respecting my life, In this God of his he hath no safety. *.