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For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13
Daily Meditation
8 Oh that I might
have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Today’s Reading
Job 6
Oh that my grief
were throughly weighed
1 But Job answered
and said, 2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in
the balances together! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea:
therefore my words are swallowed up. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are
within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set
themselves in array against me. 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or
loweth the ox over his fodder? 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without
salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? 7 The things that my soul
refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
8 Oh that I might
have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! 9 Even
that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and
cut me off! 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in
sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should
prolong my life? 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of
brass? 13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
14 To him that is afflicted
pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the
Almighty. 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream
of brooks they pass away; 16 which are blackish by reason of the ice, and
wherein the snow is hid: 17 what time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is
hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned
aside; they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the
companies of Sheba waited for them. 20 They were confounded because they had
hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. 21 For now ye are nothing; ye see
my casting down, and are afraid. 22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward
for me of your substance? 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem
me from the hand of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and
cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are right words!
but what doth your arguing reprove? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the
speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the
fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. 28 Now therefore be content, look
upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. 29 Return, I pray you, let it not
be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. 30 Is there iniquity
in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
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