neither flinteth from the sword, 23. Though the quiver sound, and both the spear and the lance shine.

It trembled, and raged, and beat the earth, and hearkened not to the sound of the trumpets.

When the trumpet is almost sounded, it saith: Hoi! and smells the strife from afar, the shouting of princes and whooping.

Doth the hawk flee through thy mind, and spread his wings toward the south?

Doth the eagle, at thy command, fly so high as to make his nest on high?

He dwelleth in rocks, and abideth on the cliffs in rocks, and in strong places.

From thence he looketh after the meat, and his eyes look afar off.

His young ones drink blood; and where there is carrion, there he is.

And the LORD answered Job, and said:

If any one will dispute with the Almighty, shall he not teach him? And he that reproacheth God, shall he not answer for it?

And Job answered the LORD, and said:

Behold, I have been too light-hearted; what shall I answer? I will put my hand upon my mouth.

I have spoken once, therefore I will answer no more; hereafter I will do it no more.
(Job)
Chapter 40
Mirror of divine omnipotence on the Behemoth.

And the LORD answered Job out of a weather, and said:

Gird up thy loins like a man; I will ask thee, teach me.

Shall thou destroy my judgment, and condemn me, that thou mayest be just?

hast thou an arm like God, and canst thunder with like voice as he doth?

Adorn thyself with splendor, and exalt thyself; array thyself in praise and glory.

Cast out the wrath of thine anger; look upon the proud where they are; and humble them.

Yea, look upon the haughty where they are, and bend them, and make the wicked thin where they are.

Bury them together in the earth, and sink their splendor into hiding, 9. Then will I also confess unto thee, that thy right hand may help thee.

Behold, the behemoth which I have made beside thee eateth hay like an ox.

Behold, his strength is in his loins, and his ability in the navel of his belly.

his cock stretches like a cedar, the veins of his pubic stare like a branch.

His bones are as solid brass, his bones are as bars of iron.

He is the beginning of the ways of God: he that made him attacketh him with his sword.

The mountains bear him herbs, and all the wild beasts play there.

he likes to lie in the shade, hidden in the cane and in the mud.

The bush covereth him with his shadow, and the brook willows cover him.

Behold, he swalloweth up the river in himself, and regardeth it not: he thinketh that he will pour out Jordan with his mouth.

They sow him yet with his own eyes, and by snares they pierce his nose.
(Job)
Chapter 41
Description of Leviathan’s greatness, power and strength.

Canst thou draw the leviathan with the urine, and catch his tongue with a rope?

can you put a fishing rod up his nose and pierce his bakken with a spike?

Thinkest thou that he will make thee much supplication, or pretend to thee?

Thinkest thou that he will make a covenant with thee, that thou shalt have him for a servant for ever?

Canst thou play with him as with a bird, or bind him to thy strumpets?

Thinkest thou that the companies will cut him up, that he may be divided among the merchants?

Canst thou fill the net with his skin, and the fish traps with his head?

When thou layest thine hand upon him, remember that there is a battle which thou wilt not perform.

Behold, his hope shall fail him; and when he seeth it, he shall be swallowed up.
Ch. 41. v. 1. there is none so bold as may provoke him; who then is he that can stand before me?

Who hath done any thing unto me before, that I should requite him? Mine is that which is under the heavens.

Now therefore I must say how great, how mighty, and how well made he is.

who can uncover his dress? And who can dare to grab him between the teeth?

Who can open the jaws of his face? Terrible stand his teeth about.

his proud scales are like solid shields, firm and tight within each other.

One toucheth another, that there be not a breeze between them.

They cleave one to another, and cleave together, that they be not divided.

His sneezing shineth as the light; his eyes are as the eyelids of the dawn.

Out of his mouth go torches, and fiery sparks shoot out.

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as of hot pots and kettles.

His breath is as light, and out of his mouth go forth flames.

He hath a strong neck; and his delight is in spoiling.

The members of his flesh cleave one to another, and cleave hard unto him, that he should not fall to pieces.

His heart is as hard as a stone, and as firm as a piece of the lowest millstone.

When he ariseth, the mighty are dismayed: and when he breaketh away, there is no mercy.

If a man will come to him with a sword, he will not move: or with a spear, or with a bullet, or with a breastplate.

He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

No arrow shall drive him out: the sling stones are as stubble.

He esteemeth the hammer as stubble; he mocketh the quivering spear.

Sharp stones are under him, and he passeth over the sharp rocks as over dung.

He maketh the deep sea to boil like a pot, and stirreth it together, as one maketh an ointment.

after him the way shineth, he maketh the deep all gray.

There is none like him in the earth: he is made to be without fear.

He despiseth all that is high; he is a king over all the proud.
(Job)
Chapter 42
Job is made blissful again by God upon right repentance.

And Job answered the LORD, and said:

I know that thou art able to do all things, and no thought is hid from thee.

He is a rash man, which thinketh to hide his counsel. Therefore I confess that I have spoken unadvisedly, which is too high for me, and understand not.

Hear me then, let me speak; I will ask thee, teach me.

I have heard thee with mine ears; mine eye also now beholdeth thee.

I will repent and do penance in dust and ashes.

And when the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, he said unto Eliphaz of Theman, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken rightly of me, as my servant Job hath spoken.

Take therefore seven bullocks and seven rams, and go unto my servant Job, and offer burnt offerings for you, and let my servant Job pray for you. For I will look upon him, and not let you see how ye have done folly: for ye have not spoken rightly of me, as my servant Job hath spoken.

Then Eliphaz of Theman, and Bildad of Shuah, and Zophar of Naamah, went and did as the LORD had said unto them. And the LORD looked upon Job.

And the LORD turned the prison of Job, when he prayed for his friends. And the LORD gave unto Job two times as much as he had.

And all his brethren came unto him, and all his sisters, and all that knew him before, and did eat with him in his house, and bowed themselves to him, and comforted him for all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him. And every man gave him a goodly penny, and a golden headband.

And the LORD blessed Job more abundantly afterward than before: and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand asses.

And he had seven sons and three daughters.

And the name of the first was Jemima, and the name of the second Kezia, and the name of the third Keren-hapuch.

And there were not found such fair damsels in all the earth as the daughters of Job. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brethren.

And Job lived after this an hundred and forty years, and saw children and children’s children unto the fourth generation.

And Job died old and full of life.
Text of the unrevised Luther Bible 1545:
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The Psalter (Psalms) ^
The 1st Psalm
Doctrine of the blessedness of the pious and the punishment of the wicked.

Blessed is he that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, nor treadeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers,

But hath delight in the law of the LORD, and speaketh of his law day and night.

He is like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; and his leaf fadeth not away; and whatsoever he doeth prospereth.

But such are not the wicked, but are as the chaff which the wind scattereth.

Therefore the wicked abide not in judgment, neither sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked perisheth.
The 2nd Psalm (^)
Prophecy of Christ, the eternal king, his kingdom and its enemies 1. Why do the heathen rage, and the people speak so vainly?

The kings of the land rebelled, and the lords took counsel together against the LORD and his anointed:

Let us break their bands, and cast away their cords from us.

But he that dwelleth in heaven laugheth at them, and the LORD mocketh at them.

He shall speak unto them in his wrath, and with his fury shall he make them afraid.

But I have set my king upon my holy mountain Zion.

I will preach of such a manner, that the LORD