If you confess the Lord Jesus with your mouth,
and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead,
you will be saved. Explain more »
None [is so] fierce that dare stir him up:This is the chapter of the Bible about...
who then is able to stand before me?
We should make sure to not be proud, (especially today, because I'm reading this chapter today.) We should be as "meek", or humble, as we can.
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.We should never think we're like the Lord.
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command,When we see things in nature, we should understand that the Lord does these things, not us. We should admit that He is much greater than we are.
and make her nest on high?
Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?We don't know anywhere near as much as the Lord knows.
Hear attentively the noise of his voice,We should listen and pay attention to the Lord's Word.
and the sound [that] goeth out of his mouth.
Who hath enjoined him his way?How could anybody tell the Lord, "You've done iniquity"?
or who can say,
Thou hast wrought iniquity?
We shouldn't accuse the Lord of doing something wrong.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain;We shouldn't open our mouths in vain or say more and more words without knowledge.
he multiplieth words without knowledge.
[That which] I see not teach thou me:One of my friends talked about when we go through a hard time. He said it's good to ask the Lord what the Lord wants to do in the situation.
if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
We should ask the Lord, "[That which] I see not teach thou me."
He looketh upon men,We should confess our sins.
and [if any] say,
I have sinned,
and perverted [that which was] right,
and it profited me not;
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite,When we're talking about the Lord and ourselves, we shouldn't talk like we're righteous, and the Lord isn't fair.
of the kindred of Ram:
against Job was his wrath kindled,
because he justified himself rather than God.
We should admit that the Lord is the 1 who's just.
If I covered my transgressions as Adam,We should confess the bad things we do, and not "cover" or hide our sin.
by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me:Job was a picture of Jesus. Jesus was so righteous that He put righteousness on like clothes.
my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
We should follow the example and put righteousness on like that.
And unto man he said,If we're trying to get wisdom, we should fear the Lord and go away from evil.
Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom;
and to depart from evil [is] understanding.
My lips shall not speak wickedness,We should think before we say something, to make sure it isn't wicked or dishonest.
nor my tongue utter deceit.
He divideth the sea with his power,The Lord hits the proud hard, so we shouldn't be proud.
and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
Dominion and fear [are] with him,The Lord is great, and we should be determined to worship Him, no matter how we feel.
he maketh peace in his high places.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low;Wicked people won't have a good time forever.
they are taken out of the way as all [other], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
We shouldn't sin, because there is judgment.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips;We should treat the Lord's Words as more important than our food.
I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].
How then comfort ye me in vain,We shouldn't be dishonest.
seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short,The pleasure of sin is just for a season.
and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?
In the place where the Lord is, there's pleasure forever.
Remember this when you're tempted today, and don't choose sin.For I know [that] my redeemer liveth,The Lord Jesus Christ is our redeemer. Even when we have a hard time, our redeemer is still alive.
and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:
Jesus stood on the earth when He came to suffer and died on the cross. He came back to be alive again, after He had been dead. We become His people by believing these things, and praying to ask Him to save us.
When we have a hard time, we should know that our Redeemer lives.Yea,When we hear people doing wicked things, we shouldn't hate them.
the light of the wicked shall be put out,
and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
We should pity them and pray for them.
Thanks to Jacob for part of this idea.
My days are past,We tend to "dream" and look forward to things of this world. We might end up in unpleasant situations. Then we would be disappointed.
my purposes are broken off,
[even] the thoughts of my heart.
We should set our hope on the Lord. We won't be disappointed if our thoughts are for Him.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth;This is a good verse to remember how Jesus suffered... for our sin, not for His own.
they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully;
they have gathered themselves together against me.
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down:Our earthly lives are short and fragile. We should be ready for them to end.
he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Do what's right while you can.
But ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all physicians of no value.Make sure to tell the truth.
With him [is] wisdom and strength,The Lord has these 4 things. We should should ask the Lord for them when we need them.
he hath counsel and understanding.
...Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].In this verse, Job's friend was talking about how Job was in a hard situation.
Job's friend just assumed that Job must have have done a really evil thing.
We shouldn't assume that people have done some sin, when we don't really know.
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