“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook
        or press down his tongue with a cord?
    Can you put a rope in his nose
        or pierce his jaw with a hook?
    Will he make many pleas to you?
        Will he speak to you soft words?
    Will he make a covenant with you
        to take him for your servant forever?
    Will you play with him as with a bird,
        or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
    Will traders bargain over him?
        Will they divide him up among the merchants?
    Can you fill his skin with harpoons
        or his head with fishing spears?
    Lay your hands on him;
        remember the battle—you will not do it again!
    Behold, the hope of a man is false;
        he is laid low even at the sight of him.
    No one is so fierce that he dares to stir him up.
        Who then is he who can stand before me?
    Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?
        Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
    
    
    “I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
        or his mighty strength, or his goodly frame.
    Who can strip off his outer garment?
        Who would come near him with a bridle?
    Who can open the doors of his face?
        Around his teeth is terror.
    His back is made of rows of shields,
        shut up closely as with a seal.
    One is so near to another
        that no air can come between them.
    They are joined one to another;
        they clasp each other and cannot be separated.
    His sneezings flash forth light,
        and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
    Out of his mouth go flaming torches;
        sparks of fire leap forth.
    Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke,
        as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.
    His breath kindles coals,
        and a flame comes forth from his mouth.
    In his neck abides strength,
        and terror dances before him.
    The folds of his flesh stick together,
        firmly cast on him and immovable.
    His heart is hard as a stone,
        hard as the lower millstone.
    When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid;
        at the crashing they are beside themselves.
    Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail,
        nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.
    He counts iron as straw,
        and bronze as rotten wood.
    The arrow cannot make him flee;
        for him, sling stones are turned to stubble.
    Clubs are counted as stubble;
        he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
    His underparts are like sharp potsherds;
        he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire.
    He makes the deep boil like a pot;
        he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
    Behind him he leaves a shining wake;
        one would think the deep to be white-haired.
    On earth there is not his like,
        a creature without fear.
    He sees everything that is high;
        he is king over all the sons of pride.”
    
    
      Then Job answered the LORD and said:

    “I know that you can do all things,
        and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
    ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
    Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
        things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
    ‘Hear, and I will speak;
        I will question you, and you make it known to me.’
    I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
        but now my eye sees you;
    therefore I despise myself,
        and repent in dust and ashes.”
    
    
      After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has. Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.” So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did what the LORD had told them, and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.

  And the LORD restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of money and a ring of gold.

  And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first daughter Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch. And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations. And Job died, an old man, and full of days. (ESV)

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.

  And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:

  “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

  “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

  “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

  “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

  “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

  “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

  “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

  “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.

  “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

  “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

  “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire. So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny. (ESV)