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Haman is hanged.

p.p.ch.5.14.

ch.2.5, Mordecai, ch.8.15.

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9 And Här-bō'nah, one of the sealed with the king's ring, may Ge.41.42, Rings, Is.3.21. chamberlains, said before the no man reverse.

king, Behold also, the gallows 9 Then were the king's scribes 2 S.8.17, Scribes. fifty cubits high, which Ha'man called at that time in the third had made for Môr'de-cãi, who month, that is, the month Si'had spoken good for the king, van, on the three and twentieth Ex.15.4, Abasement (2), standeth in the house of Ha'-day thereof; and it was written [Da.4.33. man. Then the king said, Hang according to all that Môr'de-cai Ge.40.22, Hanging, Ga.3.13. him thereon. commanded unto the Jews, and Jud.1.7, Retribution (2), 10 So they hanged Ha'man on to the lieutenants, and the [ch.9.25. Jos.8.29, Gallows, ch.9.13. the gallows that he had pre-deputies and rulers of the provLe.10.2, Death Penalty (2), pared for Môr'de-cai. Then was inces which are from In'di-a [Ac.5.5. the king's wrath pacified. unto E-thi-o'pi-ȧ, an hundred Jb.28.19, Ethiopia. Ex.32.20, Humiliation (2), [Je.48.39. twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and

B.C.510 (?)

2 S.16.4, Confiscation.

p.p.ch.2.7.

Ge.41.42, Rings.

Ge.39.5, Promotion.

Ge.37.7, Obeisance.
Ge.37.21, Intercession (2).

Ps.36.4, Evil Devices.

Ge.49.10, Sceptres.

CHAPTER 8

Mordecai advanced. 7 Ahasuerus

grants to the Jews to defend them- unto every people after their
selves. 15 Mordecai's honours, and language, and to the Jews ac-
cording to their writing, and

the Jews' joy.

OA-has-drus give the house
N that day did the king according to their language. 2 K.18.26, Hebrew.

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[Is.60.6.

of Ha'man the Jews' enemy un- Â-hăş-ū-e'rus' name, and sealed
to Esther the queen. And Môr-it with the king's ring, and sent
de-cai came before the king; for letters by posts on horseback, 2 S.11.14, Letters.
Es'ther had told what he was and riders on mules, camels, Ge.12.16, Camels.
unto her.
and young dromedaries: 1 K.4.28, Dromedaries,
2 And the king took off his 11 Wherein the king granted
ring, which he had taken from the Jews which were in every
Ha'man, and gave it unto Môr-city to gather themselves to-
de-cai. And Es'ther set Môr'de-gether, and to stand for their
cãi over the house of Ha'man. life, to destroy, to slay, and to
3 ¶ And Esther spake yet cause to perish, all the power of
again before the king, and fell the people and province that
down at his feet, and besought would assault them, both little
him with tears to put away the ones and women, and to take
mischief of Ha'man the A'găg- the spoil of them for a prey,
ite, and his device that he had 12 Úpon one day in all the p.p.ch.3.13.
devised against the Jews. provinces of king A-hăş-ū-ē ́rus,

4 Then the king held out the namely, upon the thirteenth golden sceptre toward Es'ther. day of the twelfth month, p.p.ch.9.1. So Es'ther arose, and stood be- which is the month A'där. fore the king, 13 The copy of the writing for 5 And said, If it please the a commandment to be given in See King's Favor, Pr.16.15. king, and if I have found favour every province was published in his sight, and the thing seem unto all people, and that the right before the king, and I be Jews should be ready against pleasing in his eyes, let it be that day to avenge themselves written to reverse the letters on their enemies. devised by Ha'man the son of 14 So the posts that rode upon Hăm-měd ́a-thȧ the A'găg-ite, mules and camels went out, which he wrote to destroy the being hastened and pressed on 1 S.21.8, Haste. Jews which are in all the king's by the king's commandment. provinces: And the decree was given at Ezr.5.13, Kings' Decrees,

ch.3.6, Malice (2).

Ezr.9.3, Solicitude (3).

Ge.2.17, Sin's Penalty.

1 K.21.8, Seal, Je.32.10.

Ne.1.1, Shushan, ch.9.11.

[Ps.45.13.

[Da.2.13.
6 For how can I endure to see Shu'shan the palace.
the evil that shall come unto 15 ¶ And Môr'de-cãi went out ch.2.5, Mordecai, ch.9.20.
my people? or how can I endure from the presence of the king Ge.39.5, Promotion.
to see the destruction of my in royal apparel of blue and ch.6.8, Rich Apparel,
kindred?
white, and with a great crown
Le.8.9, Crowns (1).
7 Then the king A-has-u-e'- of gold, and with a garment of
rus said unto Es'ther the queen fine linen and purple: and the Purple (2), Pr.31.22.
and to Môr'de-cai the Jew, Be-city of Shu'shan rejoiced and 1 S.2.1, Rejoicing (2).
hold, I have given Es'ther the was glad.
p.p.Pr.28.12; 29.2.
house of Ha'man, and him they 16 The Jews had light, and Is.25.8, Sorrow Banished.
have hanged upon the gallows, gladness, and joy, and honour. Ps.30.11, Joy Restored.
because he laid his hand upon 17 And in every province, and
the Jews.
in every city, whithersoever the

8 Write ye also for the Jews, king's commandment and his
as it liketh you, in the king's decree came, the Jews had joy
name, and seal it with the king's and gladness, a feast and a good 2 Chr.30.21, Gladness.
ring: for the writing which is day. And many of the people p.p.ch.9.17.

written in the king's name, and of the land became Jews; for See Proselytes (2), (Index).

The enemies of the Jews,

ESTHER, 9

and Haman's sons se

See Fear of God (4), Ge.35.5. the fear of the Jews fell upon is thy request further? and it
them.
shall be done.

B.C.509 (?)

Ezr.5.13, Kings' Decrees.

See Wicked Confounded,

[Ge.11.8.

See Evil Devices (2), v.25.
Ge.27.41, Hatred (2), Mk.6.19.

CHAPTER 9

13 Then said Es'ther, If it The Jews slay their enemies, with please the king, let it be granted the ten sons of Haman. 20 The to the Jews which are in Shu'two days of Purim made festival. shan to do to morrow also ac

NOW in the twelfth month, cording unto this day's decree,

Jos.8.29, Gallows, Ga 3

Ge.40.22, Hanging.

p.p.v.10.

that is, the month A'där, and let Ha'man's ten sons be on the thirteenth day of the hanged upon the gallows. same, when the king's com- 14 And the king commanded mandment and his decree drew it so to be done: and the decree near to be put in execution, in was given at Shu'shan; and they the day that the enemies of the hanged Ha'man's ten sons. Jews hoped to have power over 15 For the Jews that were in them, (though it was turned Shu'shan gathered themselves to the contrary, that the Jews together on the fourteenth day had rule over them that hated also of the month à ́där, and them ;) slew three hundred men at Shu'2 The Jews gathered them- shan; but on the prey they laid selves together in their cities not their hand. throughout all the provinces of 16 But the other Jews that the king A-has-u-e'rus, to lay were in the king's provinces hand on such as sought their gathered themselves together, hurt: and no man could with- and stood for their lives, and stand them; for the fear of had rest from their enemies, them fell upon all people. and slew of their foes seventy Jud.8.7, Retaliation (2). 3 And all the rulers of the and five thousand, but they laid Ps.37.38, End of the Wik provinces, and the lieutenants, not their hands on the prey, Nu.16.15, Integrity (2). and the deputies, and officers of 17 On the thirteenth day of the king, helped the Jews; be- the month A'där; and on the cause the fear of Môr'de-cai fell fourteenth day of the same restupon them. ed they, and made it a day of 4 For Môr'de-cai was great in feasting and gladness. the king's house, and his fame 18 But the Jews that were at went out throughout all the Shu'shan assembled together on See Saints Exalted, Ps.91.14. provinces: for this man Môr'de- the thirteenth day thereof, and p.p.2 S.3.1; 1 Chr.11.9.

p.p.Ps.71.13.

De.7.24, Invincibility. p.p.ch.8.17.

p.p.Pr.16.7.

Ge.39.5, Promotion.
Jos.6.27, Fame.

Jb.22.16, Wicked Cut Off.
Jud.8.7, Retaliation (2),

Ne.1.1, Shushan.

cai waxed greater and greater. on the fourteenth thereof; and
5 Thus the Jews smote all on the fifteenth day of the same
their enemies with the stroke they rested, and made it a day
of the sword, and slaughter, and of feasting and gladness.
[Lu.9.54. destruction, and did what they 19 Therefore the Jews of the
would unto those that hated villages, that dwelt in the un-
them.
walled towns, made the four-
6 And in Shu'shan the palace teenth day of the month A'där

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Feast of Purim, v.22.

the Jews slew and destroyed five a day of gladness and feasting, 2 Chr.30.21, Gladness.
hundred men.
and a good day, and of sending p.p.Ne.8.10; Re.11.10.

7 And Pär-shan'da-thȧ, and portions one to another.
Dal'phon, and As'pa-thȧ,

20 And Môr'de-cai wrote ch.2.5, Mordecai, ch.10.3.
8 And Por ́a-thȧ, and Ad-a-li'à, these things, and sent letters 2 S.11.14, Letters.
and A-rid ́a-thȧ,
unto all the Jews that were in
9 And Pär-mash'tå, and A-ris'- all the provinces of the king
a-i, and A-rid ́a-i, and Vâ-jěz ́a- A-hăş-ū-ē’rus, both nigh and far,
tha,
21 To stablish this among

10 The ten sons of Ha'man the them, that they should keep
son of Hăm-měd ́a-tha, the ene- the fourteenth day of the month
my of the Jews, slew they; but A'där, and the fifteenth day of
on the spoil laid they not their the same, yearly,
hand.
11 On that day the number Jews rested from their enemies,
of those that were slain in Shu'- and the month which was turned

22 As the days wherein the

shan the palace was brought be- unto them from sorrow to joy, Is.25.8, Sorrow Banished.
fore the king.
and from mourning into a good Ps.30.11, Joy Restored.

12 And the king said unto day: that they should make
Es'ther the queen, The Jews them days of feasting and joy, v.17, Feast of Purim, v.26.
have slain and destroyed five and of sending portions one to See Presents, Ge.24.53.
hundred men in Shu'shan the another, and gifts to the poor. Le.25.35, Alms.

palace, and the ten sons of Ha'- 23 And the Jews undertook

man; what have they done in to do as they had begun, and

the rest of the king's provinces ? as Môr'de-cai had written unto
now what is thy petition? and them;

[Mk.6.22. it shall be granted thee: or what 24 Because Ha'man the son

The feast of

Ps.36.4, Evil Devices.
See Casting Lots, Le.16.8.

Evil Devices (2), Jb.5.12.
Jud.1.7, Retribution (2).

JOB, 1

of Hăm-med'a-thȧ, the A'gag-all authority, to confirm this
ite, the enemy of all the Jews, second letter of Pu'rim.
had devised against the Jews 30 And he sent the letters
to destroy them, and had cast unto all the Jews, to the hun-
Pûr, that is, the lot, to consume dred twenty and seven prov-
them, and to destroy them; inces of the kingdom of A-has-
25 But when Es'ther came u-e'rus, with words of peace and
before the king, he commanded truth,

Purim instituted.

by letters that his wicked de- 31 To confirm these days of vice, which he devised against Pu'rim in their times appointthe Jews, should return upon ed, according as Môr'de-cai the Ps.37.2, Fate of the Wicked. his own head, and that he and Jew and Es'ther the queen had his sons should be hanged on enjoined them, and as they had p.p.ch.4.16. the gallows. decreed for themselves and for See Ps.137. 26 Wherefore they called their seed, the matters of the Ex.34.28, Fasting (3). these days Pū'rim after the fastings and their cry. Ex.2.23, Crying to God. name of Pûr. Therefore for 32 And the decree of Es'ther all the words of this letter, and confirmed these matters of Pū'of that which they had seen rim; and it was written in the concerning this matter, and book. which had come unto them,

That is, lot.

v.17, Feast of Purim.

Ex.12.48, Proselytes (1).

CHAPTER 10

27 The Jews ordained, and Ahasuerus' greatness. took upon them, and upon their

advancement.

Mordecai's B.C.495 (?)

seed, and upon all such as joined laid a tribute upon the 2Chr.17.11, Tribute,Mt.17.24. ND the king A-hăş-u-e'rus

themselves unto them, so as it

should not fail, that they would land, and upon the isles of the
keep these two days according sea.

to their writing, and according 2 And all the acts of his power

to their appointed time every and of his might, and the decla

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28 And that these days de-cãi, whereunto the king ad- Ge.39.5, Promotion.
should be remembered and vanced him, are they not writ-
kept throughout every genera- ten in the book of the chroni-
tion, every family, every prov-cles of the kings of Mē ́di-ȧ and
ince, and every city; and that Pēr şiȧ?

2 Chr.36.20, Persia.

these days of Pu'rim should not 3 For Môr'de-cai the Jew was ch.2.5, Mordecai.
fail from among the Jews, nor next unto king A-hăş-ū-ē ́rūs,
the memorial of them perish and great among the Jews, and

from their seed.

accepted of the multitude of his p.p.Ne.2.10.

29 Then Esther the queen, brethren, seeking the wealth of 2 S.10.12, Patriotism.
the daughter of Ab-i-ha'il, and his people, and speaking peace Ps.25.13, Seed of the Right-
Môr'de-cai the Jew, wrote with to all his seed.

[eous.

THE

BOOK OF JOB

B.C.1520 (?)

p.p.Je.25.20; Lam.4.21. Job, Eze.14.14.

Mt.19.21, Perfection (1).

CHAPTER 1

household; so that this man Ge.13.2, Riches (4), Mt.27.57.

p.p.ch.29.25; Jud.6.3.

The holiness of Job; his wealth; his was the greatest of all the men ch.32.9, Great Men.
religious care for his children. 6 of the east.
Satan, appearing before God, false- 4 And his sons went and feast-1 K.8.65, Feasts.
ly accuses Job, and obtains leave

to tempt him. 13 Job in affliction ed in their houses, every one

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Ps.7.10, Uprightness. was Job; and that man was 5 And it was so, when the 1K.15.14,Righteousness (3), perfect and upright, and one days of their feasting were [Zep.3.13. that feared God, and eschewed gone about, that Job sent and Ne.5.15, Godly Fear. Ge.5.24, Piety, Da.6.10. evil. sanctified them, and rose up See Sanctification (2), 2 And there were born un-early in the morning, and ofto him seven sons and three fered burnt offerings according Ge.22.3, Early Rising (2); daughters. to the number of them all: for Ex.29.18, Burnt-offerings. 3 His substance also was seven Job said, It may be that my thousand sheep, and three thou-sons have sinned, and cursed Ge.37.14, Parental Solicisand camels, and five hundred God in their hearts. Thus did [tude. yoke of oxen, and five hundred Job continually.

See Children (1), Ge.33.5. p.p.ch.42.13.

Ge.4.4, Sheep, ch.42.12.

Ge.12.16, Camels, Mt.19.24.

she asses, and a very great 6 ¶ Now there was a day

De.6.7, Parental Duty.

Job is severely afflicted.

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when the sons of God came to and said, Thy sons and thy p.p.v.4,13.
present themselves before the daughters were eating and 1 K.8.65, Feasts.
LORD, and Sa'tan came also drinking wine in their eldest
among them.
brother's house:

[Jona.1.4.

7 And the LORD said unto 19 And, behold, there came a
Sa'tan, Whence comest thou? great wind from the wilderness, 1 K.19.11, Tempes.s,
Then Sa'tan answered the LORD, and smote the four corners of
and said, From going to and fro the house, and it fell upon the
in the earth, and from walking young men, and they are dead;|
up and down in it.
and I only am escaped alone to

[Re.4.10.

8 And the LORD said unto Sa'- tell thee.
tan, Hast thou considered my 20 Then Job arose, and rent Ge.37.29, Clothes Rent,
servant Job, that there is none his mantle, and shaved his 1 K.19.13, Mantles. [Je.41.5.
like him in the earth, a perfect head, and fell down upon the Ge.23.2, Grief, Je.31.15.
Ge.41.14, Shaving,Eze.44.20.
and an upright man, one that ground, and worshipped,
Ge.22.5, Worshippers,
feareth God, and escheweth 21 And said, Naked came I
evil?
out of my mother's womb, and p.p.Ec.5.15; 1 Ti.6.7.
9 Then Sa'tan answered the naked shall I return thither: Mt.6.10, Submission (2).
LORD, and said, Doth Job fear the LORD gave, and the LORD p.p.1 S.2.7; Ec.6.2.
1 S.3.18, Resignation,
God for nought?
hath taken away; blessed be
10 Hast not thou made an the name of the LORD,
1 Chr.29.11, Glorifying God.
hedge about him, and about his 22 In all this Jōb sinned not, Ge.5.24, Piety.
house, and about all that he nor charged God foolishly.

[able. hath on every side? thou hast
blessed the work of his hands,
and his substance is increased
in the land.

Ge.39.3, Prosperity (4).
De.8.18, Riches (1).
See Divine Hand (2), Ex.7.5.
p.p.Am.9.5.

2 S.10.3, Slander (2),Ps.50.20.

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11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

CHAPTER 2

p.p.Ps.74.22.

Satan, appearing again before God, B.C.1520 (?)

obtains further leave to tempt Job:

7 he smites him with sore boils. 9
Job reproves his wife.

the sons of God came to p.p.ch.1.6.
GAIN there was a day when

present themselves before the 12 And the LORD said unto LORD, and Sa'tan came also Sa'tan, Behold, all that he hath among them to present himself

is in thy power; only upon him- before the LORD.

self put not forth thine hand. 2 And the LORD said unto Sa- Ge.3.14, Satan.
So Sa'tan went forth from the tan, From whence comest thou?

presence of the LORD.

And Sa'tan answered the LORD, p.p.ch.1.7.

[Mk.14.36.

13 And there was a day and said, From going to and fro Pr.1.16, Evil Activity. when his sons and his daugh- in the earth, and from walking

ters were eating and drinking up and down in it.

wine in their eldest brother's 3 And the LORD said unto Sa'

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14 And there came a messen- servant Job, that there is none ch.1.1, Job.

ger unto Job, and said, The ox-like him in the earth, a perfect Mt.19.21, Perfection (1).
en were plowing, and the asses and an upright man, one that 1K.15.14,Righteousness (3).
feeding beside them:
feareth God, and escheweth Ps.7.10, Uprightness.
15 And the Sa-be'anş fell up- evil? and still he holdeth fast i K.13.8, Steadfastness (2).
Ne.5.15, Godly Fear.
on them, and took them away; his integrity, although thou Nu.16.15, Integrity (2).
yea, they have slain the serv-movedst me against him, to de- Est.3.6, Malice (2).
ants with the edge of the sword; stroy him without cause.
and I only am escaped alone to 4 And Sa'tan answered the
tell thee.
LORD, and said, Skin for skin,

[Is.29.21.

1 S.1.14, False Accusations,

[ch.22.6.

16 While he was yet speak- yea, all that a man hath will he
ing, there came also another, give for his life.
See Life Precious, Mt.6.25.
and said, The fire of God is 5 But put forth thine hand Ex.7.5, Divine Hand (2).
fallen from heaven, and hath now, and touch his bone and See Uncharitableness,
burned up the sheep, and the his flesh, and he will curse thee
servants, and consumed them; to thy face.
and I only am escaped alone to 6 And the LORD said unto
tell thee.
Sa'tan, Behold, he is in thine
17 While he was yet speak- hand; but save his life.
ing, there came also another, 7 So went Sa'tan forth from Ge.3.1, Satan's Work,
and said, The Chal-de'anş made the presence of the LORD, and
out three bands, and fell upon smote Job with sore boils from Ex.9.9, Boils, Is.38.21.
the camels, and have carried the sole of his foot unto his 2 K.20.1, Sickness (2),
them away, yea, and slain the crown.

[Zec.3.1.

[Da.8.27.

servants with the edge of the 8 And he took him a potsherd
sword; and I only am escaped to scrape himself withal; and p.p.Je.6.26; Eze.27.30.
alone to tell thee.

he sat down among the ashes.

18 While he was yet speak- 9 Then said his wife unto Jud.16.4, Evil Women,
ing, there came also another, him, Dost thou still retain thine p.p.ch.21.15. [Pr.22.14.

Job curseth the

Nu.31.16, Evil Counsel.

Pr.24.25, Reproof (1).

JOB, 3, 4

integrity? curse God, and die. the ghost when I came out of 10 But he said unto her, Thou the belly? Ge.3.6, Temptresses, Pr.5.3. speakest as one of the foolish 12 Why did the knees prevent Ge.14.23, Temptation Re[sisted, Je.35.6. Women speaketh. What? shall me? or why the breasts that I

Ex.7.5, Divine Hand (2),

we receive good at the hand of should suck?

day of his birth.

[ch.19.21. God, and shall we not receive 13 For now should I have lain
evil? In all this did not Job still and been quiet, I should|
sin with his lips.
have slept: then had I been at 2 S.7.12, Sleep (4).

1 S.3.18, Resignation.
Ec.7.8, Patience (1).
Ps.34.13,Tongue Restrained.

1 S.18.1, Friendship (2).

11 ¶ Now when Job's three rest,
friends heard of all this evil 14 With kings and counsel- p.p.ch.12.17,18.
that was come upon him, they lors of the earth, which built
came every one from his own desolate places for themselves;
place; El'i-phaz the Te ́man-ite, 15 Or with princes that had

and Bil dăd the Shu'hite, and gold, who filled their houses ch.27.16, Accumulation.
Zo'phar the Na'a-math-ite: for with silver:

2 S.15.23, Sympathy (2), they had made an appointment 16 Or as an hidden untimely
ch.30.25. together to come to mourn with birth I had not been; as infants p.p.Ec.6.3.
Ge.50.21, Comfort (4),
Jn.11.31. him and to comfort him. which never saw light.

p.p.v.7.

Ge.37.29, Clothes Rent.

12 And, when they lifted up 17 There the wicked cease See ch.17.16.
their eyes afar off, and knew from troubling; and there the
him not, they lifted up their weary be at rest.

Future Rest, Is.57.2.

voice, and wept; and they rent 18 There the prisoners rest every one his mantle, and together; they hear not the Jos.7.6, Dust (3), Lam.2.10. sprinkled dust upon their heads voice of the oppressor. See Oppression (1), Ex.23.9. toward heaven. 19 The small and great are 2 S.14.14, Death Universal. 13 So they sat down with him there; and the servant is free upon the ground seven days from his master. and seven nights, and none 20 Wherefore is light given to p.p.Je.20.18. spake a word unto him: for him that is in misery, and life they saw that his grief was unto the bitter in soul;" very great.

Ge.2.3, Seven Days.

Silence (1), ch.13.5.
See Pain, ch.14.22.

B.C.1520 (?)

See Weariness of Life, v.20.
Nu.11.15, Despondency.

CHAPTER 3

Job curses the day of his birth.

Weariness of Life, ch.6.11. 21 Which long for death, but Nu.11.15, Death Sought, it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; 22 Which rejoice exceedingly,

[ch.7.15.

AFTER this opened Job his and are glad, when they can

mouth, and cursed his day. find the grave?

2 And Job spake, and said, 23 Why is light given to a 3 Let the day perish wherein man whose way is hid, and I was born, and the night in whom God hath hedged in? Limitations, ch.13.27. which it was said, There is a 24 For my sighing cometh be- Sighing, Ps.31.10. man child conceived. fore I eat, and my roarings are p.p.ch.33.20. 4 Let that day be darkness; poured out like the waters. let not God regard it from 25 For the thing which I above, neither let the light shine greatly feared is come upon me, upon it. and that which I was afraid of ch.12.22, Shadow of Death. 5 Let darkness and the shad- is come unto me. ow of death stain it; let a 26 I was not in safety, neither cloud dwell upon it; let the had I rest, neither was I quiet; De.28.67, Unrest. blackness of the day terrify it. yet trouble came. ch.5.7, Trouble. 6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

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1 S.30.17, Twilight, Eze.12.6.9 Let the stars of the twilight 3 Behold, thou hast instructed 1 S.9.27, Instruction (2). thereof be dark; let it look for many, and thou hast strength- 2 Chr.28.15, Helpfulness. light, but have none; neither ened the weak hands.

p.p.ch.10.18.

p.p.He.12.12.

let it see the dawning of the 4 Thy words have upholden Ge.50.21, Kind Words,
him that was falling, and thou

day:
10 Because it shut not up the hast strengthened the feeble
doors of my mother's womb, knees.

nor hid sorrow from mine 5 But now it is come upon

eyes.

[Pr.15.1.

thee, and thou faintest; it See Faint Not, 2 Co.4.1. 11 Why died I not from the toucheth thee, and thou art Nu.11.14,Human Weakness.

See Death Sought, Nu.11.15. womb? why did I not give up troubled.

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