Job 12:7-9

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⁷“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,^(A)
    or the birds in the sky,^(B) and they will tell you;^(C)
⁸or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
    or let the fish in the sea inform you.
⁹Which of all these does not know^(D)
    that the hand of the Lord has done this?^(E)

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Psalm 19:1-6

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Psalm 19^[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹The heavens^(A) declare^(B) the glory of God;^(C)
    the skies^(D) proclaim the work of his hands.^(E)
²Day after day they pour forth speech;
    night after night they reveal knowledge.^(F)
³They have no speech, they use no words;
    no sound is heard from them.
⁴Yet their voice^[b] goes out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.^(G)
In the heavens God has pitched a tent^(H) for the sun.^(I)
⁵    It is like a bridegroom^(J) coming out of his chamber,^(K)
    like a champion^(L) rejoicing to run his course.
⁶It rises at one end of the heavens^(M)
    and makes its circuit to the other;^(N)
    nothing is deprived of its warmth.

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Footnotes

Psalm 19:1 In Hebrew texts 19:1-14 is numbered 19:2-15.
Psalm 19:4 Septuagint, Jerome and Syriac; Hebrew measuring line

Jeremiah 5:21-31

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²¹Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,^(A)
    who have eyes^(B) but do not see,
    who have ears but do not hear:^(C)
²²Should you not fear^(D) me?” declares the Lord.
    “Should you not tremble^(E) in my presence?
I made the sand a boundary for the sea,^(F)
    an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.
The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail;
    they may roar,^(G) but they cannot cross it.
²³But these people have stubborn and rebellious^(H) hearts;
    they have turned aside^(I) and gone away.
²⁴They do not say to themselves,
    ‘Let us fear^(J) the Lord our God,
who gives autumn and spring rains^(K) in season,
    who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’^(L)
²⁵Your wrongdoings have kept these away;
    your sins have deprived you of good.^(M)

²⁶“Among my people are the wicked^(N)
    who lie in wait^(O) like men who snare birds
    and like those who set traps^(P) to catch people.
²⁷Like cages full of birds,
    their houses are full of deceit;^(Q)
they have become rich^(R) and powerful
²⁸    and have grown fat^(S) and sleek.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
    they do not seek justice.
They do not promote the case of the fatherless;^(T)
    they do not defend the just cause of the poor.^(U)
²⁹Should I not punish them for this?”
    declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge^(V) myself
    on such a nation as this?

³⁰“A horrible^(W) and shocking thing
    has happened in the land:
³¹The prophets prophesy lies,^(X)
    the priests^(Y) rule by their own authority,
and my people love it this way.
    But what will you do in the end?^(Z)