"However,putforthYour handnow,and touchhis boneand his flesh;he will curseYou to Your face."
Davidsaidto God,"Is it not I who commandedto countthe people?Indeed, I am the one whohas sinnedand doneverywickedly,but thesesheep,whathave they done?O LORDmy God,pleaselet Your handbe against me and my father'shousehold,but not against Your peoplethat they should be plagued."
"But putforthYour handnowand touchallthat he has; he will surelycurseYou to Your face."
Then the LORDsaidto Satan,"Behold,allthat he has is in your power,onlydo not putforthyour handon him." So Satandepartedfrom the presenceof the LORD.
Whenthe daysof feastinghad completedtheir cycle,Jobwould sendand consecratethem, risingup earlyin the morningand offeringburntofferings[according to] the numberof them all;for Jobsaid,"Perhapsmy sonshave sinnedand cursedGodin their hearts."ThusJobdidcontinually.
Satanansweredthe LORDand said,"Skinfor skin!Yes, allthat a manhas he will givefor his life.
So the LORDsaidto Satan,"Behold,he is in your power,onlysparehis life."
Then his wifesaidto him, "Do you stillholdfastyour integrity?CurseGodand die!"
"RemoveYour plaguefrom me; Becauseof the oppositionof Your handI am perishing.
A peoplewho continuallyprovokeMe to My face,Offeringsacrificesin gardensand burningincenseon bricks;
They will passthrough the land hard-pressedand famished,and it will turnout that whenthey are hungry,they will be enragedand cursetheir kingand their Godas they faceupward.
The sonof the Israelitewomanblasphemedthe Nameand cursed.So they broughthim to Moses.(Now his mother'snamewas Shelomith,the daughterof Dibri,of the tribeof Dan.)
"You shall speakto the sonsof Israel,saying,Ifanyonecurseshis God,then he will bearhis sin.
ThenI hearda loudvoicein heaven,saying,"Nowthe salvation,and the power,and the kingdomof our Godand the authorityof His Christhave come,for the accuserof our brethrenhas been throwndown, he who accusesthem beforeour Goddayand night.
