Leadership Verses
Servant leadership as modeled by Christ — wisdom for those called to lead.
Will he plead against me with {his} great power? No; but he would put {strength} in me.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary {food}. {esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up} {my...: or, my appointed portion}
For he performeth {the thing that is} appointed for me: and many such {things are} with him.
{Some} remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed {thereof}. {feed...: or, feed them}
The princes refrained talking, and laid {their} hand on their mouth.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one {that} comforteth the mourners.
But now {they that are} younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. {younger...: Heb. of fewer days than I}
They came {upon me} as a wide breaking in {of waters}: in the desolation they rolled themselves {upon me}.
For I know {that} thou wilt bring me {to} death, and {to} the house appointed for all living.
For this {is} an heinous crime; yea, it {is} an iniquity {to be punished by} the judges.
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;