"Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

Who put him in charge of the earth? or who has appointed him over the whole world?

Shall even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty? --

Who says to a king, 'Vile!' or to nobles, 'Wicked!'?

Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,

Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:

But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'

For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

"But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them.

Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'

He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has made may know it.

Do you know the workings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

Therefore men revere him. He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart."

"Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

"Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,

Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;

Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,

Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?

"Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

"Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.

None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.

You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.

Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.