Have thou not made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has, on every side? Thou have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

And LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in thy power, only upon himself do not put forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of LORD.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God fell from heaven, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and only I alone have escaped to tell thee.

And he said, Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there. LORD gave, and LORD has taken away, blessed be the name of LORD.

And Satan answered LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has he will give for his life.

[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?

So a poor man has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.

Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or the ox moo over his fodder?

Can that which has no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

If thy sons have sinned against him, and he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression,

[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

Thou have granted me life and loving kindness, and thy visitation has preserved my spirit.

Who does not know in all these, that the hand of LORD has wrought this,

With [God] is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

Lo, my eye has seen all [this]. My ear has heard and understood it.

But his flesh upon him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.

Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty.

because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his loins.

And he has dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

But now he has made me weary. Thou have made desolate all my company.

He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed upon me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes upon me.

I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yea, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his mark.

But he has made me a byword of the people, and they spit in my face.

Yet the righteous shall hold on his way. And he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

know now that God has subverted me, and has encompassed me with his net.

He has walled up my way that I cannot pass, and has set darkness in my paths.

He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. And he has plucked up my hope like a tree.

He has also kindled his wrath against me. And he considers me to him as his adversaries.

He has put my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.

He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he has done?

[Saying], Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them, the fire has consumed.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.

For God has made my heart faint, and the Almighty has terrified me,

Yet [God] preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

Behold, even the moon has no brightness. And the stars are not pure in his sight.

How thou have helped him who is without power! How thou have saved the arm that has no strength!

How thou have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

Sheol is naked before [God], and Abaddon has no covering.

He has described a boundary upon the face of the waters, to the confines of light and darkness.

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul.

The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the falcon's eye seen it.

The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed thereby.

For he has loosed his cord, and afflicted me. And they have cast off the bridle before me.

He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

Therefore my harp has [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.

If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hastened to deceit

if my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any spot has clung to my hands,

If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,

or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

if his loins have not blessed me, and if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand

if the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one who has not been filled with his food?

(the sojourner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

O that I had someone to hear me (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me), and [that I had] the indictment which my adversary has written!

For he has not directed his words against me. Neither will I answer him with your speeches.

Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent. Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.

Behold now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall behold the light.

For Job has said, I am righteous, and God has taken away my right.

Who gave him a charge over the earth? Or who has disposed the whole world?

For has any said to God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more].

But now, because he has not visited in his anger, nor does he greatly regard folly,

Who has enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou have wrought unrighteousness?

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

Out of the north comes golden splendor. God has upon him awesome majesty.

Who has cleft a channel for the water flood, or the way for the lightning of the thunder,

Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who has engendered it?

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

Who has sent out the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey

because God has deprived her of wisdom, nor has he imparted understanding to her.

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Under the whole heaven is mine.