And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Lo! all that he hath, is in thy hand, only, against himself, do not put forth thy hand. So the accuser went forth from the presence of Yahweh.

And there came a certain day when the sons of God entered in, to present themselves unto Yahweh - so the accuser also entered in their midst, to present himself unto Yahweh.

And he took him a potsherd, to scrape himself therewith; he being seated in the midst of ashes.

Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!

Who spreadeth out fire heavens, by himself alone! and marcheth along, on the heights of the sea;

And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.

But, his flesh, for himself, is in pain, and, his soul, for himself, doth mourn.

Because he had stretched out - against GOD - his hand, and, against the Almighty, had been wont to behave himself proudly;

At ease, was I when he shattered me, Yea he seized me by my neck, and dashed me in pieces, then set me up for himself as a mark:

Appoint it, I pray thee - be thou surety for me with thyself, Who is there that, on my side, can pledge himself?

Unto GOD, can a man act as friend? Surely a discreet man befriendeth himself!

Who had been saying unto GOD, Depart from us! and - What can the Almighty do for himself?

On the north, where he worketh, but I get no vision, He hideth himself on the south that I cannot see him.

Let mine enemy be a veritably lawless one! And, he that lifteth himself up against me, one veritably perverse!

If his loins did not bless me, or if, with the fleece of my lambs, he did not warm himself;

If he should set against him his heart, His spirit and his inspiration, unto himself he should withdraw.

Lo, GOD, exalteth himself by his strength, Who like him doth teach?

The crag, he inhabiteth, and so lodgeth himself, on the tooth of the crag, and high fort;

And, Yahweh himself, turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed in behalf of his friends, - and Yahweh increased all that Job had possessed, unto twice as much.