But put forth Your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse You to Your face.

But indeed put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse You to Your face.

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and did not know him, they lifted up their voice and wept. And each one tore his robe, and they sprinkled dust upon their heads toward Heaven.

And they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights. And no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

Lo, let that night be barren; let no joyful voice come in it.

For now I should have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept. Then I would have been at rest

But now it has come upon you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.

Behold, He puts no trust in His servants, and His angels He charges with folly!

Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the saints will you turn?

He will deliver you in six troubles; yea, in seven no evil shall touch you.

And you shall know that your tent is in peace; and you shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

And you shall know that your seed will be numerous, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

Behold this: we have searched it; it is so. Hear it and know for yourself.

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.

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

Surely now you are like them; you see my casting down, and are afraid.

And now, please look on me; for if I lie, it is before your face.

Turn back, please let there be no sin; yea, return again, my righteousness is in this matter.

Remember that my life is a breath; my eye shall no more see good.

The eye of him who has seen me shall see me no more; Your eyes are on me, and I am gone.

As the cloud falls and vanishes away, so he who goes down to the grave shall come up no more.

He shall return no more to his house, nor shall his place know him any more.

And why do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall sleep in the dust, and You shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

if you were pure and upright, surely now He would awake for you, and make the dwelling-place of your righteousness blessed.

for we are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.

Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

Truly I know it is so, but how can man be just with God?

He who removes the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturns them in His anger;

Though I were perfect, yet I would not know my soul. I would despise my life.

Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.

I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that You will not hold me innocent.

there is no mediator between us, who might lay his hand on us both.

I will say to God, Do not condemn me; make me know why You contend with me.

You know that I am not wicked; and there is none who can deliver out of Your hand.

And these have You hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You.

Why then have You brought me from the womb? Oh that I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me!

Should your lies make men silent? And will you mock and no one make you ashamed?

and would tell you the secrets of His wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold? Know therefore that God forgets for you some of your iniquity.

Heights of the heavens! What can you do? It is deeper than hell, what can you know?

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no escape, and their hope shall be like the giving up of the spirit.

But I have understanding as well as you; I do not fall short of you; yes, who does not know such things as these?

But now ask the animals, and they shall teach you; and the birds of the air, and they shall tell you;

who of all these does not know that the hand of Jehovah has done this?

Behold, He breaks down, and it can not be built up again; He shuts up a man, and no one opens.

He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the land, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no path.

What you know, I know also; I do not fall short of you.

Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.

Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I shall be justified.

Who is he that will plead for me, for now, I would be quiet and expire.

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!

so man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be awakened out of their sleep.

For now You number my steps; do You not watch over my sin?

Should he reason with talk that is not useful, or with speeches which have no profit?

What do you know that we do not know, or understand that is not with us?

Behold, He puts no trust in His saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.

to them alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

But now He has made me weary; You have made all my company desolate.

though no violence is in my hand, and my prayer is pure.

Also now, behold, my Witness is in Heaven, and He who testifies of me is on high.

And now all of them, go back, and please come again; and I shall not find among you a wise man.

His memory shall perish from the earth, and there is no name to him on the face of the street.

know now that God has overthrown me, and His net has closed on me.

Behold, I cry out, Violence! And I am not answered. I cry aloud, but there is no justice.

I called my servant, and he gave no answer; I must beg him with my mouth.

Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were engraved in a book!

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall rise on the earth at the last;

Fear for yourselves because of the sword; for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.

Do you know this from days of old, from the setting of man on earth,

Surely he shall not know quietness in his belly; he will not escape with the things of desire.

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the plots which you wrongfully hatch against me.

Did you not ask those who go by the way? And do you not know their signs,

And the clods of the valley shall be sweet to him and every man shall draw after him, as there is no numbering of those before him.

And you say, What does God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?

Now be of service with Him, and be at peace. Good shall come to you by them.

Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!

I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me.

Will He plead against me with His great power? No, surely He would give heed to me.

Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, why do those who know Him not see His days?

They lodge the naked without clothing, and give no covering in the cold.

They are of those who rebel against the light; they know not His ways, nor stay in His paths.

And the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a covering on his face.

In the dark they dig through houses which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light.

For the morning is to them like the shadow of death; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death.

The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be remembered no more; and injustice shall be broken like a tree.

He ill-treats the women who bear no children; and does no good to the widow.

He also draws the mighty with his power; he rises up, and no one is sure of life.

How have you helped the powerless, or saved the arm that has no strength?

Hell is naked before Him, and the Pit has no covering.

There is a path which no bird knows, nor has the vulture's eye caught sight of it;

Man does not know the price of it; nor is it found in the land of the living.

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls; and the price of wisdom is above rubies.

I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I did not know, I searched out.

But now those younger laugh at me, whose fathers I would have refused to set with the dogs of my flock.

They are dried up with want and famine; they who gnaw the dry ground, which was before waste and ruin,

And now I am their song; yea, I am their byword.

They have broken down my path, they gain by my trouble; they have no helper.

And now my soul is poured out within me; the days of affliction have taken hold on me.

For I know that You will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

I go in mourning with no sun; I stood up and I cried out in the congregation.

let me be weighed in an even balance so that God may know my uprightness.