Let those who curse the day curse it, those who are skilled at rousing Leviathan.

with kings and counselors of [the] earth, who {rebuild} ruins for themselves,

or with high officials {who have gold}, who fill up their houses [with] silver.

Or [why] was I not hidden like a miscarriage, like infants [who] did not see [the] light?

who wait for death, but {it does not come}, and search [for] it more than [for] treasures,

who rejoice {exceedingly}, [and] they are glad when they find [the] grave?

"[If] someone would test a word with you, would you be offended? But who can refrain from speaking?

Your words have raised up [the one who] stumbles, and you have strengthened knees giving way.

"{Think} now, who has perished [who is] innocent? Or where [are] the upright destroyed?

the one who is giving rain on [the] {surface of} [the] earth and is sending water on [the] {surface of} [the] fields,

"Look, happy [is the] human being whom God reproves; and you must not despise the discipline of Shaddai,

A cloud vanishes, and it goes away, so [he who] goes down to Sheol will not come up.

So [are] the paths of all who forget God; and [the] hope of [the] godless will perish,

[Those] who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked {will be no more}."

[He is] wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and succeeded?

"[He is the one] who moves mountains, and they do not know [how], who overturns them in his anger.

[He is the one] who shakes [the] earth from its place, and its pillars tremble.

[He is the one] who commands the sun, and it does not rise, {and he seals up the stars}.

[He is the one] who alone stretches out [the] heavens and [who] tramples on [the] waves of [the] sea.

[He is the one] who made [the] Bear [and] Orion, [the] Pleiades and [the] constellations of [the] south.

[He is the one] who does great things {beyond understanding} and marvelous things {beyond number}.

{If} he would snatch away, who could turn him? Who could say to him, 'What are you doing?'

whom I cannot answer, even though I am righteous? From my judge I must implore grace.

who crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.

If {it is a matter of} strength, look, [he is] mighty. But if {it is a matter of} justice, who can summon me?

The earth is given into [the] hand of [the] wicked; he covers the face of its judge-- if [it is] not [he], then who [is] it?

"If he passes through and imprisons someone {and summons the assembly}, then who can hinder him?

For he knows {those who are worthless}; {when he sees} iniquity, {he will not consider it}.

{I also have insight} like you; I am not more inferior than you. And {who does not know things like these}?

[The] tents of [the] destroyers are at peace, and [there is] security for those who provoke God, [for those] whom God brings into his hand.

Who among all of these does not know that Yahweh's hand has done this?

Who [is] he who will contend with me? For {then} I would be silent, and I would pass away.

"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one!

{How much less} he who is abominable and corrupt, a man drinking wickedness like water.

{to whom alone} the land was given, and no stranger passed through their midst.

for [the] company of [the] godless [is] barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

So now look, my witness [is] in the heavens, and he [who] vouches for me [is] in the heights.

Please lay down a pledge for me with yourself; who [is] he [who] will give security for my hand?

"And he has made me a proverb for [the] peoples, {and I am one before whom people spit}.

But [the] righteous holds on to his way, and {he who has clean hands} increases in strength.

where then [is] my hope? And {who will see my hope}?

"[You who] are tearing {yourself} in your anger, will [the] earth be forsaken because of you? Or will [the] rock be removed from its place?

Surely these [are] the dwellings of [the] godless, and this [is] the dwelling place of him [who] knows not God."

All {my intimate friends} abhor me, and these [whom] I have loved have turned against me.

whom {I will see for myself}, and [whom] my eyes will see and not a stranger. {My heart faints within me}.

he will perish forever like his dung; [those who] have seen him will say, 'Where [is] he?'

Who [is] Shaddai that we should serve him, or what would we benefit when we plead with him?'

Who denounces his way to his face? And who repays him [for what] he has done?

who were snatched away {before their time}, whose foundation was washed away [by] a current?

[Those] who said to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can Shaddai do to us?'

"But he [is] {alone}, and who can dissuade him? And {whatever he desires}, {indeed}, he does [it].

"Why are not times kept by Shaddai, and [why] do not [those who] know him see his days?

Drought and heat snatch away [the] snow waters, [like] Sheol [snatches away] those [who have] sinned.

[He] feeds on [the] barren, [who] does not have a child, and does no good to [the] widow.

"And if [it is] not [so], then who can prove me a liar and reduce my word to nothing?"

"Domination and dread [are] with him who makes peace in his high heavens.

Is there a number to his troops? And upon whom does his light not rise?

"Indeed, how can a human being be righteous before God? And how will he who is born of a woman be pure?

{How much less} for a human being [who is] a maggot, and {a human} [who is] a worm?"

"How you have helped {one who has no power}! [How] you have assisted [the] arm {that has no strength}!

How you have advised {one who has no wisdom}! And [what] sound wisdom you have made known {in abundance}!

Look, these [are] the outer fringes of his ways, and {how faint is the word} [that] we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?"

He breaks open a mine shaft {away from where people dwell}; [those] who are forgotten {by travelers}, they dangle, they sway [far away] from human beings.

because I saved [the] needy who cried for help, and [I saved] [the] orphan for whom [there was] no helper.

I chose their way, and I sat [as] head, and I dwelled like a king among the troops, like [one] who comforts mourners.

So my lyre came to be [used] for mourning, and my flute [for the] voice of [those who] weep.

Did not he [who] made me in the womb make them? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

if I have seen [the one who] perishes because of no clothing or [that] there is no covering for the poor,

"If I have rejoiced at [the] ruin of [the one who] hated me or have exulted when evil overtook him--

[It is] not {the aged} [who] are wise, or [it is not] [the] elders [who] understand justice.

And I directed my attention to you; and, look, there is no [one] for Job [who] refuted, answering his words among you.

"Hear my words, you wise men, and listen to me, you who know,

What man [is] like Job, who drinks scorn like water?

"Therefore, listen to me, {people who have sense}: far be it from God {that he should commit wickedness} and that Shaddai {should do wrong}.

Who gave him charge [over the] earth? Or who laid on [him] [the] whole world?

Shall [he who] hates justice really govern? Or will you declare [the] Righteous One, the Mighty, guilty?--

the one who says to a king, 'You worthless man,' to noblemen, 'You wicked man,'

who {shows no partiality to officials} and [who] {does not take note of the noble more than of the insignificant}, for all of them [are] the work of his hands?

but he remains quiet, and who can condemn? And he hides [his] face, and who can behold him? Yet [he is] over a nation and over a person alike,

so that godless human beings should not reign, nor those who ensnare [the] people.

{Those who have sense} say to me, and [the] wise man hearing me [says]:

But no one 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 heavens?'

for truly my words [are] not falsehood; [one who has] perfect knowledge [is] with you.

"Look, God is exalted in his power; who [is] a teacher like him?

Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who says, 'You have done wrong'?

{he stops all human beings from working} {so that everyone whom he has made may know it}.

Therefore people revered him; he does not regard any {who think that they are wise}."

"Who [is] this darkening counsel by words without knowledge?

Who determined its measurement? Yes, you do know. Or who stretched [the] measuring line upon it?

On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,

"Or [who] shut [the] sea in with doors at its bursting, [when] it went out of [the] womb,

"Who has cut open a channel for the torrents and a way for [the] {thunder bolts},

Is there a father for the rain, or who fathered [the] drops of dew?

From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who fathered [the] frost of heaven?

Who has put wisdom in the ibis, or who has given understanding to the rooster?

Who can number [the] clouds with wisdom? Or who can tilt heaven's jars,

Who prepares for the crow its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, [and] they wander around {for lack of food}?

"Who has sent forth [the] wild ass free? And who has released [the] wild donkey's bonds,

"Shall a faultfinder contend with Shaddai? Anyone who argues with God must answer it."