As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.

He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he?

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

My wrongdoing is corded up in a bag, and my sin is shut up safe.

For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

“Are the consolations of God [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you,
[Or] were we too gentle toward you [in our first speech] to be effective?

What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning]
And have defiled my horn (symbol of strength) in the dust.

That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!

If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘You are my father’;
And to the worm [that feeds on decay], ‘You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],’

In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.

He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.

If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.

The eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him.

His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

Is it of any interest to the Ruler of all that you are upright? or is it of use to him that your ways are without sin?

He makes safe the man who is free from sin, and if your hands are clean, salvation will be yours.

If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.

Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

Between their walls, are they exposed to the sun, Wine-presses, they tread, and yet are thirsty;

For as soon as the day breaketh, the shadow of death cometh upon them, and they go in horrible darkness.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

He holdeth back his stool, that it can not be seen, and spreadeth his clouds before it.

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.

There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen.

But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

Then He hath seen and declareth it, He hath prepared it, and also searched it out,

And said to the son of earth, Lo! the reverence of the Lord, that, is wisdom, and, to avoid evil, is understanding.

Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen -- they stood up.

For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth to me.

I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

let someone else eat what I have sown,
and let my crops be uprooted.

For this is a wickedness and sin, that is worthy to be punished;

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,

Who will give to me hearing to me.? Behold, my sign, the Almighty will answer me, and the man contending with me wrote a book.

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.

So when Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, saw that these three men were not able to make Job answer, he was miscontent.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

Let me be partial to no man, and, unto no son of earth, give flattering titles,

For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

To turn a son of earth from his deed, while yet, pride, from man he concealeth:

His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

If there hath been near him a messenger who could interpret - one of a thousand, to declare to the son of earth His uprightness,

He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

Therefore hearken to me, ye men of understanding. Far be it from me to sin before LORD, and pervert righteousness before the Almighty.

For, what any son of earth doeth, he repayeth him, and, according to every man's course, he causeth him to find.

"He strikes the wicked among them in a place where they can be seen

From the wickedness and sin of the people, he maketh a hypocrite to reign over them.

For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

If you sin, how does it affect God?
If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him?

Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.

All mankind has seen it;
people have looked at it from a distance.

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?

And now, they have not seen the light, Bright it is in the clouds, And the wind hath passed by and cleanseth them.

"Hast thou given the morning his charge, as soon as thou wast born, and showed the day spring his place,

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

To give rain over the no-man's land, the desert, where no son of earth is;

But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

but as soon as he heareth the shawmes blow, 'Tush,' sayeth he; for he smelleth the battle afar off, the noise, the Captains and the shouting.

His young have blood for their drink, and where the dead bodies are, there is he to be seen.

The son of the bow doth not cause him to flee, Turned by him into stubble are stones of the sling.

He maketh the path to be seen after him, and the deep is his walking place.

By the hearing of the ear I heard Thee, And now mine eye hath seen Thee.

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

{A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

{Shiggaion of David, which he sang for the words of Cush the son of Benjamin} O LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust; save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me,

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David.

[To the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Death of the Son." A Psalm of David.] I will praise you, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all your marvelous works.

Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble?

His mouth is full of curses and deceit (fraud) and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness [injustice and sin].

He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'