“Behold, God will not reject a man of integrity,
Nor will He strengthen or support evildoers.

Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand.

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

Who is removing mountains, And they have not known, Who hath overturned them in His anger.

Who is shaking earth from its place, And its pillars move themselves.

Who is speaking to the sun, and it riseth not, And the stars He sealeth up.

[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.

Doing great things till there is no searching, And wonderful, till there is no numbering.

As for GOD, if he withdraw not his anger, under him, will have submitted themselves - the proud helpers.

If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

Though I'm in the right, my own mouth will condemn me; though I'm blameless, he'll pronounce me as guilty.

This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

I -- I am become wicked; why is this? In vain I labour.

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.

If I have done wickedly, woe is me therefore. If I have done righteously, yet dare I not lift up my head; so full am I of confusion, and see mine own misery.

For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

‘You renew Your witnesses against me
And increase Your indignation and anger toward me;
Hardship after hardship is with me [attacking me time after time].

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

Is it not my days few? He will cease; he will turn from me, and I shall be cheerful a little,

Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

“If God passes by or arrests,
Or calls an assembly [of judgment], who can restrain Him?
[If He is against a man, who can call Him to account for it?]

For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

As for you, if you redirect your heart
and lift up your hands to Him in prayer—

If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

“No doubt you are the [only wise] people [in the world],
And wisdom will die with you!

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

“Who among all these does not recognize [in all these things that good and evil are randomly scattered throughout nature and human life]
That the hand of the Lord has done this,

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.

Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned.

With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

“He makes priests walk barefoot,
And He overturns men firmly seated and secure.

He uncovers the hidden dimensions from darkness, bringing what is in deep shadow to light.

He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.

The same things are in my mind as in yours; I am equal to you.

But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

"But as for you, you whitewash with lies; all of you are worthless quacks.

“Oh, that you would be completely silent,
And that silence would be your wisdom!

Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

“Will you show partiality for Him [and be unjust to me so that you may gain favor with Him]?
Will you contend and plead for God?

Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

Your wise sayings are only dust, and your strong places are only earth.

Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.

Also -- He is to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.

Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

Grant me only two things as you deal with me; then I won't hide from you.

What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.

“Why do You hide Your face [as if offended]
And consider me Your enemy?

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
No one!

Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

“Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]!

For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.