So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.

Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

He'll deliver the afflicted through their afflictions and open their ears when they are oppressed."

yea, wonder at him, and yet they see him but afar off.

For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

Which clouds do drop, They distil on man abundantly.

"He puts a limit to the skill of every person; to delineate all people from what they do.

And the wild beast goeth into its lair, and they remain in their dens.

And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

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

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

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

Moreover, canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that they may pour down a great rain upon thee?

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

That they may give no force for the multitude of people in the cities, neither regard the crying of the driver,

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?

Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.

And its young ones lick blood greedily, and where [the] dead carcasses [are], there they [are]."

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.

Shall he be taken in front? will they pierce through his nose in the trap?

Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

His protective scales are his pride, they lie sealed tightly together.

One unto another they draw nigh, And air doth not enter between them.

They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

And they go -- Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, Zophar the Naamathite -- and do as Jehovah hath spoken unto them; and Jehovah doth accept the face of Job.

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

The wicked [those who live in disobedience to God’s law] are not so,
But they are like the chaff [worthless and without substance] which the wind blows away.

For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

The kings of the earth take their stand;
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the Lord and His Anointed (the Davidic King, the Messiah, the Christ), saying,

They say, "Let's tear off the shackles they've put on us! Let's free ourselves from their ropes!"

Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled:

They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.

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.

I am not afraid of myriads of people, That round about they have set against me.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than they have when their grain and their new wine are increased.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

And all that trust in thee shall rejoice: for ever shall they shout joyously, and thou wilt protect them; and they that love thy name shall exult in thee.

My eyes are swollen from grief;
they grow old because of all my enemies.

All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly.

Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

when they prayed: "Have mercy on me, Lord! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they are men! Selah.

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.

They say to themselves, "We will not be moved throughout all time, and we will not experience adversity."

They wait in ambush in the villages, they kill the innocent in secret.

Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.

The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.

To the Overseer. -- By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, 'They moved to Thy mountain for the bird?

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

Yahweh [is] in his holy temple; Yahweh [is] in the heavens [on] his throne. His eyelids see; they test [the] children of humankind.

May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

They say, “Through our tongues we have power;
our lips are our own—who can be our master?”

Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff.

The Lord's words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.

The ungodly walk on every side; when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke.

lest mine enemy say, "I have prevailed against him." For if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

They multiply their idols - another, have they purchased! I will not pour out their drink-offerings of blood, nor will I take up their names on my lips.

from [the] {presence} of [the] wicked who destroy me, [those] enemies against my life, [they that] surround me.

They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

They are like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.

From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

They have children at their desire, and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. But as for me, I shall behold thy presence in righteousness: and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it.

And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake -- because He hath wrath.

He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.