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

Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:

And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

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

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

"Wilt thou find out God with thy seeking? Wilt thou attain to the perfectness of the Almighty?

If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

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

And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall 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.

Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.

Only do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face:

Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

And dost thou open thy eyes upon such one, and bring me into judgment with thee?

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.

With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

Shall not thy vain words come yet to an end? Or, hast thou yet any more to say?

(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?

I have sufficiently heard thy checking and reproof; therefore am I purposed to make answer after mine understanding.

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?

Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

He will deliver even him that is not innocent: Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

But if thou hast anything to say, then answer me, and speak, for thy answer pleaseth me.

If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or'sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?

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

"When thou speakest, then, should not he pardon thee, if thou open thyself before him, and put thy trust in him?

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

For then shall not thy cause be stilled with cruelty, nor pacified with many gifts.

Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

Prolong not thou the time, till there come a night for thee, to set other people in thy stead.

How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

Canst thou bind the yoke about him in thy furrows, to make him plow after thee in the valleys?

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Is thine arm then like the arm of God? Maketh thy voice such a sound as his doth?

Then arm thyself with thine own power! Up, deck thee in thy jolly array,

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

look well, that thou makest all such as be stubburn, to obey; tread all the ungodly under thy feet,

Then will I also praise thee, because thy right hand saveth thee.

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

that thy companions may hew him in pieces, to be parted among the merchant men?

Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

for thou, LORD, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous, and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him, as with a shield.

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.} O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

Arise, O LORD, in thy anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

{To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.} O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thy enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;