That too, had been a judicial iniquity, For I should have been false to GOD, above.

The resounding deep, hath said, It is not in me! And, the sea, hath said, It is not with me!

Therefore, he observeth their works, - and overturneth them in a night, and they are crushed;

Out of the midst, were they driven, men shouted after them, as after a thief;

They kneel down, their young, they bring forth; their pains, they throw off;

His underparts, are points of potsherd, a pointed threshing roller spreadeth out upon the slime:

Canst thou count the months they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they give birth?

Young men saw me, and hid themselves, and, the aged, arose - they stood;

He will not keep alive one who is lawless, but, the right of oppressed ones, will he grant;

Every son of earth, hath viewed it, Mortal man, looketh at it from afar.

Let mine enemy be a veritably lawless one! And, he that lifteth himself up against me, one veritably perverse!

Most effectually, is my skin disfigured, - Like the collar of my tunic, it girdeth me about:

They were dismayed, they responded no more, they suffered speech to forsake them;

Lo! I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue, with my palate, hath spoken,

He putteth - in the stocks - my feet, He watcheth all my paths.

If thou art able to answer me, Set in order before me - take thy stand!

So then the wild-beast hath gone into covert, and, in its lairs, doth it remain.

Only, against a heap of ruins, will one not thrust a hand! Surely, when one is in calamity - for that very reason, is there an outcry for help.

Beware, do not turn unto iniquity, For, this, thou hast chosen rather than affliction.

For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?

He causeth to boil, as a cauldron, the raging deep, the sea, he maketh like a brewing vessel:

Will he value thy riches? Nay not precious ore, nor all the forces of strength.

Canst thou got to know of GOD'S giving charge over them, or of the causing of the lightning of his cloud to shine forth?

The men of mind, will say to me, yea any wise man hearkening unto me: -

In the place of lawless men, hath he chastised them, in presence of beholders.

Yea, unto you, gave I diligent heed, - But lo! there was, for Job, nothing to convince, nor could you of you answer his speeches.

According to thy mind, must he requite it, that thou hast refused? For, thou, must choose, and not, I, What then thou knowest, speak!

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor, before my face, did the gloom form a shroud.

Which I have reserved for a time of distress, for the day of conflict and of war?

But, with the plea of a lawless one, thou art full, Plea and sentence, will take fast hold.

To satisfy the wild and the wilderness, to cause to spring forth the meadow of young grass?

Therefore, I said, Hearken unto me, I will show my knowledge - even I.

Or address the earth, and it will teach thee, and the fishes of the sea, will recount it to thee:

Let me sow but, another, eat. And let, what I have springing up, be uprooted!

Lo! my terror, will not startle thee, nor, my hand, upon thee, be heavy.

Lo! he hath spread out over it, his lightning, The bed of the sea, hath he covered.

Who enjoined on him his way? and who ever said, Thou hast wrought perversity?

If there is anything to say, reply to me, Speak, for I desire to justify thee;

That thou mayest conduct it unto the bound thereof, and that thou mayest perceive the paths to its house.

As through a wide breach, came they on, with a crashing noise, they rolled themselves along.

Forasmuch, as they turned from following him, and, none of his ways, did they teach;

How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?

Do not pant for the night, when peoples disappear from their place.

As a straw, is a club accounted, and he laugheth at the whir of the javelin;

Thou knowest, for, then, hadst thou been born! And, in number, thy days are many!

Though I waited, yet could they not speak, Surely they came to a stand, they responded no more.

If then thou hast understanding, hear this, Give thou ear to the teaching of my words: -

After him, he lighteth up a path, one might think the resounding deep to be hoary!

Lo! ye, have, all of you, seen, Wherefore, then, is it, that ye are utterly without purpose?

If not, do, thou, hearken unto me, Be silent, that I may teach thee wisdom.

Surely I know not how to give flattering titles, How soon might my Maker take me away!

I will respond, even I - on my part, I will shew my knowledge, even I!

He counteth iron as broken straw, and bronze as rotten wood:

When it is lifted up, like a howling lion, thou dost hunt me, Then again thou dost shew thyself marvellous against me.

I, will answer thee plainly, and thy friends with thee.

Shall it be declared to him - that I would speak? Were any man to say aught, he might he destroyed?

While yet the Almighty was with me, round about me, were my young men;

Let us know what we shall say to him, We cannot set in order, by reason of darkness.

I will speak, that I may freely breathe, I will open my lips and respond.