"They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They do not turn into the way of the vineyards.

He devours the barren who do not bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.

Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?

Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight;

He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not burst under them.

surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with Shaddai will I not conceal.

If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.

The proud animals have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by there.

He binds the streams that they do not trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I did not know, I searched out.

My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

After my words they did not speak again. My speech fell on them.

I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They did not reject the light of my face.

They abhor me, they keep their distance from me, and do not hesitate to spit in my face.

In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.

Did I not weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?

Is it not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity?

Did not he who made me in the womb make him? Did not the same one fashion us in the womb?

or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

(yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'

(the foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door?

Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, "I am young, and you are very old; Therefore I held back, and did not dare show you my opinion.

It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man;'

for he has not directed his words against me; neither will I answer him with your speeches.

"They are amazed. They answer no more. They do not have a word to say.

Shall I wait, because they do not speak, because they stand still, and answer no more?

Please do not let me respect any man's person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

For I do not know how to give flattering titles; or else my Maker would soon take me away.

Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall my pressure be heavy on you.

"Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed;

His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.

He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.

If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom."

Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will Shaddai pervert justice.

For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.

"For has any said to God, 'I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.

Teach me that which I do not see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will Shaddai regard it.

How much less when you say you do not see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him.

But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance.

For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

But if they do not listen, they shall perish by the sword; they shall die without knowledge.

"But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They do not cry for help when he binds them.

Do not let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

Do not desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Take heed, do not regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.

Behold, God is great, and we do not know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.

We can't reach Shaddai. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and do not return again.

She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,

He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.

I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."

He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.

On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.

You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

It was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has."