I give up! I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

What is man that thou wilt magnify him? and that thou wilt set thy heart to him?

And thou wilt review him for the mornings, and thou wilt try him for the moments.

How long will you not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my guilt? For now I shall lie in the dust, and you will seek me, but {I will be no more}."

And Bildad the Shuhite will answer and say,

How long will you speak these things? and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

Will God pervert judgment? and if the Almighty will pervert justice?

If thy sons sinned to him, and he will send them away by the hand of their transgression;

But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

If you [are] pure and upright, indeed, now he will rouse himself for you, and he will restore your righteous abode.

Though your beginning was small, your end will be very great.

Will they themselves not teach you [and] {tell you} and {utter} words from their heart?

Can papyrus grow tall where [there is] not a marsh? Will reeds flourish without water?

While yet in its greenness it shall not break off, and it will dry up before grass.

So [are] the paths of all who forget God; and [the] hope of [the] godless will perish,

He will lean himself against his house, but it will not stand; he will take hold of it, but it will not endure.

It was moist before the sun, and its sprout will come forth upon his garden.

If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, I have not seen you.

Look, this [is] the joy of his way, and from dust others will spring up.

Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he help the evil doers:

Yet he will fill your mouth [with] laughter and your lips [with] a shout of joy.

They that hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing.

And Job will answer and say,

If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

He is wise in heart and strong in will who can be stubborn against him and succeed?

Moving the earth from her place, and her pillars will tremble;

Saying to the sun, and it shall not rise; and for the stars he will seal them up

Behold, he will pass by me, and I shall not see: and he will glide on and I shall not understand for him.

Behold, he takes away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What do you?

If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do bow before him.

Yea though I be righteous, yet will I not give him one word again, but meekly submit myself to my judge.

If I summon [him], and he should answer me, I do not believe that he will listen to my voice--

Who will assail me with tempest, and he multiplied my wounds without cause.

He will not permit me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

Be it a question of strength, lo, he is strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?

Even though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me; [even though] I [am] blameless, yet it would pronounce me guilty.

"This one thing will I say: He destroyeth both the righteous and ungodly.

If the scourge slays suddenly, he will laugh at the plight of the innocent.

The earth was given into the hand of the unjust one: he will cover the faces of her judges; if not now, who is it?

They glided along with the ships of desire: as the eagle will pounce upon food.

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.

Since I will be found guilty,
why should I labor in vain?

yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.

There is not between us a reprover; he will put his hand upon us two.

Let Him take His rod away from me
so His terror will no longer frighten me.

Then I will 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 unto God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contend with me.

Is it good to thee that thou wilt oppress, that thou wilt despise the labor of thy hinds, and thou didst shine upon the counsels of the unjust?

Were eyes of flesh to thee? or wilt thou see as man saw?

That thou wilt seek for mine iniquity, and wilt search out for my sins?

Upon thy knowledge that I will not do evil; and none delivering from thy hand.

“Your hands shaped me and formed me.
Will You now turn and destroy me?

Remember, I beseech you, that you have made me as the clay; and will you bring me into dust again?

Wilt thou not weigh me out as milk, and coagulate me as cheese?

Thou wilt clothe me with skin and flesh, and thou wilt hedge me with bones and sinews.

If I sin, then you mark me, and you will not acquit me from my iniquity.

If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being so full of shame, and beholding mine affliction; --

But if I do lift up my head, you will hunt me like a lion! You will perform miracles in order to fight against me.

Thou wilt renew thy testimonies before me, and thou wilt increase thy wrath upon me; changes and war with me.

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

Before I go--and I will not return-- to [the] land of darkness and deep shadow,

And Zophar the Naamathite will answer and say,

Will your idle talk reduce people to silence, and will no one rebuke you when you mock?

Wilt thou say unto God, 'The thing that I take in hand is perfect, and I am clean in thy sight'?

But who will grant that God would speak, and open His lips against you,

and disclose his wise secrets? After all, there's so much more to understanding. So be aware that God will exact from you less than your sin deserves."

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

It is as the heights of heaven; what wilt thou do? deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know?

For he knows vain men: he sees wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

For a vain man will be wise, when a man is born a wild donkey's colt.

If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands -

surely then you will lift up your face without blemish, and you will be firmly established and will not fear.

For you yourself will forget your misery; you will remember [it] as water [that] has flowed past.

"{And your life will be brighter than noon}; [its] darkness will be like the morning.

And you will have confidence because there is hope; and you will be well protected--{you will sleep in safety}.

And you will lie down, and {no one will make you afraid}; {and many will entreat your favor}.

But [the] eyes of [the] wicked will fail; and refuge will be lost to them, and their hope [is] {to breathe their last breath}."

And Job will answer and say,

"Truly indeed you [are the] people, and wisdom will die with you.

I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon +God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright man.

The tents to those oppressing will be secure, and confidence to those provoking God to anger: whom God will bring into his hand

"But ask [the] animals, and they will teach you, and the birds of the heaven, and they will tell you;

or ask the earth, and it will teach you, and the fishes of the sea will declare to you.

If he tears down, then it will not be rebuilt; if he shuts a man in, then he cannot be freed.

Behold, he will hold back upon the waters, and they will dry up: and he will send them forth and they will overturn the earth.

Leading away counselors stripped off and he will make foolish the judges

He loosed the bonds of kings, and he will gird upon their loins a girdle.

Leading away priests stripped off, and he will overthrow the mighty.

Removing the lip to the faithful, and he will take discernment of old men.

Revealing deep things from darkness, and he will bring to light the shadow of death.

Making great to the nations, and he will destroy them: he spread out to the nations, and he will guide them.

Taking away the heart of the heads of the people of the earth, and he will cause them to wander in a waste, not a way.

They will feel darkness and not light, and he will cause them to wander as one intoxicated.

Behold all mine eye saw, and mine ear heard, and it will understand for it

But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with God;

Who will give silence? Ye shall be silent, and it shall be to you for wisdom.

Will you speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?