“I waste away; I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are but 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.

“Will You never turn Your gaze away from me,
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me, but I will not be.”

And Bildad the Shuhite will answer and say,

“How long will you say these things,
And the words of your mouth be a mighty 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;

Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD, - and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;

If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;

“Though your beginning was insignificant,
Yet your end will increase greatly.

“Will they not teach you and tell you,
And bring forth words from their minds?

Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall 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 leaneth upon his house, and it will not stand, he holdeth it fast, and it will not remain erect.

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

“If he is removed from his place,
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’

“Behold, this is the joy of His way;
And out of the dust others will spring.

“Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity,
Nor will He support the evildoers.

“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
And your lips with shouting.

“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tent of the wicked will be no longer.”

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 taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

“God will not turn back His anger;
Beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab.

Whom, if I was just, I shall not answer; I will make supplication 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 allow me to get my breath,
But saturates me with bitterness.

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

“Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me;
Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.

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

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial 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.

“Though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,’

I am afraid of all my pains,
I know that You will not acquit me.

You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.

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.

“I loathe my own life;
I will give full vent to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Let me know 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 thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt 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 would take note and observe me,
And You would not acquit me of my guilt.

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; --

And shall it be lifted up? Thou wilt hunt me as the lion, and thou wilt turn back, thou wilt show thyself wonderful upon 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 to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,

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?

And thou wilt say, My instruction is pure, and I was clean in thine eyes.

And who Will give God speaking, and he will open his lips with thee?

And he shall announce to thee hidden things of wisdom, for they are the double for understanding. And know thou that God will set to thee from thine iniquity.

"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 deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it?

And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

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

Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:

For your sorrow will go from your memory, like waters flowing away:

And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

Sleeping with no fear of danger; and men will be desiring to have grace in your eyes;

“But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
And there will be no escape for them;
And their hope is to breathe their last.”

And Job will answer and say,

“Truly then you are the people,
And with you wisdom will die!

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, in very deed, ask, I pray thee, the beasts, and they will teach thee, and the bird of the heavens, and it will tell thee;

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

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 what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?