If his loins have not thanked me,
And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great
or because my own hand has acquired so much,

And my heart became secretly enticed [by them],
And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth [in respect to them],

People in my household have said, "We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,' haven't they?

“The alien has not lodged outside,
For I have opened my doors to the traveler.

Have I feared large crowds? Has my family's contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn't go outside?"

“Oh that I had one to hear me!
Behold, here is my signature;
Let the Almighty answer me!
And the indictment which my adversary has written,

If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;

that you do not say, We have found out wisdom. God has pushed him down, not man.

“For he has not arranged his words against me,
Nor will I reply to him with your arguments.

Fear has overcome them, they have no more answers to give; they have come to an end of words.

Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, like new wineskins ready to burst!

See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue in my mouth has spoken.

“The Spirit of God has made me,
And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Surely -- thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:

Nevertheless, God has found a pretext to attack me; he considers me his enemy.

He has bound my feet in shackles, and keeps watching everything I do.'"

Lo, in this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.

Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When for all His matters He answereth not?

He cannot stand his food, and he has no desire for appetizing food.

And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:

He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;

"He'll sing to mankind with these words: "I've sinned. I have twisted what is right. Yet he has not repaid me like I deserve.

He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit; my life will see the light.'

If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee.

If thou hast nothing, then hear me, and hold thy tongue, so shall I teach thee wisdom."

Now this is Job's claim: "Even though I'm innocent, God has stopped treating me righteously.

“For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
When he is pleased with God.’

“Who gave Him authority over the earth?
And who has laid on Him the whole world?

If now thou hast understanding, hear this: give ear to the voice of my words!

Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

Indeed, he has not yet appointed [a time] for man to go to God in the judgment.

For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.

As a result, the cries of the poor have reached him and he has heard the cry of the afflicted.

"Has anyone ever really told God, "I've endured, and I won't act corruptly anymore.

By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused -- That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

Job has been speaking from his own ignorance, and what he has to say lacks insight!

because he has been adding rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us, and keeps on ranting against God."

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- 'My righteousness is more than God's?'

For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

“And now, because He has not visited in His anger,
Nor has He acknowledged transgression well,

because what I have to say isn't deceptive, and the one who has perfect knowledge is with you."

“He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But with kings on the throne
He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,

Take heed -- do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than on affliction.

Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'

Remember to magnify his awesome activities, about which mortal man has sung.

All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.

And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?

See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.

His thunder roars after it; his majestic voice will thunder; and no one can trace them once his voice has been heard.

“God seals (brings to a standstill, stops) [by severe weather] the hand of every man,
That all men [whom He has made] may know His work [that is, His sovereign power and their subjection to it].

And {they} turn around by his guidance to accomplish all that he has commanded them on [the] face of {the habitable world}.

Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom?

Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds -- strong as a hard mirror!

Has it been relayed to God that I want to talk? Can a person speak when he is confused?"

“Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies;
But the wind has passed and cleared them.

“Out of the north comes golden splendor [and people can hardly look on it];
Around God is awesome splendor and majesty [far too glorious for man’s eyes].

For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.

Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

Who has determined the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line upon it?

Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

Their tokens and weapons hast thou turned like clay, and set them up again as the changing of a garment.

Yea, thou hast spoiled the ungodly of their light, and broken the arm of the proud.

Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all.

Thou hast known -- for then thou art born And the number of thy days are many!

Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?

“Who has cleft a channel for the flood,
Or a way for the thunderbolt,

Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people;

“Has the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

“From whose womb has come the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

Hast thou brought the seven stars together? Or art thou able to loose the bands of Orion?

Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?

“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being
Or given understanding to the mind?

Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven,

When the dust hardens into a mass
And the clods stick together [because of the heat]?

Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!

Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!

Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?

Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

She mistreats her young as though they're not hers, and she has no fear that her labor may be in vain,

Because God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.

Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.

Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.

And an arm like God hast thou? And with a voice like Him dost thou thunder?

Now take a look at the strength that he has in his loins, and in the muscles of his abdomen.

It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.

Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.

Behold, his hope has been made false; will not one be cast down at the sight of him?

“Who has given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.

Who has ever taken off his outer skin? who may come inside his inner coat of iron?

Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth.

Its back has rows of shields, shut up closely together as with a seal;

Behind it, {it leaves a glistening wake}; one would think [that] the deep [has] gray hair.