If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;

If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in him the gate of my court,

“For tragedy from God is a terror to me,
And because of His majesty and exaltation I can do nothing [nor endure facing Him].

If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,

I never suffered my mouth to do such a sin, as to wish him evil.

I have not suffered a stranger to lie without, but opened my doors unto him.

O that I had one which would hear me. Lo, this is my cause: Let the almighty give me answer, and let him that is my contrary party, sue me with libel.

The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.

He was also angry at Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute him and yet had condemned him.

And Elihu waited for Job in words, for they were old for days above him.

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty gives him understanding.

“I even paid close attention to [what] you [said],
Indeed, not one of you convinced Job [nor could you refute him],
Not one of you supplied [satisfactory] answers to his words.

Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man.

And he hath not set in array words for me, And with your sayings I do not answer him.

"Job's friends won't reason with him anymore; discouraged, words escape them.

I have a good hope for my part to shape him an answer, and to show him my meaning.

“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too was formed out of the clay.

Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,

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

that it is he, which withdraweth man from evil, delivereth him from pride,

He holds back his soul from the pit [of destruction],
And his life from passing over into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

"He chasteneth him with sickness, and bringeth him to his bed: he layeth sore punishment upon his bones,

So that his life makes him loathe food,
And his soul [loathe] even his favorite dishes.

If there is by him a messenger, An interpreter -- one of a thousand, To declare for man his uprightness:

Then He doth favour him and saith, 'Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'

Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,
Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;

He maketh supplication unto God, And He accepteth him. And he seeth His face with shouting, And He returneth to man His righteousness.

in order to turn him back from the Pit,
so he may shine with the light of life.

For thou should not say, There shall be no visitation to a man, [whereas] visitation [is] to him from LORD.

For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.

Who gave him charge [over the] earth? Or who laid on [him] [the] whole world?

If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

Shall even he that hates right govern? and will you condemn him that is most just?

Him that saith to a king, Thou art vile, Or to nobles, Ye are wicked;

How much less to him that regards not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

There is no darkness, nor thick shadow, that can hide the wicked doers from him.

For he doth not long consider a man, to bring him before God in judgment.

Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And none of His ways have considered wisely,

To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.

but he remains quiet, and who can condemn? And he hides [his] face, and who can behold him? Yet [he is] over a nation and over a person alike,

"Should you not be paid back, since you have rejected him? You do the choosing! I won't! Tell us what you know!

For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him.

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?

For such one never sayeth, 'Where is God that made me? And that shineth upon us, that we might praise him in the night?

But if a man call upon God, doth not he hear him? Doth not the Almighty accept his cry?

Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment is before Him, and stay for Him.

I will lift up my knowledge from far off, and to him making me, I will give justice.

If they listen and serve [him], they complete their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.

As for such as be fained hypocrites, they heap up wrath for themselves: for they call not upon him, though they be his prisoners.

Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who is like Him -- a teacher?

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

yea, wonder at him, and yet they see him but afar off.

"Look, God [is] exalted, and we do not know [him]; the number of his years is unsearchable.

Look, he scatters his lightning around him, and he covers the roots of the sea.

His thundering tells about him; [the] livestock also [tell] {concerning what rises}.

A roaring voice followeth him: for his glorious majesty giveth such a thunder clap, that, though a man hear it, yet may he not perceive it afterward. It giveth a horrible sound,

He distributeth also on every side, according as it pleaseth him to deal out his works, that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them through the whole world:

whether it be to punish any land, or to do good unto them, that seek him.

Dost thou know about the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him that is perfect in knowledge?

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

Let us know what we say to Him, We set not in array because of darkness.

Is it declared to Him that I speak? If a man hath spoken, surely he is swallowed up.

Yet out of the north He comes, shrouded in a golden glow;
awesome majesty surrounds Him.

The Mighty! we have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He doth not answer! And abundant in righteousness,

Therefore do men fear Him, He seeth not any of the wise of heart.

“Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]?
And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild],

He will laugh at the multitude of the city; he will not hear the noise of him driving.

Canst thou bind the yoke about him in thy furrows, to make him plow after thee in the valleys?

Dost thou trust in him because great is his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?

Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And to thy threshing-floor doth gather it?

When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.

"Hast thou given the horse his strength? Or learned him to bow down his neck with fear:

Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting is terrible.

Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.

Is it, by thine understanding, that the Bird of Passage betaketh him to his pinions? spreadeth out his wings to the south?

Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

The LORD answered Job from the wind storm and told him:

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

Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

"It [is] the first of God's actions; the [one who] made him furnishes [it with] his sword.

For food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

Cover him do shades, with their shadow, Cover him do willows of the brook.

What you see as a raging river doesn't alarm him; he is confident when the Jordan overflows.

Before his eyes doth one take him, With snares doth one pierce the nose?

Canst thou put a ring in the nose of him, or bore his jaw through with an awl?

“Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]?
Or will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]?

Doth he make a covenant with thee? Dost thou take him for a servant age-during?

Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?

(Feast upon him do companions, They divide him among the merchants!)

Place on him thy hand, Remember the battle -- do not add!

Lo, the hope of him is found a liar, Also at his appearance is not one cast down?

None so fierce that he doth awake him, And who is he before Me stationeth himself?

Who has given to me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

I will not be silent for him, and the word of powers and the beauty of his preparation.

Who can remove the face of his garment? or who can approach him with a double bridle?

In his neck lodge doth strength, And before him doth grief exult.

The flakes of his flesh have adhered -- Firm upon him -- it is not moved.

The sword of him that reaches him cannot avail: neither the spear, the dart, nor the javelin.