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.

Furthermore, he was furious with his three friends because they had not answered Job, but instead had condemned him.

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

However, a spirit exists in mankind, and the Almighty's breath gives him insight."

“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?

turning a person from his actions, keeping 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).

Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in 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 be rejuvenated as he was in his youth! Let him recover the strength of his youth.

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

to bring back his soul from the Pit; to light him with the light of life."

“For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
When he takes delight and is pleased with God and obeys Him.’

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

Who entrusted the earth to him? Who made him responsible for the entire inhabited world?

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

Can one who hates justice really govern? And if God is righteous and mighty, can you condemn him?

[him] who says to a king, [Thou are] vile, to ranking men, [Ye are] wicked,

How then to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands.

There's no such thing as darkness to him not even deep darkness that can conceal those who practice evil.

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.

"If he remains silent, who will condemn him? If he conceals his face, who can see him? He watches over both nation and individual 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'll finish their lives in prosperity and their years will be pleasant.

“But the godless in heart store up anger [at the divine discipline];
They do not cry [to Him] for help when He binds them [with cords of affliction].

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?'

All of mankind sees him; human beings observe him from afar off."

“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.

“Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him,
And He covers the depths of the sea.

His thundering declareth concerning him; the cattle even, concerning its coming.

After him a voice shall rear; he will thunder with the voice of his majesty: and he will not leave them behind when his voice shall be heard.

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:

If for the rod, if for his land, if for mercy, it shall find 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.

He is the grandest of God's undertakings, yet his creator is approaching him 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?

Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue?

“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?
Whatever 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 strip off his outer armor? Who can approach him with a 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.

"Thrusting at him with a sword won't be effective, nor will spears, darts, or javelins.