But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.

“They die in youth,
And their life ends among the cult prostitutes.

He'll deliver the afflicted through their afflictions and open their ears when they are oppressed."

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

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Who ordained his path for him, and who has asked him, "You are wrong, aren't you?'

All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.

Behold, so great is God, that he passeth our knowledge; neither are we able to come to the experience of his years.

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

His hands are covered with lightning that he commands to strike his designated target.

“His thundering voice declares [awesomely] His presence;
The cattle also are told of His coming storm.

“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].

By God's breath, ice is given, and [the] broad waters [are] frozen.

And they are turned every way by his guidance, that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the circuit of the earth,

“Do you know about the layers of thick clouds [and how they are balanced and poised in the heavens],
The wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge,

How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

Hast thou helped him to spread out the heavens, which are strong and bright as a looking glass?

“Tell us [Job] what words [of man] shall we say to such a Being;
We cannot state our case because of darkness [that is, our ignorance in the presence of the unsearchable God].

There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features are dyed like a garment.

so you can lead it back to its border?
Are you familiar with the paths to its home?

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

to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose?

Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you?

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

When the dust is cast into a clod, and the lumps are bound together?

when they are crouched in the dens, [when] they lie in the thicket in an ambush?

Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?

“Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth [to their young]?
Do you observe the calving of the deer?

“Can you count the months that they carry offspring,
Or do you know the time when they give birth?

They are bent down, they give birth to their young, they let loose the fruit of their body.

Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

He ranges the mountains that are his pasture to search for anything green.

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?

Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?

“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity [since you question the Almighty],
And array yourself with honor and majesty.

Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him,
And [if you are so able] tread down the wicked where they stand.

He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.

His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.

He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him.

Are your eyes looking to capture him, or to pierce his snout with a bridle?"

"Or, who hath given me anything afore hand, that I am bound to reward him again? All things under heaven are mine.

Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.

His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.

They are close {to one another}-- even [the] air cannot come between them.

They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.

"His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified.

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

“He looks on everything that is high [without terror];
He is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, who are you who does not dare to disturb the beast, yet who dares resist Me, the beast’s creator? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]”

I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs.

For who can keep his own counsel so secret, but it shall be known? Therefore have I spoken unwisely, seeing these things are so high, and pass mine understanding.