Even him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.

O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

That I might know, what answer he would give me: and that I might understand, what he would say unto me.

In that place, the upright can reason with him; and I'll be acquitted once and for all by my judge."

On the north, where he worketh, but I get no vision, He hideth himself on the south that I cannot see him.

But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.

I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."

“But He is unique and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.

“For He performs what is planned (appointed) for me,
And He is mindful of many such things.

That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.

For insomuch as he is God, he maketh my heart soft: and seeing that he is Almighty, he putteth me in fear.

Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?

There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

that drive away the ass of the fatherless; that take the widow's ox for a pledge;

that thrust the poor out of the way, and oppress the simple of the world together.

“They harvest their fodder in a field [that is not their own],
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

So that when the showers in the mountains have rained upon them, and they be all wet, they have none other succour, but to embrace the rock for want of a covering.

There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

“They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,
And they take away the sheaves [of grain] from the hungry.

There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.

The eye of the ungodly is like the adulterer, that waiteth for the darkness, and sayeth thus in himself, 'Tush, there shall no man see me,' and so he disguiseth his face.

As a group, deep darkness is their morning time; fear that lives in darkness is their friend."

"You say, 'He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.

Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.

O that all compassion upon them were forgotten: that their dainties were worms, that they were clean put out of remembrance, and utterly hewn down like an unfruitful tree.

He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:

Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?

"Power and fear is with him above, that maketh peace, sitting in his highness,

And how should man be just with God? Or how should he be clean that is born of a woman?

How much less man, that maggot,
And the son of man, that worm!”

How hast thou helped the powerless; how saved the arm that is without strength!

How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is!

"The dead tremble -- those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

He holdeth back his stool, that it can not be seen, and spreadeth his clouds before it.

The pillars that hold up the sky tremble,
astounded at His rebuke.

See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.

"As truly as God liveth, which hath taken away my power from me; and the Almighty, that hath vexed my mind;

while my breath is in me, and as long as the wind that God hath given me is in my nostrils.

“Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

Hath he such pleasure and delight in the Almighty, that he dare always call upon God?

I shew you by the hand of God, That which is with the Mighty I hide not.

Lo! ye, have, all of you, seen, Wherefore, then, is it, that ye are utterly without purpose?

This, is the portion of a lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants - from the Almighty, he shall receive.

Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.

whatever he stores up, the righteous will wear, and the innocent will inherit that silver!

He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a booth that a keeper maketh.

He will go to bed wealthy, but won't be doing that anymore! When he opens his eyes, it will be gone!

With the river of water parteth he asunder the strange people, that knoweth no good neighborhead; such as are rude, unmannerly and boisterous.

He bringeth food out of the earth, and that which is under, consumeth he with fire.

“The path [deep within] no bird of prey knows,
And the falcon’s eye has not caught sight of it.

The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.

He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.

How cometh a man then by wisdom? Where is the place that men find understanding?

“Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned;
And the acquisition of wisdom is above that of pearls.

The Topaz that cometh out of Ethiopia may in no wise be likened unto her: yea, no manner of apparel how pleasant and fair soever it be.

For he holdeth the ends of the world and looketh upon all that is under the heaven.

He set in place ordinances for the rain; and determined the pathway for thunder that accompanies lightning.

And He saith to man: -- 'Lo, fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to turn from evil is understanding.'

“Oh that I were as in months gone by,
As in the days when God watched over me;

For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.

The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

"Therefore, I thought verily that I should have died in my nest: and that my days should have been as many as the sands of the sea.

I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners.

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

So that they dwell in dreadful valleys,
In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, Even men that have no helper.

The night racks my bones; and the pain that gnaws on me will not rest.

I know that you're about to kill me, so I'm about to go to the house that's appointed for all the living."

Only, against a heap of ruins, will one not thrust a hand! Surely, when one is in calamity - for that very reason, is there an outcry for help.

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

A brother, became I to the brutes that howl, and a companion to the birds that screech:

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

I made a covenant with mine eyes, that I would not look upon a damsel.

if not calamity that is due the unjust, and misfortune that is due those who practice iniquity?

Oh, let Him weigh me with accurate scales,
And let God know my integrity.

If so be that I have withdrawn my foot out of the right way, if my heart hath followed mine eyesight, if I have stained or defiled my hands,

If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door,

because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged.

“For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon,
And would uproot all my increase.

But seeing that God will sit in judgment, what shall I do? And for so much as he will needs visit me, what answer shall I give him?

Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.

Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,

If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
Or that the needy had no covering,

If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

For I have ever feared the vengeance and punishment of God, and knew very well that I was not able to bear his burden.

if I've found joy in great wealth that I own, if I've earned a lot with my own hands,

so that in the depths of my deceived heart I worshipped them with my mouth and hands,

this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above."

"Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him?

“No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin
By cursing my enemy and asking for his life.

If not -- say ye, O men of my tent, 'O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.'

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,