When the days of their feasting were over, Job would send [for them] and consecrate them, rising early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did this at all [such] times.

“And your life would be brighter than the noonday;
Darkness [then] would be like the morning.

So man lies down and does not rise [again].
Until the heavens are no longer,
The dead will not awake nor be raised from their sleep.

“The heavens will reveal his wickedness and guilt,
And the earth will rise up against him.

‘Surely our adversaries are cut off and destroyed,
And fire has consumed their abundance.’

“Yet God draws away the mighty by His power;
He rises, but no one has assurance of life.

The young men saw me and hid themselves,
The aged arose and stood [respectfully];

“Your wickedness affects only a man such as you,
And your righteousness affects only a son of man [but it cannot affect God, who is sovereign].