and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah!

I was not in safety, neither had I quietness, neither was I at rest, and trouble came.

Then should I yet have comfort; and in the pain which spareth not I would rejoice that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him?

(If a man die, shall he live again?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:

If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness:

In making a weight for the wind, and meting out the waters by measure,

They come in as through a wide breach: amid the confusion they roll themselves onward.

For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity to be judged by the judges:

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are aged; wherefore I was timid, and feared to shew you what I know.