Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.

Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?

Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.

If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;

Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;

They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.

And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.

For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:

Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

He that betrayeth friends for a prey even the eyes of his children shall fail.

But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.

His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth.

For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.

Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea, become mighty in power?

What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?

Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

Would he plead against me with his great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

Lo, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness yieldeth them food for their children.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:

These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;

He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

Lo, even the moon is not bright; and the stars are not pure in his sight:

He stirreth up the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?

It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.

They bray among the bushes; under the brambles they are gathered together:

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person; neither will I give flattery to man.

Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear mine utterances, and hearken to all my words.

I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;

He shall pray unto +God, and he will receive him with favour; and he shall see his face with shoutings, and he will render unto man his righteousness.

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.

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

For hath he said unto God, I bear chastisement, I will not offend;

Lo, God is exalted in his power: who teacheth as he?

Which the skies pour down and drop upon man abundantly.

The Almighty, we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of justice, he doth not afflict.

Dost thou bring forth the constellations each in its season? or dost thou guide the Bear with her sons?

Dost thou hunt the prey for the lioness, and dost thou satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;

I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.

And now, take for yourselves seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, for ye have not spoken of me rightly, like my servant Job.