Shall one try a word with you, you who are weary? But who can hold back with words?

Turn back, please let there be no sin; yea, return again, my righteousness is in this matter.

Behold, He takes away; who can turn Him back? Who will say to Him, What are You doing?

If He passes through and shuts up, or gathers together, then who can turn Him back?

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and You cover over my iniquity.

Though I speak, my pain is not held back, and though I forbear, in what way am I eased?

And now all of them, go back, and please come again; and I shall not find among you a wise man.

I called my servant, and he gave no answer; I must beg him with my mouth.

My breath is hated by my wife, and I must beg to the sons of my mother's womb.

Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were engraved in a book!

giving back his gain, and he will not eat. As to the wealth of his trading, even he shall not enjoy it.

You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have held back bread from the hungry.

nor have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I treasured the words of His mouth more than my portion.

He holds back the floods from overflowing; and the hidden thing, He brings to light.

The rulers held back from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

He keeps back his soul from the Pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

to bring back his soul from the Pit, to be lighted with the light of the living.

He mocks at fear, and is not terrified; and he does not turn back from the sword.