Who rejoice unto exultation, Are glad, when they can find the grave:

“If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient?
But who can refrain from speaking?

‘Can mankind be just before God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?

how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?

Name me one else, if thou can find any: yea, look about thee upon any of the holy men.

who does great things that can't be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.

He delivereth thee out of six troubles, so that in the seventh there can no harm touch thee.

“Can something tasteless be eaten without salt,
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

How pleasant are the sayings that are right! But what can a decision from you, decide?

Do you think that you can disprove my words
or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?

Is there, in my tongue, perversity? Or can, my sense, not discern, engulfing ruin?

I am wasted away, Not, to times age-abiding, can I live, Let me alone, for, a breath, are my days.

How long wilt thou not look away from me? Wilt thou not let me alone, till I can swallow my spittle?

I have sinned, What can I do for thee, thou watcher of men? Wherefore hast thou set me as thine object of attack, or have I become, unto thee, a burden?

“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the rushes grow without water?

While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!

“In truth I know that this is so;
But how can a man be in the right before God?

If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand.

He is wise in heart and strong in will who can be stubborn against him and succeed?

Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern him.

Lo! he snatcheth away, who can bring it back? Who shall say unto him, What wouldst thou do?

“How then can I answer Him,
And choose my words before Him?

Even if I'm in the right, I cannot answer him. I can only appeal for mercy.

“If it is a matter of power, behold, He is the strong one!
And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

As for the world, he giveth it over into the power of the wicked; and he shall cover the faces of the judges thereof. Is it not so? Where is he - or who is he - that can show the contrary?

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him,
that we can take each other to court.

and then shall I answer him without any fear. For as long as I am in such fearfulness, I can make no answer: And why?

Do you have eyes made of flesh? Can you look at things as humans do?

Can you live only as long as a human being? Or live the years of a mortal man?

Though it is, within thine own knowledge, that I would not be lawless, and, none, out of thy hand, can deliver?

If I am wicked, woe unto me; and if I am righteous, yet can I not lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; therefore see my affliction;

Are my days not few? Stop it!
Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little

Should your babbling put others to silence,
so that you can keep on ridiculing
with no one to humiliate you?

“Can you discover the depths of God?
Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?

“They are high as the heavens, what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol, what can you know?

“If He passes by or shuts up,
Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him?

Then, indeed, you could lift up your face [to Him] without moral defect,
And you would be firmly established and secure and not fear.

“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

[Will it be] well, if he examines you? Or can you deceive him like deceiving a human being?

Yes, this will result in my deliverance,
for no godless person can appear before Him.

Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

Then call, and I will answer,
or I will speak, and You can respond to me.

You've locked my feet in stocks; you watch all my steps; You've limited where I can walk.

“Who can make the clean out of the unclean?
No one!

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;

look away from him and let him rest
so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand.

If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come: -

“Should he rebuke and argue with useless talk?
Or with words in which there is no benefit?

What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, but we can the same?

"What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous?

Appoint it, I pray thee - be thou surety for me with thyself, Who is there that, on my side, can pledge himself?

where then is my hope?
Who can see any hope for me?

“How long will you hunt for words?
Show understanding and then we can talk.

He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths.

“If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’

He vanisheth as a dream, so that he can no more be found, and passeth away as a vision in the night.

though he savors it and delays swallowing it so he can taste it again and again in his mouth,

Bear [with] me, and I myself will speak; then after my speaking you can mock.

“Can anyone teach God knowledge,
In that He judges those on high?

Have ye not asked the passers-by in the way? And, their signs, can ye not recognise?

Who can declare - to his face - his way? And, what, he, hath done, who shall recompense to him?

So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!"

“Can a vigorous man be of use to God,
Or a wise man be useful to himself?

or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.

“You say, ‘What does God know?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?

Thick clouds cover him so he can't see as he walks back and forth at heaven's horizon.

“They said to God, ‘Depart from us!’
And ‘What can the Almighty do to them?’

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

"If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can't find him;

He works to the north, but I can't see him. He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him.

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

Thus can I not get out of darkness, the cloud hath so covered my face.

And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, 'No eye can see me,' and covers his face with a mask.

He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,
but His eyes watch over their ways.

“Now if it is not so, who can prove me a liar,
And make my speech worthless?”

Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?

“How then can a man be just with God?
Or how can he be clean who is born of woman?

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

“Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint a word we hear of Him!
But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”

As long as I can breathe; as long as God's breath is in my nostrils,

The darkness shall once come to an end: he can seek out the ground of all things; the stones, the dark, and the shadow of death.

where stones are sapphire and gold dust can be found,

“But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?

Mortal knoweth not the way thereof, neither can it be found in the land of the living;

“Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it,
Nor can silver be weighed as its price.

It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

“Gold or glass cannot equal it,
Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.

“The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
Nor can it be valued in pure gold.

Destruction and Death say, 'With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.'

"I made a covenant with my eyes; how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin?

“For calamity from God is a terror to me,
And because of His majesty I can do nothing.

“Have the men of my tent not said,
‘Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat’?

Job’s friends are dismayed and can no longer answer;
words have left them.

I must speak so that I can find relief;
I must open my lips and respond.

Answer me, if you can! Present your case! Take your stand in my presence!

His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.

Can one who hates justice really govern? And if God is righteous and mighty, can you condemn him?

Can one say to a king, "You're vile!' or to nobles, "You're wicked!'?

"They die suddenly, in the middle of the night; people suffer seizures and pass away; even valiant men can be taken away and not by human hands.