And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.

Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.

Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause , And hath compassed me with his net.

I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.

How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!

Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.

To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

To satisfy the waste and desolate ground , And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?