And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.

For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.

But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:

Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?

If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.

Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.

If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

And that if there was cause for pride, you would go after me like a lion; and again put out your wonders against me:

It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!

Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters?

See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.

Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

Even now my witness is in heaven, and the supporter of my cause is on high.

So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.

You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour.

Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;

For this cause my thoughts are troubling me and driving me on.

He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.

He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.

You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.

I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments

There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.

I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;

If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.

Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.

How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.

Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.

For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.

Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth.

For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.