But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child conceived.

Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?

For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.

And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.

Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.

Then should I yet have comfort; and in the pain which spareth not I would rejoice that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?

And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.

There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.

I should be as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?

Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make thee ashamed?

Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:

For thou shalt forget misery; as waters that are passed away shalt thou remember it;

And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,

And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about thee, thou shalt take rest in safety.

Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.

Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him?

Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire.

(If a man die, shall he live again?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:

Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,

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

But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage your pain.

As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?

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

For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,

Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God:

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;

And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.

When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.

There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.

And how should man be just with God? Or how should he be clean that is born of a woman?

Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.

Yea, whereto should the strength of their hands profit me, men in whom vigour hath perished?

I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?

What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the God who is above.

Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable without transgression.

Should he that hateth right indeed govern? and wilt thou condemn the All-just?

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Who hath first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.