So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

"Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune.

"Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?

"I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,

as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope.

And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.

"And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.

The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features are dyed like a garment.

For she leaves her eggs on the ground, and lets them be warmed on the soil.

Its back has rows of shields, shut up closely together as with a seal;