Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;

For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;

Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:

Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?

Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?

Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.

Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.

Who does not see by all these that the hand of the Lord has done this?

He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;

Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them.

How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?

From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.

By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?

Truly, God does all these things to man, twice and three times,

Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.

For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,

If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?

After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding.

He does wonders, more than may be searched out; great things of which we have no knowledge;

He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;