and behold, there came a great wind from over the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they died; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept. And they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward the heavens.

From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.

Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?

If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.

He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;

The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked man; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?

And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.

For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.

God hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked.

The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.

That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!

Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

Yet is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb.

And put the precious ore with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrents,

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

He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing;

He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it.

It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.

When his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of +God was over my tent,

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Creator.

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.

All men look at it; man beholdeth it afar off.

Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?

At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?

He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.

And now, take for yourselves seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, for ye have not spoken of me rightly, like my servant Job.