When the days of their feasting were over, Job would send [for them] and consecrate them, rising early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did this at all [such] times.

“For He inflicts pain, but He binds up and gives relief;
He wounds, but His hands also heal.

“For He recognizes and knows false and worthless men,
And He sees wickedness, will He not consider it?

“A snare catches him by the heel,
And a trap snaps shut on him.

“Among the bushes they cry out [like wild animals];
Beneath the prickly scrub they gather and huddle together.

“I am a brother to [howling] jackals,
And a companion to ostriches [which scream dismally].

“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,