Hast not, thou thyself, made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? The work of his hands, thou hast blessed, and, his substance, hath broken forth in the land.

But, in very deed, put forth, I pray thee, thy hand, and smite all that he hath, - verily, unto thy face, will he curse thee.

And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Lo! all that he hath, is in thy hand, only, against himself, do not put forth thy hand. So the accuser went forth from the presence of Yahweh.

and said - Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked must I return thither, Yahweh, gave, and, Yahweh, hath taken away, - The name of Yahweh be blessed!

Then the accuser answered Yahweh, and said, Skin for skin, and so, all that a man hath, will he give for his life.

To a man, whose way is concealed, And GOD hath straitly enclosed him?

For, a dread, I dreaded, and it hath come upon me, and, that from which I shrank, hath overtaken me.

Remember, I pray thee, who, being innocent, hath perished, or when, the upright, have been cut off.

I, have seen the foolish taking root, and then hath his home decayed, in a moment:

Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth.

For, with the stones of the field, shall be thy covenant, and, the wild beast of the field, hath been made thy friend;

Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

My soul hath refused to touch, Those things, are like disease in my food.

My flesh is clothed with worms and a coating of dust, My skin, hath hardened, and then run afresh:

They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!

Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!

The earth, hath been given into the hand of a lawless one, The faces of her judges, he covereth, If not, then who is it?

Yet, these things, thou didst hide in thy heart, I know that, this, hath been with thee!

I also, have a mind like you, I, fall not short, of you, But who hath not such things as these?

A laughing-stock to one's neighbour, do I become, one who hath called upon GOD and he hath answered him! A laughing-stock - a righteous man without blame!

Who knoweth not, among all these, that, the hand of Yahweh, hath done this?

The fetters of kings, He looseth, or hath bound a slave's waistcloth about their loins:

Pouring contempt upon nobles, and, the girdle of the mighty, hath He loosed:

Who taketh away the sense of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and hath caused them to wander in a pathless waste:

They grope about in the dark, having no light, and He hath made them to reel, like a drunken man.

Lo! all this , hath mine own eye seen, - Mine ear hath heard and understood it:

And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.

So, a man, hath lain down, and shall not arise, until there are no heavens, they shall not awake, nor be roused up out of their sleep.

He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;

For, the family of the impious, is unfruitful, and, a fire, hath devoured the tents of bribery;

But, now, hath he wearied me, thou hast destroyed all my family;

And, having captured me, it hath served, as a witness; and so my wasting away hath risen up against me, in my face, it answereth.

His anger, hath torn and persecuted me, He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth, Mine adversary, hath sharpened his eyes for me.

And, he that voucheth for me is on high. My friends are, they who scorn me, Unto GOD, hath mine eye shed tears: -

But he hath set me, as the byword of peoples, And, one to be spit on in the face, do I become.

Therefore hath mine eye become dim from vexation, and, my members, are like a shadow, all of them.

The light, hath darkened in his tent, Yea, his lamp above him, goeth out;

Over his day, have they been astounded who come behind, and, them who are in advance, a shudder hath seized.

Know, then, that, God, hath overthrown me, and, within his net, enclosed me.

My way, hath he walled up, that I cannot pass, and, upon my paths, hath he made darkness rest;

My glory - from off me, hath he stripped, and hath removed the crown of my head;

He hath ruined me on every side, and I am gone, and he hath taken away - like a tree - my hope;

Yea he hath kindled against me his anger, and accounted me towards him like unto his adversaries;

My Brethren - from beside me, hath he moved far away, and, mine acquaintance, are wholly estranged from me;

Pity me! pity me! ye, my friends, for, the hand of GOD, hath stricken me!

The eye that hath scanned him, shall not do it again, neither, any more, shall his place behold him:

Wealth, hath he swallowed, and hath vomited the same, Out of his belly, shall, GOD, drive it forth:

For he hath oppressed - hath forsaken the poor, A house, hath he seized, which he cannot rebuild.

Surely he hath known no peace in his inmost mind, - With his dearest thing, shall he not get away:

He hath drawn it out, and it hath come forth out of his back, - yea the flashing arrow-head, out of his gall, There shall march on him - terrors:

Whereas, this other man, dieth, in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted good fortune:

Who can declare - to his face - his way? And, what, he, hath done, who shall recompense to him?

But, he, is one, and who can turn him? What his soul desired, he hath done.

Surely he will accomplish what is decreed for me, and, many such things, hath he in store.

Yea, GOD, hath made timid my heart, and, the Almighty, hath put me in terror.

Yea he draggeth along the mighty by his strength, He riseth up, and none hath assurance of life;

Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?

A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;

By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:

By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.

Lo! these, are the fringes of his way, and what a whisper of a word hath been heard of him! But, the thunder of his might, who could understand?

As GOD liveth who hath taken away my right, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul;

He hath built, like a moth, his house, - like a hut, which a watcher hath made.

The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.

There shall reach him - like waters - terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away;

An end, hath one set to the darkness, and, into every extremity, is, he, making search, for the stone of darkness and death-shade;

He hath sunken a shaft, away from the inhabitants; Places forsaken by the foot, they hang down, away from men, sway to and fro;

The place of sapphires, are the stones thereof, and it hath, nuggets of gold: -

A path, the vulture hath not discerned, nor hath the eye of the hawk scanned it;

Ravenous beasts have not made a track thereof, neither hath the lion marched thereon:

Upon the flint, hath he thrust forth his hand, He hath turned up mountains by the roots;

Among the rocks, hath he cut open streams, and, every precious thing, hath his eye seen:

The resounding deep, hath said, It is not in me! And, the sea, hath said, It is not with me!

Seeing it hath been hid from the eyes of every living thing, and, from the bird of the heavens, hath it been concealed?

There are turned upon me terrors, - Chased away as with a wind, is mine abundance, and, as a cloud, hath passed away my prosperity.

He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

If my goings have swerved from the way, - and, after mine eyes, hath gone my heart, and, to my hands, hath adhered any stain,

If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, or, by the door of my neighbour, I have lien in wait,

Lo! I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue, with my palate, hath spoken,

The spirit of GOD, hath made me, and, the inspiration of the Almighty, giveth me life.

If there hath been near him a messenger who could interpret - one of a thousand, to declare to the son of earth His uprightness,

Then hath he shewed him favour, and said, Set him free from going down to the pit, I have found a price of redemption!

His flesh hath been made fresher than a child's, he hath returned to the days of his youth;

He made supplication unto GOD, who hath accepted him, and he hath beheld his face with a shout of triumph, Thus hath he given back to man his righteousness.

He hath ransomed my soul from passing away into the pit, - and, my life, in the light, shall have vision.

For Job hath said - I am righteous, But, GOD, hath turned away my right;

For he hath said, It profiteth not a man, when, his good pleasure, is with God.

For he hath shewn no respect of persons unto princes, neither hath he recognised the rich rather than the poor? For, the work of his hands, are they all.

In the place of lawless men, hath he chastised them, in presence of beholders.

For, unto GOD, hath one ever said - I have borne punishment, I will not be perverse;

But, now, because it is not so, thou sayest - His anger hath punished, and yet hath he not at all known of transgression;

He will not withdraw - from a righteous one - his eyes, - but, with kings on the throne, He hath seated men triumphantly, and they have been exalted.

Then hath he declared to them their deed, and their transgressions - that they were wont to behave themselves proudly;

Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said - that they should turn from iniquity.

Every son of earth, hath viewed it, Mortal man, looketh at it from afar.

Lo! he hath spread out over it, his lightning, The bed of the sea, hath he covered.

So then the wild-beast hath gone into covert, and, in its lairs, doth it remain.

Yet, now, men see not the light, bright though it is in the skies, when, a wind, hath passed over, and cleansed them.

Who hath cloven - for the torrent - a channel? Or a way for the lightning of thunders;

Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?