“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.

The captives are completely at ease;
they do not hear the voice of their oppressor.

We have investigated this, and it is true!
Hear it and understand it for yourself.

They are higher than the heavens—what can you do?
They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

Hear now my argument,
and listen to my defense.

You will pray to Him, and He will hear you,
and you will fulfill your vows.

These are but the fringes of His ways;
how faint is the word we hear of Him!
Who can understand His mighty thunder?

Will God hear his cry
when distress comes on him?

let my own wife grind grain for another man,
and let other men sleep with her.

If only I had someone to hear my case!
Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me.
Let my Opponent compose His indictment.

Hear my words, you wise men,
and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.

If you have understanding, hear this;
listen to what I have to say.

Reasonable men will say to me,
along with the wise men who hear me,

when I declared: “You may come this far, but no farther;
your proud waves stop here”?

Can you bring out the constellations in their season
and lead the Bear and her cubs?

Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go?
Do they report to you: “Here we are”?

The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?

She abandons her eggs on the ground
and lets them be warmed in the sand.

She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.

For God has deprived her of wisdom;
He has not endowed her with understanding.

When she proudly spreads her wings,
she laughs at the horse and its rider.

He leaves a shining wake behind him;
one would think the deep had gray hair!