“Then I would still have consolation,
And I would jump for joy amid unsparing pain,
That I have not denied or hidden the words of the Holy One.

“He trusts in his house, but it does not stand;
He holds tightly to it, but it does not endure.

“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble?
Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?

“That with an iron stylus and [molten] lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!

“Can you lead forth a constellation in its season,
And guide [the stars of] the Bear with her sons?

“Have you [Job] made him leap like a locust?
The majesty of his snorting [nostrils] is terrible.

“Out of his mouth go burning torches,
And sparks of fire leap out.