And it will be that the days of drinking went round, and Job will send and consecrate them, and he rose early in the morning and brought up burnt-offerings for the number of them all: for Job said, Perhaps my sons sinned, and blessed God in their hearts. Thus did Job all the days.

And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Didst thou set thy heart to my servant Job? for none like him in the earth; a man blameless and upright, fearing God and departing from evil.

And he will say, Naked I came forth from my mother's womb, and naked shall I turn back there: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah took; the name of Jehovah shall be blessed.

And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Didst thou set thy heart to my servant Job, that none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, fearing God and departing from evil? And yet he holding fast upon his integrity, and thou wilt stimulate me to destroy him without cause.

Because it shut not up the doors of my belly; and shall it hide the labor of mine eyes?

Why did the knees anticipate me? and wherefore the breasts that I shall suck?

For now I lay down and I shall rest; I slept: then there will be rest to me.

For my sighing will come before any bread, and my groanings shall be poured put as waters.

For I feared a fear, and it will come upon me, and what I was afraid of will come to me.

And a word shall be brought to me by stealth, and mine ear will take a transient sound from it

Fear met me, and trembling, and caused the multitude of my bones to tremble.

And the spirit will glide before my face; the hair of my flesh will stand erect:

But I will seek to God, and to God set my cause:

I would weighing, my anger shall be weighed, and my falls shall be lifted up in the balances together.

For now it will be heavy above the sand of the seas: for this my words were rash.

For the arrows of the Almighty are with me, which their anger drank up my spirit: the terrors of God will be prepared for me.

My soul refused to touch these as the loathsomeness of my bread.

Who will give my asking shall come? and will God give my expectation?

And God will, and he will crush me; will he let his hand remain, and will he cut me off?

And it will yet be my consolation, and I shall exult in pain: he will not spare; for I hid not the words of of the Holy One.

For what my strength that I shall wait and what my end, that I shall prolong my soul?

If my strength the strength of stones? if my flesh of brass?

And if not my help in me? and deliverance fled from me?

My brethren dealt faithlessly as a torrent; as a channel of torrents they shall pass away;

For did I say, Give to me? and from your strength make ye a present for me?

And deliver me from the hand of the enemy? and from the hand of the strong ye shall redeem me?

each ye me, and I will be silent: and what I erred in, cause me to understand.

And now be content, look upon me; and before your face if I shall lie;

Turn ye back now, it shall not be iniquity; and turn back yet, my justice is in it

Is there iniquity in my tongue? if my palate shall not understand calamities.

So was I caused to possess to me months of vanity, and nights of toil were allotted to me.

And my flesh was clothed with worms, and a clod of dust; my akin was contracted and melted away.

My days were swift above a weaver's shuttle, and will finish with no more of hope.

Remember that my life is wind: mine eyes shall not turn back to see good

The eye of him seeing me shall not look after me: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not

Also I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the straitness of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Am I the sea, or a dragon, that thou wilt set a watch over me?

For I said, My bed shall comfort me; my couch shall lift up in my complaint;

And thou didst terrify me with dreams, and thou wilt make me afraid with visions:

And my soul will choose strangling; death rather than my bones.

I melted away; I shall not live forever: desist from me, for my days are vanity.

How long wilt thou not look away from me? wilt thou not desist from me even to my swallowing down my spittle?

I sinned; what shall I do to thee, guarding men? wherefore didst thou set me for an assault to thee, and I shall be upon myself for a burden?

And why wilt thou not lift up my transgression and pass over mine iniquity? for now I shall lie down to the dust; and thou soughtest me and I was not

Behold, he will pass by me, and I shall not see: and he will glide on and I shall not understand for him.

How much less shall I answer him, shall I choose my words with him?

Whom, if I was just, I shall not answer; I will make supplication to my judge.

If I called and he will answer me, I shall not believe that he will give ear to my voice.

Who will assail me with tempest, and he multiplied my wounds without cause.

He will not give me to draw in my spirit, for he will fill me with bitterness.

If for strength, behold him strong: if for judgment, who shall arraign me

If I shall be just, my mouth shall condemn me: I am blameless, and he will declare me perverse.

I am blameless, I shall not know my soul: I shall despise my life.

My days were swift above a runner: they fled, they saw not good.

If my saying, I will forget my complaint, I will let go my face, and I will be cheerful:

I was afraid of all my pains, I knew that thou wilt not acquit me.

If I washed myself in snow-water, and cleansed my hands clean;

Then thou wilt immerse me in the ditch, and my garments abhorred me.

He will take away his rod from me, and his truth shall not make me afraid.

My soul was weary in my life; I shall leave upon me my complaint; I shall speak in the bitterness of my soul

Saying to God, Thou wilt not condemn me; make known to me for what thou wilt contend with me.

That thou wilt seek for mine iniquity, and wilt search out for my sins?

Thy hands formed me, and they will work me together round about; and thou wilt swallow me down.

Remember now, thou didst make me as day; and thou wilt turn me back to dust.

Wilt thou not weigh me out as milk, and coagulate me as cheese?

Thou wilt clothe me with skin and flesh, and thou wilt hedge me with bones and sinews.

Thou didst with me life and mercy, and thy reviewing watched my spirit

If I sinned; and thou didst watch me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

If I did evil, wo to me; and was I just, I shall not lift up my head, being filled with dishonor: and see thou mine affliction;

And shall it be lifted up? Thou wilt hunt me as the lion, and thou wilt turn back, thou wilt show thyself wonderful upon me.

Thou wilt renew thy testimonies before me, and thou wilt increase thy wrath upon me; changes and war with me.

And wherefore didst thou bring Me forth from the belly? I shall expire, and eye shall not see me.

Is it not my days few? He will cease; he will turn from me, and I shall be cheerful a little,

And thou wilt say, My instruction is pure, and I was clean in thine eyes.

Also to me a heart like you; I fall not more than you: and with whom not like these?

Hear now my proof, and attend. to the pleadings of my lips.

Be silent from me and I will speak what shall pass upon me.

For what shall I lift up my flesh in my teeth, and shall I put my soul in my hand?

If he shall slay me shall I not hope? only I will prove my ways to his face.

Also he is to me for salvation for a profane one shall not come before him.

Hearing, hear ye my words, and my declaration in your ears.

Who is he will contend with me? for now shall I be silent and expire;

Only two things thou wilt not do with me: then I shall not hide from thy face.

Remove thy hand far from me, and thy terror shall not make me afraid.

And call and I will answer, and I shall speak, and turn thou to me.

How many iniquities and sins to me? make known to me my transgression and my sin.

Why wilt thou hide thy face, and reckon me for an enemy to thee?

For thou wilt write bitter things against me; and thou wilt give me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.

And thou wilt set my feet in the stocks, and thou wilt watch all my paths; thou wilt dig round the roots of my feet

Also upon this one didst thou open thine eyes? and wilt thou bring Me into judgment with thee?

Who will give thou wilt hide me in hades? wilt thou cover me till the turning away of thine anger? wilt thou set for me a limit, and wilt thou remember me?

If a man die, shall he live? All the days of my warfare I will wait till the coming of my change.

For now thou wilt count my steps: wilt thou not watch over my sin?

My transgression is sealed up in a purse, and thou wilt patch upon mine iniguity.

I will show thee, hear to me; and that I saw I will recount;

Also I will speak as you: if it is your soul instead of my soul, I will join together with words against you, and shake my head against you upon it

I will strengthen you with my month, the moving of my lips shall hold back

If I shall speak, my pain will not be held back, and shall I cease, what will go from me?

But now he made me weary: thou hast made desolate all mine assembly.

Thou wilt lay fast hold on me to be for a testimony, and my leanness will rise up in me; it will answer against my face.