Then the LORD told Satan, "Very well then, everything he owns is under your control, only you may not extend your hand against him." So Satan left the LORD's presence.

But he replied to her, "You're talking like foolish women do. Are we to accept what is good from God but not tragedy?" Throughout all of this, Job did not sin by what he said.

"Let the day when I was born be annihilated, along with the night when it was announced, "It's a boy!'

Let that day be dark; let God above not care about it; let no light shine over it.

Let darkness carry that night away; let it not take its place joyfully among the days of the year; let it not be entered into the calendar.

"Yes, let that night be barren; let it not appear with its joyful shout.

Let the stars of its evening twilight be dark; let it hope for light but let there be none; let it not see the breaking rays of the dawn.

"Because that night refused to shut the doors of my mother's womb; it failed to keep me from seeing this trouble.

"Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child, like babies who never saw the light?

To those who are longing for death even though it does not come? To those who search for it more than for hidden treasure?

I will not be at ease; I will not be quiet; I will not rest; because trouble has arrived."

Disquieting thoughts from dreams at night; when deep sleep falls on everyone.

They meet with darkness in broad daylight; at noonday they grope around as if it were night.

You'll be protected from the accusing tongue; you need not fear destruction when it heads your way.

You'll laugh at destruction and famine; and you need not fear the beasts of the earth.

"Men have harsh servitude on earth, do they not? His days are like those of a hired laborer, are they not?

"When I lie down I ask, "When will I wake up?' But the night continues and I keep tossing and turning until dawn.

While they are still green and not yet ready to be harvested, they wither before any plant.

A land is given into the hands of a wicked person; he covers the faces of its judges. If it is not God, then who is it?"

He's not a man like me, so that I can answer him, or that we can enter into litigation with one another.

There is not yet a mediator between us, who would set his hand on the two of us,

removing his rod from me, and not letting terror of him overwhelm me.

Otherwise, I would speak without being terrified of him, because I'm not like that inside myself."

Although you know that I'm not guilty, there's no one to deliver me from you!

Like you, I also have understanding. I'm not inferior to you; who doesn't know things like this?"

What you know, I know, too; I'm not inferior to you.

so also a person lies down and does not get up; they won't awaken until the heavens are no more, nor will they arise from their sleep."

Your own mouth is condemning you, not I; your own lips will testify against you."

He does not believe he will escape darkness; he is destined for the sword.

Let him not trust in a worthless speech. He leads only himself astray, for emptiness will be his reward.

even though violence is not my intention, and my prayer is pure."

Mockers surround me; I cannot stop staring at their hostility all through the night.

They have transformed night into day "The light,' they say, "is about to become dark.'

"For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network!

Ten times you've tried to humiliate me! You're not ashamed to wrong me!

then at least you must know that God has accused me of wrong, and trapped me with his net."

He'll vanish like a dream, and no one will find him; he will be chased away like a night vision."

"Total darkness has been reserved for his treasures; a fire that has no need to be kindled will devour him and consume whatever remains in his possession.

They spend the night naked, without clothing, with no covering against the cold.

"Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don't stay on its course.

The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief.

Is there any limit to his armies? On whom does his light not shine?

I'll retain my righteousness and not compromise it; my conscience won't rebuke me at any time.

Terror will overtake him like a flood, at night, a tornado will sweep him away.

The deepest ocean says, "It's not within me.' and the sea says, "You'll never find it with me.'

My roots have spread out and have found water, and dew settles at night on my branches.

They tear up my pathways; they profit from my destruction, and they need no help to do this!

The night racks my bones; and the pain that gnaws on me will not rest.

if not calamity that is due the unjust, and misfortune that is due those who practice iniquity?

He watches my life, observing every one of my actions, does he not?"

if he hadn't thanked me from the bottom of his heart, if he had not been warmed by wool from my sheep,

People in my household have said, "We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,' haven't they?

No stranger ever spent the night in the street, because I opened my doors to travelers."

Furthermore, he was furious with his three friends because they had not answered Job, but instead had condemned him.

"So that you cannot claim, "We have found wisdom!' let God do the rebuking, not man;

let him not direct a rebuke toward me. I won't be responding to him with your arguments.

"Let me speak! I need relief! Let me open my lips and respond.

in a dream or night vision, when a deep sleep falls on mankind while they sleep on their beds.

"He'll sing to mankind with these words: "I've sinned. I have twisted what is right. Yet he has not repaid me like I deserve.

"They die suddenly, in the middle of the night; people suffer seizures and pass away; even valiant men can be taken away and not by human hands.

There's no such thing as darkness to him not even deep darkness that can conceal those who practice evil.

He shatters valiant men without a need to investigate, and he raises others in their place.

Thus he acknowledges their behavior, and overcomes them; when night time comes, they are crushed.

"Should you not be paid back, since you have rejected him? You do the choosing! I won't! Tell us what you know!

He never asks, "Where is God, my Creator, who gives me songs in the night,

Don't long for night, when people vanish in their place.

"So then, the sun is too bright to gaze at, is it not? The sky is swept clean by the wind that blows, is it not?

Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he sleep at night near your feeding trough?

She mistreats her young as though they're not hers, and she has no fear that her labor may be in vain,

Each one is so close to the other that not even air comes in between them.

So take seven bulls and seven rams and bring them to my servant Job. And bring a whole burnt offering for yourselves and my servant Job will pray for you. I'll encourage him by not responding as your disgraceful folly deserves, since you didn't speak about me correctly as did my servant Job."