Have you not put a fence around him and his household and around {all that belongs to him} {on every side}? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock has increased in the land.

So Yahweh said to Satan, "Look, {all that belongs to him} is in your {power}. Only do not stretch out your hand {against} him." So Satan went out from Yahweh's {presence}.

In all this, Job did not sin and did not {charge God with wrongdoing}.

So he said to her, "You speak like one of the foolish women speaks. Indeed, should we receive the good from God, but not receive the evil?" In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.

Thus they lifted up their eyes from afar, but they did not recognize him, so they raised their voice, and they wept, and each man tore his outer garment and threw dust on their heads {toward the sky}.

"Let [the] day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, 'A man-child is conceived.'

Let that day become darkness; may God not seek it from above, nor may daylight shine on it.

Let darkness seize that night; let it not rejoice among [the] days of [the] year; let it not enter among [the] number of [the] months.

Look, let that night become barren; let a joyful song not enter it.

Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light but there be none, and let it not see [the] eyelids of dawn

because it did not shut the doors of my [mother's] womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

"Why did I not die at birth? [Why] did I [not] come forth from [the] womb and expire?

Or [why] was I not hidden like a miscarriage, like infants [who] did not see [the] light?

[the] prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear [the] oppressor's voice.

who wait for death, but {it does not come}, and search [for] it more than [for] treasures,

I am not at ease, and I am not at peace, and I do not have rest, thus turmoil has come."

[Is] not your fear [in God] your confidence? [Is not] your hope even the integrity of your ways?

Amid troubling thoughts from night visions, at [the] falling of deep sleep on men,

It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form [was] {before} my eyes; [there was] a hush, and I heard a voice:

Look, he does not trust in his servants and he charges his angels with error.

[Is] not their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, but not in wisdom.'

Indeed, mischief does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.

[He] is frustrating [the] devices of [the] crafty, and their hands do not achieve success.

In the daytime they meet [with] darkness, and they grope at noon as [in] the night.

"Look, happy [is the] human being whom God reproves; and you must not despise the discipline of Shaddai,

{From} six troubles he will deliver you, and in seven evil shall not touch you.

From [the] scourge of [the] tongue you shall be hidden, and you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and you shall not fear the wild animals of the earth.

And you shall know that your tent [is] safe, and you will inspect your fold, and you shall not be missing [anything].

But it will still be my consolation, and I would recoil in {unrelenting} pain, for I have not denied [the] words of [the] Holy One.

{Indeed}, my help is not in me, and [any] success is driven from me.

"{Therefore} be prepared, turn to me, and I surely will not lie to your face.

Is there injustice on my tongue? Or can my palate not discern calamity?

"Does not {a human being have hard service} on earth? And [are not] his days like the days of a laborer?

When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I rise?' But [the] night is long, and I have my fill of tossing until dawn.

Remember that my life [is] a breath; my eye will not return to see good.

The eye of [the one] seeing me will not see me; your eyes [are] upon me, but {I will be gone}.

A cloud vanishes, and it goes away, so [he who] goes down to Sheol will not come up.

He does not return again to his house, and his place does not recognize him again.

"Even I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in my spirit's anguish; I will complain in my inner self's bitterness.

I loathe [my life]; I would not live forever; depart from me, for my days [are] a breath.

{How long} will you not turn away from me? [Or] not leave me alone until I swallow my spit?

And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my guilt? For now I shall lie in the dust, and you will seek me, but {I will be no more}."

for we [are of] yesterday, and we do not know, for our days on earth [are] a shadow.

Will they themselves not teach you [and] {tell you} and {utter} words from their heart?

Can papyrus grow tall where [there is] not a marsh? Will reeds flourish without water?

While it [is] in its flower [and] is not plucked, yet it withers {before} all grass.

He will lean himself against his house, but it will not stand; he will take hold of it, but it will not endure.

"Look, God will not reject [the] blameless, and he will not uphold the hand of evildoers.

"[He is the one] who moves mountains, and they do not know [how], who overturns them in his anger.

[He is the one] who commands the sun, and it does not rise, {and he seals up the stars}.

"{If} he passes by me, {I would not see him}; and [if] he should move on, {I would not recognize him}.

God will not turn back his anger; beneath him the helpers of Rahab bow.

If I summon [him], and he should answer me, I do not believe that he will listen to my voice--

He will not allow me to {catch} my breath; rather, he will fill me with bitterness.

"I [am] blameless; I do not care about myself; I loathe my life.

The earth is given into [the] hand of [the] wicked; he covers the face of its judge-- if [it is] not [he], then who [is] it?

"And my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they do not see good.

I become afraid of all my sufferings; I know that you do not consider me innocent.

"For [he is] not a mortal like me [that] I can answer him, [that] {we can come to trial together}.

May he remove his rod from me, and let his dread not terrify me;

[then] I would speak and not fear him, for {in myself I am not fearful}.

I will say to God, 'You should not condemn me; let me know why you contend [against] me.

because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?

Did you not pour me out like milk and {curdle me} like cheese?

You clothed me [with] skin and flesh, and you knit me together with bones and sinews.

If I had sinned, then you would be watching me, and you would not acquit me of my guilt.

If I am guilty, woe to me! But if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head; [I am] filled [with] shame, and [just] look [at] my misery!

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been brought from [the] womb to the grave.

[Are] not my days few? Let him leave [me] alone; let him turn from me, and let me rejoice a little.

Before I go--and I will not return-- to [the] land of darkness and deep shadow,

For he knows {those who are worthless}; {when he sees} iniquity, {he will not consider it}.

if iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far away, and you must not let wickedness reside in your tents--

surely then you will lift up your face without blemish, and you will be firmly established and will not fear.

{I also have insight} like you; I am not more inferior than you. And {who does not know things like these}?

Who among all of these does not know that Yahweh's hand has done this?

Does not [the] ear test words and [the] palate taste food for itself?

If he tears down, then it will not be rebuilt; if he shuts a man in, then he cannot be freed.

{What you know}, I myself also know-- I [am] not more inferior than you.

Will not his majesty terrify you, and his dread fall upon you?

Moreover, this [is] salvation to me, that [the] godless would not come {before him}.

"Only you must not do [these] two [things] to me; then I will not hide from your face:

withdraw your hand from me, and let not your dread terrify me.

Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.

"Indeed, there is hope for a tree: if it is cut down, then it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not cease;

{so} a man lies down, and he does not arise. {Until the heavens are no more}, they will not awaken, and they will not be roused out of their sleep.

For then you would count my steps, [but] you would not keep watch over my sin.

His children may [come to] honor, but he does not know [it]; or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.

Should he argue in talk [that] is not profitable or [in] words with which he cannot do good?

Your mouth condemns you, and not I; and your lips testify against you.

What do you know that we do not know? [What] do you understand that [is] not clear to us?

Look, he does not trust his holy ones, and [the] heavens are not clean in his eyes.

what wise men have told, and they have not hidden [that which is] from their ancestors,

{he will dwell} [in] desolate cities, in houses that they should not inhabit, which are destined for rubble.

He will not become rich, and his wealth will not endure, and their possessions will not stretch across the earth.

"He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his new shoot, and by the wind of his mouth he shall be removed.

Let him not trust in emptiness--he will be deceiving himself-- for worthlessness will be his recompense.

It will be paid in full {before his time}, and his branch will not flourish.

If I speak, my pain is not relieved; and [if] I cease, how much will leave me?

His archers surround me; he slashes open my kidneys, and he does not have compassion; he pours out my gall on the ground.