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

He frustrates the plans of the crafty; so that what they work for never succeeds.

"Indeed, how blessed is the person whom God reproves! So never disrespect the discipline of the Almighty,

If he is uprooted from his place, then it will deny him: "I never saw you.'

as if I had never existed; carried from the womb to the grave.

before I go, never to return, leaving for the land of deep darkness and shadow.

"If his children are honored, he doesn't know it; if they become insignificant, he never perceives it.

Will windy words like yours never end? What is upsetting you that you keep on arguing?

For when only a few years have elapsed, I'll start down a path from which I'll never return."

Their houses are safe from fear, and God's chastisement never visits them.

Others die with a bitter soul, never having tasted the good life.

a place where birds of prey never fly, and the eyes of the falcon have never seen.

The proud beasts haven't walked there; lions have never passed over it.

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

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

We cannot find the Almighty he is majestic in power and justice, and overflowing with righteousness; he never oppresses.

because God didn't grant her wisdom and never gave her understanding.

He scoffs at fear and is never scared; he never retreats from a sword.

Lay your hand on him, and you'll remember the struggle. You'll never do that again!