The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God].”

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God]. And still he maintains and holds tightly to his integrity, although you incited Me against him to destroy him without cause.”

So they sat down on the ground with Job for seven days and seven nights and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

‘Although You know that I am not guilty or wicked,
Yet there is no one who can rescue me from Your hand.

“You would lie down with no one to frighten you,
And many would entreat and seek your favor.

“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

“Nothing of his dwells in his tent;
Brimstone (burning sulfur) is scattered over his dwelling [to purify it].

Because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.