And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power; only upon himself put not forth your hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

Remember, I pray you, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the strong lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? or the ox lows over its fodder?

Return, I pray you, let it not be injustice; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

If you were pure and upright; surely now he would awake for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.

For inquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the findings of their fathers:

Who makes the Bear, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hastens to the prey.

For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.

Not for any violence in my hands: also my prayer is pure.

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house which he built not;

Bear with me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart.

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

They drive the needy off the road: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising early for a prey: the wilderness yields food for them and for their children.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor.

The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

He draws also the mighty with his power: he rises up, but no man is sure of life.

Behold even to the moon, and it shines not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

How have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength?

He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through the storm.

Lo, these are only parts of his ways: and how little a whisper is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

Did I not weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattery unto man.

Therefore, Job, I pray you, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

He shall pray unto God, and he will be favorable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

How much less to him that regards not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.

Bear with me a little, and I will show you that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

He preserves not the life of the wicked: but gives justice to the poor.

He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression.

Behold, God exalts by his power: who teaches like him?

For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to its vapor:

Which the clouds do drop and pour upon man abundantly.

As for the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundant justice: he will not afflict.

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? or who can pour out the water skins of heaven,

Will you hunt the prey for the lion? or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

From there she seeks the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

I will not conceal his limbs, nor his power, nor his graceful proportion.

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that you have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.