When the days of their feasting were over, Job would send [for them] and consecrate them, rising early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did this at all [such] times.

“For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
Therefore my words have been incoherent,

Yet at the scent of water [the stump of the tree] will flourish
And bring forth sprigs and shoots like a seedling.

“You prevail forever against him and overpower him, and he passes on;
You change his appearance and send him away [from the presence of the living].

“A [dreadful] sound of terrors is in his ears;
While at peace and in a time of prosperity the destroyer comes upon him [the tent of the robber is not at peace].

“When he fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will rain it upon him while he is eating.

“They send forth their little ones like a flock,
And their children skip about.

“They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.

“You have sent widows away empty-handed,
And the arms (strength) of the fatherless have been broken.

“How you have counseled the one who has no wisdom!
And how abundantly you have provided sound wisdom and helpful insight!

“Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand.

“Listen carefully to the thunder of His voice,
And the rumbling that goes out of His mouth!

“Can you send forth lightnings that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?

“Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]?
And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild],

“With fierceness and rage he races to devour the ground,
And he does not stand still at the sound of the [war] trumpet.