Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.

According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.

I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid.

Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good.

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him,'saying , I have not seen thee.

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good,

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.

Lo, mine eye hath seen all this , Mine ear hath heard and understood it.

I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:

Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

And after my skin, even this body , is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?

The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.

His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.

Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; Why then are ye become altogether vain?

That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:

Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.

Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out.

That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?

Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them.

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? Or hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor?