And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one who revereth God, and avoideth evil; and still he is holding fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

Then said his wife unto him, Art thou still holding fast thine integrity? Curse God, and die!

It stood still, but I could not distinguish its appearance, I looked, but there was no form before mine eyes, - A whispering voice, I heard: - -

So might it still be my comfort, And I might exult in the anguish he would not spare, - That I had not concealed the sayings of the Holy One.

Though while still, in its freshness, it be not plucked off, yet, before any kind of grass, it doth wither:

I cry out for help unto thee, and thou dost not answer, I stand still, and thou dost gaze at me;

With stamping and rage, he drinketh up the ground, - he will not stand still when the horn soundeth;