He said,
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked I shall return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

“His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the schemer is eager for their wealth.

“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me, but I will not be.”

“I am guiltless;
I do not take notice of myself;
I despise my life.

If I sin, then You would take note of me,
And would not acquit me of my guilt.

“He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And takes away the discernment of the elders.

“Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
And put my life in my hands?

“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.

“Even when I remember, I am disturbed,
And horror takes hold of my flesh.

“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.

“But He knows the way I take;
When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

“Others snatch the orphan from the breast,
And against the poor they take a pledge.

“They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

“As God lives, who has taken away my right,
And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,

“Will he take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?

“Iron is taken from the dust,
And copper is smelted from rock.

“At night it pierces my bones within me,
And my gnawing pains take no rest.

“For I do not know how to flatter,
Else my Maker would soon take me away.

“Refute me if you can;
Array yourselves before me, take your stand.

“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous,
But God has taken away my right;

“In a moment they die, and at midnight
People are shaken and pass away,
And the mighty are taken away without a hand.

“But you were full of judgment on the wicked;
Judgment and justice take hold of you.

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
And the wicked be shaken out of it?

That you may take it to its territory
And that you may discern the paths to its home?

“Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him for a servant forever?

Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”