He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!"

Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.

The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune.

And why 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 diligently, but I will be gone."

He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.

And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected and will take your rest in safety.

He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.

Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?

He has stripped me of my honor and has taken the crown off my head.

But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the widow's ox as a pledge.

The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.

The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; so the grave takes away those who have sinned.

For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper.

"And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand!

who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?

Surely it is an empty cry -- God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it.

He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.

But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by affliction.

The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features are dyed like a garment.

that you may take them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes?

Will it make a pact with you, so you could take it as your slave for life?

So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has."