And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Whence comest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down on it.'

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Whence camest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down in it.'

Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me,

From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, for ever they perish.

If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.

Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me -- and I am not!

Life and kindness Thou hast done with me. And Thy inspection hath preserved my spirit.

If I have done wickedly -- woe to me, And righteously -- I lift not up my head, Full of shame -- then see my affliction,

And thou hast trusted because their is hope, And searched -- in confidence thou liest down,

'Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this?

Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.

For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.

And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.

To the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.

Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.

These ten times ye put me to shame, ye blush not. Ye make yourselves strange to me --

Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round,

He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope.

His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.

They wear out in good their days, And in a moment to Sheol go down.

Together -- on the dust they lie down, And the worm doth cover them over.

Who doth declare to his face his way? And for that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?

Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.

For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.

Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

They have broken down my path, By my calamity they profit, 'He hath no helper.'

At night my bone hath been pierced in me, And mine eyelids do not lie down.

(They have broken down, They have not answered again, They removed from themselves words.

Then He doth favour him and saith, 'Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'

Besides that which I see, shew Thou me, If iniquity I have done -- I do not add?'

Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'

Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

Who doth number the clouds by wisdom? And the bottles of the heavens, Who doth cause to lie down,

When they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert?

They bow down, Their young ones they bring forth safely, Their pangs they cast forth.

And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.

See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

Dost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down -- his tongue?

Lo, the hope of him is found a liar, Also at his appearance is not one cast down?

His sneezings cause light to shine, And his eyes are as the eyelids of the dawn.