Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads.

Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good."

and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom -- for true wisdom has two sides -- so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.

"But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms.

You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?

But even if it were true that I have erred, my error remains solely my concern!

He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like one uproots a tree.

The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.

By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food.

If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,

And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.

"Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?