Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.

For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake.

Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Which are black by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow hideth itself:

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:

What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare:

(Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hid it;

And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps;

And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me : And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.

There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.

That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown by man'shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?

I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.

For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.

I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.

Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.

My words'shall utter the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:

Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.

That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?

Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.

For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,

Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.

God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?

And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them.

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?

Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.

Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.