“Why did I not die at birth,
Come forth from the womb and expire?

“Why did the knees receive me,
And why the breasts, that I should suck?

Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?

“Why is light given to him who suffers,
And life to the bitter of soul,

“Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
And whom God has hedged in?

But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.

"Do I have the strength to wait? And why should I be patient?

Why won't you look away from me? Why don't you leave me alone so I can swallow my saliva?

“Have I sinned? What have I done to You,
O watcher of men?
Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?

“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.”

"It is all one! That is why I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the guilty.'

“I am accounted wicked,
Why then should I toil in vain?

and then shall I answer him without any fear. For as long as I am in such fearfulness, I can make no answer: And why?

“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.

And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.

Why do you speak falsely on God's behalf and speak deceitfully about him?

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

he shall make me whole: And why? There may no hypocrite come before him.

Who is it that shall contend with me? For, now, if I should hold my peace, why! I should breathe my last!

Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?

“Why does your heart carry you away?
And why do your eyes flash,

“Why are we regarded as beasts,
As stupid in your eyes?

Why destroyest thou thyself with anger? Shall the earth be forsaken, or the stones removed out of their place because of thee?

Why do you pursue me as God? And with my flesh are not satisfied?

But ye say, 'Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.

"This is why my troubled thoughts bring me back -- because of my feelings within me.

And why? He hath oppressed the poor, and not helped them: houses hath he spoiled, and not builded them.

"Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last.

“As for me, is my complaint to man?
And why should I not be impatient?

“Why do the wicked still live,
Continue on, also become very powerful?

Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?

That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you,

why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.

“Why are times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not see His days?

Lo, ye -- all of you -- have seen, And why is this -- ye are altogether vain?

And why? I put upon me righteousness, which covered me as a garment, and equity was my crown.

Also -- the power of their hands, why is it to me? On them hath old age perished.

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

Now tarried Elihu till they had ended their communication with Job: for why? They were elder than he.

So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up: "I am young, but you are elderly; that is why I was fearful, and afraid to explain to you what I know.

Why are you arguing with him? He doesn't have to give explanations for what he does to you!

And why? Job hath said, 'I am righteous, but God doth me wrong.'

And why? His eyes look upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,
for that is why you have been tested by affliction.

You whose garments are hot,
When He quiets the earth [in sultry summer] with the [oppressive] south wind?

Seeing then that everybody feareth him, why should not all wise men also stand in fear of him?"

And why? There dare none be so bold as to raise him up. Who is able to stand before me?