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

For the thing which I fear comes upon me, and that which I am afraid of comes to me.

fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

Call now, is there any who will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones will thou turn?

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

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

which are black because of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.

Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou set a watch over me?

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

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands ever so clean,

But now thou number my steps. Do thou not watch over my sin?

The waters wear the stones. The overflowings of it wash away the dust of the earth. So thou destroy the hope of man.

Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?

What do thou know, that we do not know? What do thou understand, 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 has dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

And thou have laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]. And my leanness rises up against me; it testifies 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 puts me to shame, and the spirit of my understanding answers 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 has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save any of that in which he delights.

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

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices with which ye would wrong me.

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent in which the wicked dwelt?

Yet he shall be borne to the grave, and men shall keep watch over the tomb.

Will 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 to me.

For he performs 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 I will not conceal.

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

He builds his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper makes.

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

O that I had someone to hear me (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me), and [that I had] the indictment which my adversary has written!

Behold, my breast is as wine which has 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 sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.

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

Teach thou me that which I do not see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?

Look to 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 confinement, and that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.

and there shall be wrath upon the impious because of the ungodliness of bribes which the unrighteous receive.

Remember that thou magnify his work, of which men have sung.

For he draws up the drops of water, which distil in rain from his vapor,

which the skies pour down and drop upon man abundantly.

God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things which we cannot comprehend.

Can thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror?

Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

And now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.

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

to cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,

Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.