When they looked from a distance and did not recognize him [because of his disfigurement], they raised their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe [in grief] and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky [in sorrow].

Let those who curse certain days
cast a spell on it,
those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan.

"But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.

“You would even cast lots for the orphans
And barter over your friend.

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.

Then I would speak and not fear Him.
But that is not the case; I am on my own.

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Thinkest thou it well done, to oppress me, to cast me off - being a work of thine hands - and to maintain the counsel of the ungodly?

But if only God would speak
and declare His case against you,

But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?

In any case, I will take up my flesh in my teeth, and, my life, will I put in my hand:

Even though he kills me, I'll continue to hope in him. At least I'll be able to argue my case to his face!

“Behold now, I have prepared my case;
I know that I will be vindicated.

Yea, you cast off fear, and restrain prayer before God.

“He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,
And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.

“God hands me over to criminals
And tosses me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked.

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

“For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness),
And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit].

They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.

If you really intend to vaunt yourselves over me, and make my problems the basis of your case against me,

His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent.

“If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’

He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.

His ox passed over and will not be cast away: his heifer will escape and will not be barren.

“When you are cast down, you will speak with confidence,
And the humble person He will save.

“I would present my case before Him
And fill my mouth with arguments.

There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

For, in the case of all such, morning to them is the death-shade, For, to be recognised, is a death-shade terror.

For what is the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

And God shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

“I was a father to the needy,
And I investigated the case which I did not know.

And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.

“I smiled on them when they did not believe,
And the light of my face they did not cast down.

From the midst they are cast out, (They shout against them as a thief),

{A senseless crowd}, yes, {a disreputable brood}, they were cast out from the land.

Because His cord He loosed and afflicteth me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.

On the right hand doth a brood arise, My feet they have cast away, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity.

“He has cast me into the mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.

If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants
when they made a complaint against me,

if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child
when I saw that I had support in the city gate,

If only I had someone to hear my case!
Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me.
Let my Opponent compose His indictment.

lest ye should praise yourselves, to have found out wisdom: because it is God that hath cast him out, and no man.

Answer me, if you can! Present your case! Take your stand in my presence!

Would I lie about my case?
My wound is incurable,
though I am without transgression.”

Even though you complain that you can't perceive him, your case is already pending for judgment in his presence so keep on placing your hope in him.

But now you are occupied with the case of the wicked; but justice and judgment will be served.

Also by watering he will cast down the cloud: he will scatter the cloud of his light:

Can you spread out the skies like he does; can you cast them as one might a mirror?

Tell us! What are we to say to him? Can we prepare our case to face him when our faces are in darkness?

On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

When the dust is cast into a clod, and the lumps are bound together?

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

Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:

cast them down into the mire, and cover their faces with darkness;

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

Its flesh's folds of skin cling together; it is cast on it--it will not be moved.

Its heart is cast as stone; yes, it is cast as [the] lower millstone.