Then the LORD told Satan, "Very well then, he is under your control. Just preserve his life."

But mankind is born headed for trouble, just as sparks soar skyward."

You'll go to your grave at a ripe old age; like a stack of grain that's harvested at just the right time.

"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me!

that God would just be willing to crush me; that he would let loose and eliminate me!

"And now you're all just like them, aren't you? You see my terror and are terrified.

Did you intend your words to reprove, even though the speech of a desperate person is just wind?

The ear scrutinizes speech just as the palate tastes food."

I wish you'd all just shut up. Then at least you would appear to be wise.

Your maxims are just worthless proverbs; your defensive arguments are made of clay."

Water wears away stones; floods wash away topsoil from the land but you destroy the hope of human beings just like that!

Will he acquit you just because you fear him, and render a verdict on your behalf?

They're exalted momentarily, but then they are gone; they are humbled, just like all the others. They are cut down like heads of corn.

I put on righteousness like clothing; my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.

Look! As far as God is concerned, I'm just like you are I, too, have been pinched off from a piece of clay.

"Are you saying that it's just for you to claim, "I'm more righteous than God?'

Indeed would you annul my justice and condemn me, just so you can claim that you're righteous?

"Look! Anyone's hope to capture him will prove itself false; anyone would be terrified just by looking at him.