Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

“For He inflicts pain, and gives relief;
He wounds, and His hands also heal.

“But it is still my consolation,
And I rejoice in unsparing pain,
That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

“The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.

“I could strengthen you with my mouth,
And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.

“If I speak, my pain is not lessened,
And if I hold back, what has left me?

“I even paid close attention to you;
Indeed, there was no one who refuted Job,
Not one of you who answered his words.

“Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,
And with unceasing complaint in his bones;