The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

With kings and with counselors of the earth,
Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;

“He has lived in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become ruins.

“Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help?