Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot see Him;

Is there any number of His armies? And on whom does not His light arise?

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

There is a path which no bird knows, nor has the vulture's eye caught sight of it;

if I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or there was no covering for the needy;

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

If there is a messenger for him, a mediator, one among a thousand, to declare for man his uprightness,

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death to hide there the workers of iniquity.

There they cry, but He gives no answer, because of the pride of evildoers.

Wait for me a little, and I will show you that there are yet words for God.

From there he seeks food, and his eyes see afar off.

And his young brood also sucks up blood; and where the dead are, there he is.

For the mountains yield food for him, and all the beasts of the field play there.

On earth there is nothing like him, one made without fear.

And in all the land there were not found women as beautiful as the daughters of Job. And their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.

Many are saying of my soul, There is no deliverance for him in God. Selah.

There are many who say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift up the light of Your face on us.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

For in death there is no memory of You; in the grave who shall give You thanks?

lest he tear my soul like a lion, tearing it in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands;

Through the pride of his face the wicked will not seek Him; There is no God in all his schemes.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They acted corruptly; they have done abominable works, there is none who does good.

Jehovah looked down from Heaven on the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood and sought God.

All have gone aside, together they are filthy; there is none who does good, no, not one.

There they were in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

They cried, but there was none to save; even to Jehovah, but He did not answer them.

There is no speech nor are there words; their voice is not heard.

going forth from the end of the heavens, and its course is to their ends. And there is nothing hid from its heat.

And Your servant is warned by them; in keeping them there is great reward.

Be not far from Me; for trouble is near, for there is none to help.

Blessed is the man to whom Jehovah does not charge iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

O fear Jehovah, His holy ones; for there is nothing lacking to those who fear Him.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah. The oracle utters transgression to the wicked within my heart. There is no fear of God before his eyes.

There the evil-doers have fallen; they are cast down, and cannot rise.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your anger; nor rest in my bones because of my sin.

For my loins are filled with a burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the peoples shall stroke your face.

There is a river, its channels gladden the city of God glad, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

Fear took hold on them there, and pain, like a woman in labor.

Now think of this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

To the Chief Musician on Mahalath. A contemplation. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They acted corruptly, and have worked out abominable wickedness; there is not one doing good.

There they dreaded with dread, where no dread was; for God has scattered the bones of him who camps against you; you have put them to shame because God rejects them.

He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; for there were many with me.

And man shall say, Truly, there is a reward for the righteous; truly, there is a God judging in the earth.

He turns the sea into dry land; they went through the flood on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.

There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the leaders of Judah and their multitude, the leaders of Zebulun, and the leaders of Naphtali.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; and I looked for some to mourn with me, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; so that they may dwell there, and possess it.

saying, God has forsaken him; pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.

There shall be a fullness of grain in the earth on the top of the mountains; its fruit shall shake like Lebanon, and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

For there are no bands in their death; but their strength is fat.

And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

We did not see our signs; there is no prophet any more; neither is there among us any who knows how long.

For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is fully mixed; and He pours out from it; but the dregs of it, all the wicked of the earth shall drain its dregs and drink.

There He broke the fiery arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

The clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound; Your arrows also flew here and there.

there shall be no strange god in you; nor shall you worship any strange god.

Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord; none are like Your works.

I will mention Rahab and Babylon to those who know me; behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

Jehovah shall count, in recording the peoples, that this man was born there. Selah.

There the ships go; You made this great sea animal to play in it.

He spoke, and there came fly swarms and gnats in all their borders.

He also brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

And the waters covered their enemies; there was not one of them left.

And He makes the hungry dwell there, so that they may prepare a city to live in;

He pours scorn on nobles, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no path.

Let there be none to give mercy to him; nor any to favor his fatherless children.

To the upright there arises light in the darkness; he is gracious and full of pity and righteousness.

Great peace is to those who love Your Law, and there is no stumbling block for them.

For there were set the thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared.

Let Israel hope in Jehovah; for with Jehovah there is mercy, and with Him is plentiful redemption.

There I will make the horn of David to bud; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed.

like the dew of Hermon that came down on the mountains of Zion; for there Jehovah commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

they have ears, but they do not hear, nor is there breath in their mouths.

There we sat down by the rivers of Babylon; also, we wept when we remembered Zion.

For there our captors demanded a song from us; and our plunderers demanded gladness, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Jehovah, You know it altogether.

If I go up into Heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

even there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.

and our oxen may be loaded; there is no breaking in nor going out and no crying in our streets.

Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; and there is no searching out His greatness.

Do not put your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no salvation.

Great is our LORD, and of great power; There is no limit to His understanding.

Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; he is quickly broken, and there is no healing.

And, behold, there a woman met him, with the dress of a harlot and a guarded heart.

When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no springs heavy with water.

When He prepared the heavens, I was there; when He set a circle upon the face of the deep;

But he does not know that the dead are there; her guests are in the depths of hell.

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked are destroyed, there is singing.

Where there is no wisdom, the people fall; but in the multitude of wise men there is safety.

There is one who scatters and yet increases; but one who withholds just due comes only to poverty.

There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Deceit is in the heart of those who imagine evil, but to counselors of peace there is joy.

In the way of righteousness is life, and in that pathway there is no death.

There are those who act rich, yet have nothing; and those who act poor, yet have great riches.

Much food is in the plowed ground of the poor, but when there is no justice, it is swept away.

Fools laugh at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.