because I greatly feared the crowds,
and the contempt of the clans terrified me,
so I grew silent and would not go outside?

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book.

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

So these three men would strive no more with Job, because he held himself a righteous man.

For I know not how to give flattery; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

Lo! occasions of hostility, would he find against me, He counteth me an enemy to him;

But if you have something to say, answer me;
speak, for I would like to justify you.

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

all flesh would perish together, and humankind would return to dust.

He won't examine mankind further, that they would go before God to judgment.

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

So that godless men would not rule
Nor be snares of the people.

Would that Job were tested up to [the] end because [his] answers [are] like [those from] men of mischief,

If they would hearken, and serve, they should complete their days, in prosperity, and their years, in pleasantness;

But, if they would not hearken, by a weapon, should they pass away, and breathe their last, no one knowing.

He would deliver the humbled in his humiliation, and would uncover - in oppression - their ear.

Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table would be full of fatness.

Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

Should he be told that I want to speak? Or did a man say that he would be communicated with?

Would the wild ox be willing to serve you?
Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?

Can you depend on it because its strength is great?
Would you leave it to do your hard work?

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
Let him who disputes with God answer it.”

"Indeed, would you annul my justice? Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?

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

None is so fierce that would dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

Who hath removed his outer garment, through his double row of teeth, who would enter?

He leaves a path shining after him; one would think the deep to have white hair.

But, for himself, hath he made ready the weapons so deadly, His arrows, he, so fiery, would make:

Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that would understand and seek after God.

Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

You would put to shame [the] plan of [the] poor, because Yahweh [is] his refuge.

{Oh that from Zion} [would come] salvation [for] Israel! When Yahweh returns the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be happy.

Hear, O Yahweh, the right, Attend to my loud cry, Give ear unto my prayer, on lips that would not deceive:

Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! Hide me in the shadow of your wings!

You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure,
So that my feet will not slip.

He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

Unto thee, O Yahweh, my soul, would I lift:

I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter;

I have hated the convocation of evil-doers, and, with lawless men, would I not sit;

Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

Even if my father and mother abandoned me, the Lord would take me in.

I would have fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don't be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.

O Lord, You have brought up my soul from Sheol;
You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.

My sin, would I own unto thee, and, mine iniquity, not hide, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And, thou, didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Do not be like a horse [or] like a mule, without understanding; [that needs] his tackle--bridle and rein--for restraint [or he would not] come near you.

Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life?

Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me attackers whom I did not know. They tore me apart and would not stop.

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it would be only to do evil.

For I said, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me.”

Let me know, O Yahweh, mine end, And the measure of my days - what it is, I would know how short-lived I am.

You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

These I remember and I pour out my soul within me: that I would go with the multitude; I led them [in procession] to the house of God, with a voice of rejoicing and thanksgiving, a crowd celebrating a festival.

would not God discover this, for he knows [the] secrets of [the] heart?

Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the wickedness of those who would betray me surrounds me [on every side],

for it would cost too much to redeem his life, and the payments would go on forever

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

Wilt thou cause me to hear joy and gladness? The bones thou hast crushed would exult.

I would teach transgressors thy ways, And, sinners, unto thee, should return.

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

"Look, the man [who] would not make God his refuge, but he trusted in the greatness of his wealth; he took refuge in his destructiveness."

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that would understand, or seek after God.

Have the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food, as they would take bread; they make no prayer to God.

{Oh, that from Zion} would come salvation [for] Israel! When God returns the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Because of the noise of the enemy, By reason of the oppression of the lawless one, For they would let trouble drop upon me, And, in anger, would they entrap me.

My heart, would writhe within me, And, the terrors of Death, have fallen upon me:

Fear and trembling, would enter me, And there would have overwhelmed me - a horror!

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

[We] who would take sweet counsel together; in the house of God we would walk with [the] throng.

{To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

I would be a guest in thy tent to the ages, I would seek refuge in the concealment of thy wings. Selah.

How long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

Should I call thee to mind upon my conch, In the watches of the night, would I breathe soft speech of thee.

When, they, to crush it, would seek my life, They shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

They [who] would {deliver him to the sword} will become a portion for jackals.

And they [who] would cause him to stumble, their [own] tongue [will be] against them. All who gaze on them will shake.

If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

My lips would fain sing praises unto thee; and so would my soul whom thou hast delivered.

If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.

From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. The earth was afraid and silent

In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.

So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

Then they would not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law;

Yet, he, full of compassion, would put a propitiatory-covering over iniquity, and not destroy, - Yea, many a time, turned he back his anger, And would not stir up all his wrath.

He led them to safety so they would not fear. As for their enemies, the sea covered them.

Listen, My people, and I will admonish you.
Israel, if you would only listen to Me!

But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.