His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

And be it indeed that I have erred, my error remaineth with myself.

My kinsmen have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they who have seen him shall say, Where is he?

Suffer me that I may speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray to him?

Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

Drouth and heat consume the snow-waters: so doth the grave those who have sinned.

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant: even the waters forgotten by the foot: they are dried up, they have gone away from men.

The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame of it with our ears.

But now they that are younger than I, have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

If my heart hath been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten of it;

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gained much;

If I have beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or have lifted up myself when evil found him:

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

If the men of my tabernacle have not said, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom:

If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life:

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

Then he is gracious to him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

He looketh upon men, and if any shall say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear to me, ye that have knowledge.

Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

Then he showeth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table would be full of fatness.

Have the gates of death been opened to thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shades of death?

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yes, twice; but I will proceed no further.

Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that which I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now my eye seeth thee.

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Therefore take to you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said to me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me on all sides.

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are agitated.

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

If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him that without cause is my enemy:)

Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen have perished out of his land.

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a goodly heritage.

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thy ear to me, and hear my speech.

They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

From men who are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they have fallen under my feet.

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.