Is it good unto you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile upon the counsel of the wicked?

You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation upon me; changes and war are ever with me.

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you;

I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls upon God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

He pours contempt upon princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty.

Shall not his excellence make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

And do you open your eyes upon such a one, and bring me into judgment with you?

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

He tears me in his wrath, who hates me: he gnashes upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes upon me.

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

His archers surround me, he slashes my kidneys asunder, and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground.

He breaks me with breach upon breach, he runs upon me like a warrior.

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and laid my strength in the dust.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

They shall dwell in his tent, who are none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

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

For I know that my redeemer lives, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

Know you not this of old, since man was placed upon the earth,

In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through.

It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yea, the glittering sword comes out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

All darkness shall be laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown upon shall consume him; it shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.

Look at me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out! and how often comes their destruction upon them! God distributes sorrows in his anger.

You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established for you: and the light shall shine upon your ways.

Though it be given him to be in safety, he rests; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

Is there any number to his armies? and upon whom does not his light arise?

He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth upon nothing.

He holds back the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud upon it.

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would scarcely flee out of his hand.

He breaks open a shaft away from the inhabitants; even in places forgotten of the foot: they are gone away from men, they swing to and fro.

He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots.

When his lamp shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tent;

When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the open square!

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

My root was spread out to the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my honor as the wind: and my welfare passes away as a cloud.

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

You lift me up to the wind; you cause me to ride upon it, and spoil my substance.

My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maiden?

Then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

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

I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon you.

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

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

If he should set his heart upon man, if he should gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he sees all his steps.

For he will not lay upon man more than what is right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.

Which the clouds do drop and pour upon man abundantly.

Behold, he spreads his lightning upon it, and covers the depths of the sea.

And it is turned around by his guidance: that they may do whatsoever he commands them upon the face of the whole earth.

Who has determined the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line upon it?

By what way is the light distributed, which scatters the east wind upon the earth?

Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open; they go forth, and return not unto them.

She dwells and abides on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the stronghold.

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

Lay your hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible all around.

His undersides are like sharp stones: he spreads sharp pointed marks upon the mire.

Upon earth there is not his like, which is made without fear.

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they consoled him, and comforted him over all the trouble that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.

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

Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for you have smitten all my enemies upon the cheek bone; you have broken the teeth of the ungodly.

Salvation belongs unto the LORD: your blessing is upon your people. Selah.

[To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: you have delivered me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us.

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

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

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.

[To the Chief Musician upon gittith. A Psalm of David.] O LORD our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! who have set your glory above the heavens.

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

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart.

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

[To the Chief Musician upon sheminith. A Psalm of David.] Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

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

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

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names upon my lips.

I have called upon you, for you will hear me, O God: incline your ear unto me, and hear my speech.

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me upon my high places.

His glory is great in your salvation: honor and majesty have you laid upon him.

Therefore shall you make them turn their back, when you shall make ready your arrows upon your strings toward their face.