If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

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

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

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

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

When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man:

How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!

But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.

Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.

After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not the lightnings when his voice is heard.

How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south wind ?

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Or who'shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;

When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

When they couch in their dens, And abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, And wander for lack of food?

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?

When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress: Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

But know that Jehovah hath set apart for himself him that is godly: Jehovah will hear when I call unto him.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than they have when their grain and their new wine are increased.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.

He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with beholding thy form.

Save, Jehovah: Let the King answer us when we call.

But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust when I was upon my mother's breasts.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.

When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

When thou saidst , Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.

For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.

Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, And he will exalt thee to inherit the land: When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. Selah

Mine enemies speak evil against me,'saying , When will he die, and his name perish?

And if he come to see me , he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,)

When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

He will send from heaven, and save me, When he that would swallow me up reproacheth; Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.

Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

When I remember thee upon my bed, And meditate on thee in the night-watches.

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it; The river of God is full of water: Thou providest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth.

Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress.

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

When ye lie among the sheepfolds, It is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

When the Almighty scattered kings therein, It was as when it snoweth in Zalmon.

When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.

For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.

When I shall find the set time, I will judge uprightly.

Thou, even thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

When God arose to judgment, To save all the meek of the earth. Selah

When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.

When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.

They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

When God heard this , he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language that I knew not.

Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. Selah

Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.

When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.

When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work.

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: Incline thine ear unto me; In the day when I call answer me speedily.

When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.