But I would speak to Shaddai, and I desire to argue with God.

"But you {whitewash with lies}; all of you [are] {worthless healers}.

Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last.

"But a man dies, and he dwindles away; thus a human being passes away, and where is he?

For then you would count my steps, [but] you would not keep watch over my sin.

"But a mountain falls; it crumbles away, and a rock moves away from its place.

His children may [come to] honor, but he does not know [it]; or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.

But [the] righteous holds on to his way, and {he who has clean hands} increases in strength.

But {all of you must return}--{please come}! But I shall not find a wise [person] among you.

"Look, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I cry out, but there is no justice.

I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I must {personally} plead with him.

But I myself know [that] my redeemer [is] alive, and [at the] last he will stand up upon {the earth}.

And after my skin has been thus destroyed, but from my flesh I will see God,

His bones were full of his vigor, but it will lie down with him on [the] dust.

He swallows riches, but he vomits them [up]; God drives them out from his stomach.

for he has oppressed; he has abandoned [the] poor; he has seized a house but did not build it.

"He will flee from an iron weapon, [but] an arrow of bronze will pierce him.

"[Is] not God [in the] height of [the] heavens? But see how lofty are {the highest stars}.

Yet he himself filled up their houses [with] good [things], but [the] schemes of [the] wicked are repugnant to me.

[The] righteous see, and they rejoice, but [the] innocent [one] mocks at them.

Would he contend with me in [the] greatness of [his] strength? No, but he himself would give heed to me.

{When he works} [on the] left, {I cannot perceive} [him]; he turns to [the] right, but I cannot see [him].

But he knows {the way that I take}; he tests me--I shall come out like gold.

"But he [is] {alone}, and who can dissuade him? And {whatever he desires}, {indeed}, he does [it].

Between their terraces they press out oil; they tread [the] presses, but they are thirsty.

He gives security to him, and he is supported, but his eyes [are] upon their ways.

Look, these [are] the outer fringes of his ways, and {how faint is the word} [that] we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?"

He goes to bed [with] wealth, but {he will do so no more}; he opens his eyes, and {it is gone}.

[As for the] earth, from it comes food, but underneath it, it is turned up as [by] fire.

"But from where will wisdom be found? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

"But now [those] younger than I, as far as days, laugh at me, whose fathers I rejected for setting with the dogs of my sheep and goats.

"But now I am their mocking song, and I have become a byword for them.

I cry to you for help, but you do not answer me; I stand, and you [merely] look at me.

Indeed, I hoped for good, but evil came, and I waited for light, but darkness came.

I go [about] in mourning garb, [but] not in sunlight; I stand up in the assembly, [and] I cry for help.

Then Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite {spoke up} and said, "{I am young}, but you are old; therefore I feared and became afraid of explaining my knowledge to you.

But he did not direct [his] words to me, and I will not answer him with your words.

"But now, please hear my speeches, Job, and hear all my words.

for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.

"But if [you have] understanding, hear this; listen to {what I say}.

but he remains quiet, and who can condemn? And he hides [his] face, and who can behold him? Yet [he is] over a nation and over a person alike,

But no one says, 'Where [is] God my Maker, [who] gives songs in the night,

There they cry out, but he does not answer {because of the pride of evildoers}.

But now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not acknowledge the transgression at all,

Look, God [is] mighty but does not despise [anyone]; [he is] mighty [and] {good in understanding}.

He does not keep [the] wicked alive but grants justice [to the] afflicted.

He does not withdraw his eyes from [the] righteous, but he sets them forever with kings on the throne, and they are exalted.

But if they do not listen, they perish by [the] sword, and they pass away without knowledge.

But you are obsessed with [the] judgment of [the] wicked; judgment and justice take hold of you.

and I said, 'You shall come up to here, but you shall not go further, and here it will set [a boundary] {for your proud surging waves}'?

Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; even twice, but I will not proceed."

'Who [is] this darkening counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I uttered, but I did not understand; {things too wonderful for me}, but I did not know.

By the ear's hearing I heard [of] you, but now my eye has seen you.

for Yahweh knows [the] way of [the] righteous, but [the] way of [the] wicked will perish.

"But as for me, I have set my king on Zion, my holy mountain."

But you, Yahweh, [are] a shield around me, my glory and the one who lifts up my head.

But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself [the] faithful one. Yahweh hears when I call to him.

Be disturbed but do not sin. Commune in your heart on your bed and be silent. Selah

{But as for me}, through the abundance of your steadfast love I will enter your house. I will bow down toward {your holy temple} in awe [of] you.

But let all who take shelter in you rejoice. Let them ever sing for joy, {because} you spread protection over them; And let those [who] love your name exult in you.

My soul is also very terrified. But you, O Yahweh, how long?

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish [the] righteous, and test the hearts and innermost being, O righteous God.

But Yahweh sits [enthroned] forever. He has established his throne for judgment.

[But] you have seen; indeed you have noted trouble and grief to take [it] into your hand. The helpless abandons [himself] upon you; you have been [the] helper [for the] orphan.

Yahweh tests [the] righteous, but [the] wicked and [the] lover of violence his soul hates.

But as for me, I have trusted in your steadfast love. My heart will rejoice in your deliverance.

In his eyes a rejected one [is] contemptible, but he honors those who respect Yahweh. He takes an oath to [his own] injury and does not retract it.

They confronted me on the day of disaster, but Yahweh was my support.

To [the] pure you show yourself pure. but to [the] wicked you show yourself shrewd.

For you deliver humble people, but haughty eyes you humiliate.

They cried out but there was no rescuer, [even] to Yahweh, but he did not answer them.

{Some boast in chariots and others in horses}, but we boast in the name of Yahweh, our God.

O my God, I call by day and you do not answer, and [by] night but I have no rest.

But I [am] a worm and not a man, scorned by humankind and despised by people.

But you, O Yahweh, do not remain distant. O my help, hasten to help me.

because he has not despised nor abhorred [the] affliction of [the] afflicted, and has not hid his face from him; but he listened to him when he cried for help.

But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me.

For [there is] a moment in his anger; [there is] a lifetime in his favor. Weeping lodges for the evening, but in the morning [comes] rejoicing.

But as for me, I had said in my prosperity, "I shall not be moved ever."

I hate those devoted to useless idols, but I trust Yahweh.

But as for me, I trust you, O Yahweh. I say, "You [are] my God."

Love Yahweh, all you his faithful ones. Yahweh preserves [the] faithful but repays abundantly [the] one who acts arrogantly.

Many are [the] pains of the wicked, but [for] the one who trusts Yahweh loyal love surrounds him.

[The] young lions are in want and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh will not lack for any good thing.

Many [are the] distresses of [the] righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth. I weakened my soul with fasting, and my prayer {returned to me unanswered}.

But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together; smiters whom I did not know gathered against me. They tore and did not cease.

For they do not speak peace, but against [the] quiet [ones] of [the] land they plan deceitful words.

For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh-- they will possess [the] land.

And yet a little [while] and the wicked will not be, and you will look carefully upon his place, but he will not be.

But [the] afflicted will possess [the] land, and they will take pleasure in an abundance of peace.

For [the] arms of [the] wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh supports [the] righteous.

But [the] wicked will perish, and the enemies of Yahweh [will be] like [the] splendor of [the] pastures. They vanish; in smoke they vanish.

[The] wicked borrows and does not repay, but [the] righteous [is] gracious and gives.

For those blessed [by] him shall possess [the] land, but those cursed [by] him shall be cut off.

I was a youth, but I am [now] old; yet I have not seen [the] righteous forsaken or his children {begging for} bread.

For Yahweh loves justice and will not forsake his faithful ones. They are protected forever. But [the] children of [the] wicked will be cut off.

Then he passed on and behold, he was not. And I sought him, but he could not be found.

But transgressors shall be destroyed altogether. [The] future of [the] wicked shall be cut off.

But as for me, like [the] deaf I cannot hear, and [I am] like [the] mute [who] cannot open his mouth.