Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

"Therefore my disquieting thoughts bring me back {for the sake of} my inward excitement.

His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,

He is giving back what he laboured for, And doth not consume it; As a bulwark is his exchange, and he exults not.

He pulls it out of his back,
the flashing tip out of his liver.
Terrors come over him.

“But who will confront him with his actions and rebuke him face to face,
And who will repay him for what he has done?

You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

Thick clouds cover him so he can't see as he walks back and forth at heaven's horizon.

If you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents;

See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;

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

And He is in one mind, And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth it.

For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:

Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;

He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?

He cuts a shaft far from human habitation,
in places unknown to those who walk above ground.
Suspended far away from people,
the miners swing back and forth.

He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.

Don't even bother to mention coral and crystal wisdom is more valuable than a bag of rubies.

"I wish I could go back to how things were a few months ago; when God used to watch over me,

"The Almighty was still with me back then, and my children were still around me.

The rulers held back from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

“And I smashed the jaws of the wicked
And snatched the prey from his teeth.

Who pick mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food.

You pick me up on the wind and make me ride on it; you toss me about in the storm.

For I have known To death Thou dost bring me back, And to the house appointed for all living.

And what shall I do when God shall rise up? And when he shall review, what shall I turn back to him?

If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;

then let my shoulder blade fall from my back,
and my arm be pulled from its socket.

For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.

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

Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.

And he arranged not words against me: and I will not turn back to him with your words.

“However, Job, please listen to my words,
And pay attention to everything I say.

If thou shalt be able to turn back to me, set in order before me, stand forth.

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

Then his flesh becomes young again, and he comes back to the days of his early strength;

He made supplication unto GOD, who hath accepted him, and he hath beheld his face with a shout of triumph, Thus hath he given back to man his righteousness.

"He will sing to men, and he will say, 'I have sinned and have perverted [what is] right, and it was not paid back to me.

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

If there be words, turn back to me: speak, for I desired to justify thee.

If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

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

"Should you not be paid back, since you have rejected him? You do the choosing! I won't! Tell us what you know!

My father, Job shall be tried even to the end, for turning back with men of iniquity.

I will turn back words to thee, and thy companions with thee.

And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency, and holdeth not back the flashes when his voice is heard.

Shall it be told him what I say? Should a man speak, or should he keep it back?

And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

so you can lead it back to its border?
Are you familiar with the paths to its home?

You should know! After all, you had been born back then, so the number of your days is great!

That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.

Their young ones are strong, living in the open country; they go out and do not come back again.

Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And to thy threshing-floor doth gather it?

He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

Behold, I was vile; what shall I turn back to thee? I put my hand to my mouth.

Will he beg you for mercy
or speak softly to you?

For when thou thinkest to have hold upon him, he shall beguile thee: Every man also that seeth him, shall go back.

“His strong scales are his pride,
Bound together as with a tight seal.

Therefore I take back my words
and repent in dust and ashes.

And Jehovah turned back the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends: and Jehovah added all which was to Job, to the double.

So Job died, being old and full of days. BOOK I

Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake.

Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping!

All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly.

If I have done evil to him who was at peace with me,
Or without cause robbed him who was my enemy,

And a company of peoples compass Thee, And over it on high turn Thou back,

If he shall not turn back, he will sharpen his sword; he bent his bow and he will be prepared.

His mischief will return on his own head,
And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.

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

Jehovah will recompense me according to my justice, according to the cleanness of my hands he will turn back to me.

And Jehovah will turn back to me according to my justice, and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.

I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed.

You have made my enemies turn their back to me, and I will destroy those who hate me.

The, law of Yahweh, is complete, Bringing back the soul, The, testimony of Yahweh, is confirmed, Making wise the simple;

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.

You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They pierced my hands and my feet.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and shall turn back to Jehovah: and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee.

He will turn back my soul: he will guide me into the tracks of justice for sake of his name.

My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

Repay them according to what they have done—
according to the evil of their deeds.
Repay them according to the work of their hands;
give them back what they deserve.

O Yahweh! thou hast lifted, out of hades, my soul, Thou hast brought me back to life, from among those who were going down to the pit.

O love the Lord, all you His godly ones!
The Lord preserves the faithful [those with moral and spiritual integrity]
And fully repays the [self-righteousness of the] arrogant.

I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)

Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.

But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.

Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.

The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.