Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.

When I call upon my servant, he giveth me no answer: no though I pray him with my mouth.

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

“In the fullness of his excess (great abundance) he will be in trouble;
The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him [he is miserable on every side].

"It will come about that, when he has filled himself to the full, God will vent his burning anger on him; he will pour it out on him and on his body.

Bear with me, and I speak, And after my speaking -- ye may deride.

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

They bear with them tabrets and harps, and have instruments of music at their pleasure.

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

“But notice, the prosperity of the wicked is not in their hand (in their power);
The counsel of the wicked [and the mystery of God’s dealings with the ungodly] is far from my comprehension.

Inasmuch then as God hath the highest power of all, who can teach him any knowledge?

“But the land is possessed by the man with power,
And the favored and honorable man dwells in it.

Thou hast sent widows away empty and oppressed the poor fatherless.

Who were laid hold of, and no time a river will pour out their foundation?

Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase is good.

Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will pay your vows.

For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

“But He knows the way that I take [and He pays attention to it].
When He has tried me, I will come forth as [refined] gold [pure and luminous].

He rewardeth me into my bosom, and many other things more doth he, as he may by his power.

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

They are the cause that so many men are naked and bare, having no clothes to cover them and keep them from cold;

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;

“Within the walls [of the wicked] the poor make [olive] oil;
They tread [the grapes in] the wine presses, but thirst.

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

They prey on the childless woman who is unable to conceive,
and do not deal kindly with the widow.

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

Rule and power are his; he makes peace in his high places.

And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure -- born of a woman?

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

"As truly as God liveth, which hath taken away my power from me; and the Almighty, that hath vexed my mind;

I will teach you about God’s power.
I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.

“For it will hurl [thunderbolts of God’s wrath] at him unsparingly and without compassion;
He flees in haste from its power.

Iron shall be taken from the dust, and stone will pour out brass.

That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:

Pure gold cannot be given in its stead, neither can silver he weighed as the value thereof;

It is not valued with pure gold of Ophir, With precious onyx and sapphire,

Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can, the exchange thereof, be a vessel of pure gold,

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

In washing my goings with butter, and the rock will pour out with me streams of oil;

When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness;

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

Also -- the power of their hands, why is it to me? On them hath old age perished.

Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.

By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it doth gird me.

Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

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

(even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father, and even though I had guided the widow from the time I was born),

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

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

If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'

“Surely I would [proudly] bear it on my shoulder,
And bind the scroll around my head like a crown.

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.

My heart shall order my words aright, and my lips shall talk of pure wisdom.

I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;

His flesh wastes away, not seen; and his bones laid bare; they were not seen.

He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.

How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

For hath he said unto God, I bear chastisement, I will not offend;

"People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.

“Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you,
That there is yet more to say on God’s behalf.

Lo, God is mighty, and despiseth not, Mighty in power and heart.

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.

After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding.

For to snow He saith, 'Be on the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.

“God seals (brings to a standstill, stops) [by severe weather] the hand of every man,
That all men [whom He has made] may know His work [that is, His sovereign power and their subjection to it].

The clouds do their labour in getting moistness, the clouds pour down the rain.

Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

Gird, I pray thee, as a man, thy loins, And I ask thee, and cause thou Me to know.

And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,

Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her train?

Moreover, canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that they may pour down a great rain upon thee?

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

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

They crouch, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried.

Dost thou trust in him because great is his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?

"Do you give power to the horse? Do you clothe its neck [with] a mane?

They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.