Though he slay me, I will not wait, but I will maintain my own ways before Him.

You put my feet also in the stocks, and look closely to all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

yet at the scent of water it will bud and bring forth branches like a plant.

But man dies and is cut off; and man expires, and where is he?

His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; they fall, but he does not mark it.

But his flesh is pained within him; and his soul mourns over him.

He does not believe in a return from darkness, but he is awaited by the sword.

because he has covered his face with fat; he has put fat on his loins.

But now He has made me weary; You have made all my company desolate.

I was at ease, but He has broken me in pieces; yea, He has also taken me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up for His mark.

If I wait for the grave as my home, I have made my bed in the darkness;

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our descent together is in the dust.

Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

Behold, I cry out, Violence! And I am not answered. I cry aloud, but there is no justice.

He has put my brothers far from me, and my friends have truly turned away from me.

An eye glimpsed him, but will not again; yea, his place shall not see him again.

His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it lies down with him in the dust.

He swallows riches, but vomits it; God shall cast them out of his belly.

For he pressed down and forsook the poor; he stole a house, but he had not built it.

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and their trouble comes on them! He shares out pains in His anger;

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth, and the honored man lived in it.

They were seized, but there was not time; their foundation was poured out by a flood;

If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up; you shall put away injustice far from your tents.

Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot see Him;

on the left hand, where He works, but I cannot behold Him. He turns to the right, but I do not see Him.

But He knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

But He is in one mind, and who can turn Him? Yea, what His soul desires, He does it.

They are lifted up for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are gathered in like all others, and are cut off like the heads of the ears of grain.

But Job answered and said,

Hell is naked before Him, and the Pit has no covering.

Lo, these are the edges of His ways; but what a whisper of a word we hear of Him! And the thunder of His power who can understand?

he may prepare, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my judgment was like a robe and a diadem.

But now those younger laugh at me, whose fathers I would have refused to set with the dogs of my flock.

or have eaten my bit alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it,

But a spirit is in man giving them perception, even the breath of the Almighty.

For God speaks once, yea, twice, but not one takes notice.

In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men; while they slumber on the bed;

He keeps back his soul from the Pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

He is also chastened with pain on his bed, and enduring strife in his bones;

Yea, his soul draws near to the Pit, and his life to the dealers of death.

then He is gracious to him and says, Deliver him from going down to the Pit; for I have found a ransom.

He has redeemed my soul from passing over into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.

to bring back his soul from the Pit, to be lighted with the light of the living.

But none says, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

There they cry, but He gives no answer, because of the pride of evildoers.

He will not keep alive one who is wicked, but gives right to the afflicted.

He withdraws not His eyes from the righteous, but they are like kings on the throne; yes, He causes them to sit forever, and they are very high.

But if they do not obey, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

But the ungodly in heart heap up wrath; they cry not when He binds them.

But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold;

If your cry for help is set in order, then it will not be in distress, but with all the forces of strength.

Have you beat out the expanse with Him, hard like a cast mirror?

And now men cannot look upon the light; it is in the clouds; but the wind passes and clears them.

and I said, You shall come to here, but no further; and here your proud waves shall stop.

Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

Once I have spoken; but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will go no further.

Can you put a reed rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw with a thorn?

Out of his nostrils goes smoke, as out of a boiling pot fired by reeds.

The sword overtakes him, but will not hold firm. The spear, the dart, and the javelin also.

He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.

I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; but now my eye has seen You.

But his delight is only in the Law of Jehovah; and in His Law he meditates day and night.

The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.

For Jehovah knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled in but a little time. Blessed are all who put their trust in Him.

But You, O Jehovah, are a shield for me; my glory, the One who lifts up my head.

But know that Jehovah has set apart the godly for Himself. Jehovah hears when I call to Him.

Tremble, and sin not; speak within your own heart on your bed and be still. Selah.

You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased.

But I, in the abundance of Your grace, I will come into Your house; I will worship in Your fear toward Your holy temple.

But let all who put their trust in You rejoice; let them always shout for joy, because You defend them. And let those who love Your name be joyful in You.

My soul also is exceedingly troubled; but You, O Jehovah, how long?

I am weary in my groaning; all the night I make my bed swim; I melt my couch with my tears.

A song of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O Jehovah my God, in You I put my trust; save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me,

O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.

He dug a pit and bored it, and has fallen into the ditch which he made.

You made him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet:

You have rebuked the heathen, You have destroyed the wicked, You have put out their name forever and ever.

But Jehovah shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek You.

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; their foot is caught in the net which they hid.

Put them in fear, O Jehovah, let the nations know they are but men. Selah.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I put my trust in Jehovah; how can you say to me, Flee like a bird to the mountains;

Jehovah tries the righteous; but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence,

But I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

in whose eyes the reprobate is despised, but he honors those who fear Jehovah; he has sworn to his hurt, and does not change it;

he has not put out his money at interest, nor has he taken a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall not be moved forever.

A Secret Treasure of David. Watch over me, O God; for in You do I put my trust.

They went before me in the day of my calamity; but Jehovah was my stay.

For all His judgments were before me, and I did not put away His Precepts from me.

For You will save the afflicted people, but will bring down high looks.

They cried, but there was none to save; even to Jehovah, but He did not answer them.

Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like the dirt in the streets.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of Jehovah our God.

They have bowed down and fallen; but we have risen and stand upright.

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not answer; and in the night, and am not silent.