They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the crusher of grapes are not turned to their vine-garden.

He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

For a short time they are lifted up; then they are gone; they are made low, they are pulled off like fruit, and like the heads of grain they are cut off.

And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?

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

See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes:

The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.

By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.

See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.

Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.

When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.

He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.

Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.

Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.

If only I might again be as I was in the months which are past, in the days when God was watching over me!

But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.

They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.

They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots.

They are sent out from among their townsmen, men are crying after them as thieves

They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.

My feelings are strongly moved, and give me no rest; days of trouble have overtaken me.

My skin is black and dropping off me; and my bones are burning with the heat of my disease.

Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?

I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you.

I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.

See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth.

Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;

If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him;

For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.

If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;

Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed.

The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.

Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.

Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?

Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.

There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.

How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.

For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you.

His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.

They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.

All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.

And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?

By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.

Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.

There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.

The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.

Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose?

Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you?

Do you send out the thunder-flames, so that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?

By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

When they are stretched out in their holes, and are waiting in the brushwood?

Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?

They are bent down, they give birth to their young, they let loose the fruit of their body.

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

His young have blood for their drink, and where the dead bodies are, there is he to be seen.

Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?

Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.

His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.

His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron.

He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.

He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him.

They take a grip of one another; they are joined together, so that they may not be parted.

His sneezings give out flames, and his eyes are like the eyes of the dawn.

Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.

The plates of his flesh are joined together, fixed, and not to be moved.

When he gets ready for the fight, the strong are overcome with fear.

The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems.

Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.

I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs.

The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,

I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.

For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.

There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.

For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.

You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

Be my guide, O Lord, in the ways of your righteousness, because of those who are against me; make your way straight before my face.

For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.

My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.

Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.