Shalt thou be the firm man born? and hadst thou a beginning before the hills?

Shalt thou hear in the consultation of God? and wilt thou reserve wisdom to thyself?

What knewest thou and we shall not know? wilt thou understand and it not be with us?

That thou wilt turn thy spirit against God, and thou broughtest words from thy mouth?

Was there an end to words of wind? or what will provoke thee that thou wilt answer?

But now he made me weary: thou hast made desolate all mine assembly.

Thou wilt lay fast hold on me to be for a testimony, and my leanness will rise up in me; it will answer against my face.

O earth, thou wilt not cover my blood; and shall there not be place for my cry?

For thou didst hide their heart from understanding; for this thou wilt not exalt them.

I called to the pit: Grave, thou my father: and to the worm, My mother, and my sister.

Thou knewest this from everlasting when man was set upon the earth:

Did it please to the Almighty that thou wilt be just? and if gain if thou wilt perfect thy ways?

For thou wilt take a pledge of thy brethren, in vain, and the garments of the naked thou wilt strip of

Thou wilt not give to the weary one water to drink, and from the hungry one thou wilt withhold bread.

Thou didst send away widows empty, and the arms of the orphans will be broken.

Or darkness thou wilt not see; and abundance of waters shall cover thee.

And thou saidst How shall God know? Shall he judge in the cloud of darkness?

Wilt thou watch the path of old which men of iniquity trod?

If thou wilt turn back even to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt remove iniquity far off from thy tent

Place thou gold upon the dust, and the precious ore of the torrents of Ophir.

For then upon the Almighty shalt thou delight thyself, and thou shalt lift up thy face to God.

And thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt repay thy vows.

And thou shalt decide the word, and it shall be set up to thee: and the light shone upon thy ways.

For they were humbled, and thou wilt say, A lifting up; and he will save him depressed of eyes.

How didst thou help to him of no strength? didst thou save the arm of no strength?

How didst thou counsel to him of no wisdom? and didst thou make known help for abundance?

And with whom didst thou announce words? and whose breath came forth from thee?

I shall cry to thee and thou wilt not answer me: I stood up and thou wilt not attend to me.

Thou wilt turn to be cruel to me: with the strength of thy hand thou wilt lie in wait for me.

Thou wilt lift me up to the wind; thou wilt cause me to ride, and thou wilt melt to me counsel.

For I knew thou wilt turn me back to death, and the house appointed to all living.

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

Surely thou spakest in mine ear and I will hear the voice of thy words.

Behold, this thou wert not just: I will answer thee, for God will be great above man.

Wherefore didst thou contend against him? for he will not answer all his words.

If not, hear thou to me: be silent, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

Also shall he hating judgment, rule? and if thou wilt condemn the just mighty one?

Besides I shall see thou wilt teach it to me: if I did iniquity, I will not add.

Is it with thee? he will requite it, if thou didst refuse, if thou shalt choose, and not I: and what thou knewest, speak.

Didst thou reckon this for judgment thou saidst, My justice is above God?

For thou wilt say, What shall it profit to thee? what shall I profit from my sin?

If thou sinnedst, what wilt thou do against him? and thy transgressions were multiplied, what wilt thou do to him?

If thou wert just, what wilt thou give to him? or what shall he take from thy hand?

Thy injustice to a man as thou: and thy justice to the son of man.

Also if thou shalt say thou wilt not see him, judgment is before him, and thou shalt wait for him.

And thou didst fill up the judgment of the unjust one; judgment and right shall hold together.

Thou shalt not pant after the night, for taking up peoples in their place.

Watch thyself; thou shalt not turn to iniquity: for upon this thou didst choose rather than affliction.

Who charged upon him his way? and who said, Thou didst iniquity?

Remember that thou shalt magnify his work which men beheld.

Shalt thou know in God's setting upon them, and he caused the light of his cloud to shine?

Shalt thou know upon the poisings of the cloud, the wonders of the complete of knowledges?

Wilt thou spread out with him to the clouds, strong as the sight of a melted mass?

Gird now thy loins as a man; and I will ask thee, and make thou known to me.

Where wort thou in my founding the earth? Announce, if thou knewest understanding.

Who set its measures, if thou shalt know? or who stretched the line upon it?

And saying, Even to this shalt thou come, and thou shalt not add: and here in the pride of thy waves, stand thou.

In thy days didst thou command the morning? and didst thou make the dawning know its place?

Didst thou go even to the fountains of the sea? and didst thou go about in searching the depth?

Were the gates of death uncovered to thee? and shalt thou see the gates of the shadow of death?

Wilt thou consider even to the breadth of the earth? Announce if thou knewest all of it

That thou shalt take it to its bound, and that thou shalt understand the beaten paths of its house?

Knewest thou? for shalt thou then be born, and the number of thy days great?

Didst thou come into the treasures of snow? and shalt thou see the treasures of hail,

Wilt thou bind the bands of the cluster, or wilt thou open the cords of Orion?

Wilt thou bring forth the twelve signs in its time? and the great bear and his sons, wilt thou guide them?

Knewest thou the laws of the heavens? or wilt thou set up its dominion in the earth?

Wilt thou lift up thy voice to the cloud, and abundance of waters shall cover thee?

Shalt thou send lightnings, and shall they go and shall they say to thee, Behold us?

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? and wilt thou fill up the life of the young lions?

Knewest thou the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock? and wilt thou watch the bearing of the hinds?

Wilt thou number the months they shall fill up? and didst thou know the time of their bringing forth?

Wilt thou bind the buffalo in the furrow with cords, or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Wilt thou trust in him because great his strength? and wilt thou leave to him thy labor?

Wilt thou believe in him that he will turn back thy seed and gather to thy threshing-floor?

Wilt thou give strength to the horse? wilt thou clothe his neck with thunder?

Wilt thou cause him to tremble as the locust? the glory of his snorting is terror.

Gird up now thy loins as a man; I will ask thee, and do thou make known to me.

Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me so that thou shalt be just?

And if an arm to thee as God? and with thy voice wilt thou thunder as he?

Deck thyself now with majesty and grandeur, and thou shalt put on ornament and splendor.

Wilt thou draw out the crocodile with a hook and with a cord wilt thou press down his tongue?

Wilt thou put a rope in his nose? and wilt thou hollow out his jaw with a thorn?

Will he cut out a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant forever?

Wilt thou play with him as a bird? and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

Wilt thou fill his skin with pointed weapons? and his head with fish spears?

Put thy hand upon him; remember the battle, thou shalt not add.

I knew that thou wilt be able to do all, and counsel shall not be restrained from thee.

Hear, now, and I will speak: I will ask thee and make thou known to me.

I will recount for a law of Jehovah: He said to me, Thou my son; this day I begat thee.

Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron; as a potter's vessel shalt thou break them in pieces. kings, and be instructed, ye judging the land.

And thou, Jehovah, a shield about me: my glory, and lifting up my head.

Arise, O Jehovah; save me, my God, for thou didst strike all mine enemies upon the cheek; thou didst break the teeth of the unjust.

To the overseer upon the stringed instruments; chanting of David. In my calling, answer me, O God of my justice: in straits thou didst enlarge me; compassionate me and hear my prayer.

Thou gavest gladness in my heart, from the time their grain and their new wine increased.

In peace together shall I lie down, and I shall sleep: for thou Jehovah alone wilt cause me to dwell confidently.

O Jehovah, the morning thou wilt hear my voice; the morning I will set in order to thee, and I will look about.

For thou not a God delighting in injustice: and evil shall not dwell with thee.

The foolish shall not stand before thine eyes: thou hatedst all working vanity.

Thou shalt destroy those speaking falsehood: a man of bloods and deceit Jehovah will abhor.