Are thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man's days,

Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand?

Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit;

And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.

And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.

Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions of evil and a time of toil are with me.

Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make thee ashamed?

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thy eyes.

And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thy iniquity deserveth.

"Wilt thou find out God with thy seeking? Wilt thou attain to the perfectness of the Almighty?

If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,

If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;

Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

And thy age shall be clearer than the noon-day: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yes, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.

Only do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face:

Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:

Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy?

And dost thou open thy eyes upon such one, and bring me into judgment with thee?

O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave, that thou wouldst keep me secret, until thy wrath is past, that thou wouldst appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.

Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.

Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?

Shall not thy vain words come yet to an end? Or, hast thou yet any more to say?

One tearing in pieces his own soul in his anger, - For thy sake, shall the earth be forsaken? or the rock be moved out of its place?

I have sufficiently heard thy checking and reproof; therefore am I purposed to make answer after mine understanding.

And they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?

Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities without end?

For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.

Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,

And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;

Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God:

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;

And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.

Even him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.

Thou art turned to be fierce to me, With the strength of Thy hand, Thou oppressest me.

If thou canst, answer me; array thy words before me: take thy stand.

Lo, I am, according to thy word, for God, From the clay I -- I also, have been formed.

Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words: --

Mark well, O Job, hearken to me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

But if thou hast anything to say, then answer me, and speak, for thy answer pleaseth me.

If not, hearken to me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

Shall he recompense according to thy mind? for thou hast refused his judgment; for thou so choosest, and not I; speak then what thou knowest.

Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or'sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's,

I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

For a man like thyself is thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

"When thou speakest, then, should not he pardon thee, if thou open thyself before him, and put thy trust in him?

And also He moved thee from a strait place, To a broad place -- no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.

For then shall not thy cause be stilled with cruelty, nor pacified with many gifts.

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

Prolong not thou the time, till there come a night for thee, to set other people in thy stead.

How thy garments are warm, In the quieting of the earth from the south?

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

And say, 'Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

Thou hast known -- for then thou art born And the number of thy days are many!

Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?

Canst thou bind the yoke about him in thy furrows, to make him plow after thee in the valleys?

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

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

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings towards the south?

At thy command goeth an eagle up high? Or lifteth he up his nest?

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

Is thine arm then like the arm of God? Maketh thy voice such a sound as his doth?

Then arm thyself with thine own power! Up, deck thee in thy jolly array,

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

look well, that thou makest all such as be stubburn, to obey; tread all the ungodly under thy feet,

And even I -- I do praise thee, For thy right hand giveth salvation to thee.

Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?

that thy companions may hew him in pieces, to be parted among the merchant men?

Place on him thy hand, Remember the battle -- do not add!

And it cometh to pass after Jehovah's speaking these words unto Job, that Jehovah saith unto Eliphaz the Temanite, 'Burned hath Mine anger against thee, and against thy two friends, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job.

Ask of Me and I give nations -- thy inheritance, And thy possession -- the ends of earth.

Of Jehovah is this salvation; On Thy people is Thy blessing! Selah.

Many are saying, 'Who doth show us good?' Lift on us the light of Thy face, O Jehovah,

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

And I, in the abundance of Thy kindness, I enter Thy house, I bow myself toward Thy holy temple in Thy fear.

O Jehovah, lead me in Thy righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make straight before me Thy way,

And rejoice do all trusting in Thee, To the age they sing, and Thou coverest them over, And those loving Thy name exult in Thee.

for thou, LORD, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous, and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him, as with a shield.

To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

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

For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

Arise, O LORD, in thy anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

To the Overseer, 'On the Gittith.' A Psalm of David. Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth! Who settest thine honour on the heavens.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thy enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

For I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish.