If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.

How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

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

So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

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

Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.

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.

See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.

He puts an end to the work of every man, so that all may see his work.

And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men,

So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?

So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?

Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

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

Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,

That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,

Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?

Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power?

Is it through you that he is shaking like a locust, in the pride of his loud-sounding breath?

Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?

Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high?

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?

Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.

Will he make an agreement with you, so that you may take him as a servant for ever?

He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?

One is so near to the other that no air may come between them.

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

After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.

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

For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

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.

So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.

Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)

To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;

The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.

By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

Now am I certain that the Lord gives salvation to his king; he will give him an answer from his holy heaven with the strength of salvation in his right hand.

Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.

One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him.

What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.

I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

I have given news of righteousness in the great meeting; O Lord, you have knowledge that I have not kept back my words.

For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.

But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so that I may give them their punishment.

By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.

My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Your children will take the place of your fathers; so that you may make them rulers over all the earth.

Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.

So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.

For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.

O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah.)

So that your loved ones may be made safe, let your right hand be my salvation, and give me an answer.

So will I make songs in praise of your name for ever, giving to God that which is right day by day.

Once has God said, twice has it come to my ears, that power is God's:

So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.

So that your foot may be red with blood, and the tongues of your dogs with the same.

Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.

Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.

Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.

For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder of the towns of Judah; so that it may be their resting-place and heritage.

You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.

Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

You keep my eyes from sleep; I am so troubled that no words come.

He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

So that the generation to come might have knowledge of them, even the children of the future, who would give word of them to their children;

So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;

The sea was cut in two so that they might go through; the waters were massed together on this side and on that.

See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?

In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their saviour.