Thou hast become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

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

Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.

If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou shalt refuse, or whether thou shalt choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?

If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand?

Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art: and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

Hast thou with him spread out the sky which is strong, and as a molten looking-glass?

Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Who hath laid the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the day-spring to know its place;

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

Have the gates of death been opened to thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shades of death?

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with its sons?

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?

Canst thou lift thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we are?

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

Gavest thou the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich!

Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like his?

Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

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

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withheld from thee.

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will ask of thee, and declare thou to me.

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said to me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all my enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time when their corn and their wine increased.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep; for thou only, LORD, makest me dwell in safety.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer to thee, and will look up.

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

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

Thou shalt destroy them that speak falsehood: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

My soul is also greatly disquieted: but thou, O LORD, how long?

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.

So shall the congregation of the people encompass thee: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

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.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.

Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou sattest on the throne judging right.

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial hath perished with them.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Why doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself to thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou shalt find none.

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thy ear to hear:

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?