Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its tender branch will not cease.

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good?

Yes, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

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

For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

My friends scorn me: but my eye poureth out tears to God.

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor!

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath encompassed me with his net.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.

Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and how oft cometh their destruction upon them? God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?

Is not God in the hight of heaven? and behold the hight of the stars, how high they are!

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood!

Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them!

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: by this good shall come to thee.

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

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

He oppresseth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty who hath afflicted my soul;

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

God understandeth the way of it, and he knoweth its place.

Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food.

By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

When I looked for good, then evil came: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

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

For God speaketh once, yes twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

He shall pray to God, and he will be favorable to him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render to man his righteousness.

Lo, all these things God often worketh with man,

Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

Therefore hearken to me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

For he addeth rebellion to his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

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

But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

God thundereth marvelously with his voice; great things he doeth, which we cannot comprehend.

By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

Hearken to this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

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

Fair weather cometh from the north: with God is terrible majesty.

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for want of food.

Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not to them.