Lo, God is mighty, but despiseth not any; mighty in strength of understanding:

He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.

But if they hearken not, they shall pass away by the sword, and expire without knowledge.

But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:

Because there is wrath, beware lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.

Will he esteem thy riches? Not gold, nor all the resources of strength!

Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.

Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

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

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency, and holdeth not back the flashes when his voice is heard.

God thundereth marvellously with his voice, doing great things which we do not comprehend.

And now men see not the light as it gleameth, it is hidden in the skies. But the wind passeth by and cleareth them.

The Almighty, we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of justice, he doth not afflict.

Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;

Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go forth, and return not unto them.

He laugheth at the tumult of the city, and heareth not the shouts of the driver;

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.

For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.

He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.

Once have I spoken, and I will not answer; yea twice, but I will proceed no further.

Lo, the river overfloweth he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.

Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?

I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.

The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

And it came to pass after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, that Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, Mine anger is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken rightly of me, like my servant Job.

And now, take for yourselves seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, for ye have not spoken of me rightly, like my servant Job.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

I will not fear for myriads of the people that have set themselves against me round about.

Be moved with anger, and sin not; meditate in your own hearts upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee.

Insolent fools shall not stand before thine eyes; thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments, upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, and chasten me not in thy hot displeasure.

I am wearied with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I dissolve my couch with my tears.

If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,

And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.

For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.

Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.

The wicked saith, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!

He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.

Arise, Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.

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

They have all gone aside, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people as they eat bread? They call not upon Jehovah.

He that slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

In whose eyes the depraved person is contemned, and who honoureth them that fear Jehovah; who, if he have sworn to his own hurt, changeth it not;

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Thou my soul hast said to Jehovah, Thou art the Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; --

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another: their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, and I will not take up their names into my lips.

I have set Jehovah continually before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol, neither wilt thou allow thy Holy One to see corruption.

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.

Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.

When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

For all his ordinances were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me;

For who is +God save Jehovah? and who is a rock if not our God?

Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered.

I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed.

I crushed them, and they were not able to rise: they fell under my feet.

They cried, and there was none to save; unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people I knew not doth serve me.

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be perfect, and I shall be innocent from great transgression.

Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

For the king confideth in Jehovah: and through the loving-kindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.

For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.

My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:

They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.

Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

But thou, Jehovah, be not far from me; O my strength, haste thee to help me.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him: but when he cried unto him, he heard.

{A Psalm of David.} Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He that hath blameless hands and a pure heart; who lifteth not up his soul unto vanity, nor sweareth deceitfully:

My God, I confide in thee; let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to thy loving-kindness remember thou me, for thy goodness' sake, Jehovah.

Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; for he will bring my feet out of the net.

Keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I trust in thee.

{A Psalm of David.} Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.

I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;

I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;

If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be confident.

Hide not thy face from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.

{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart.

For they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.

{A Psalm of David: dedication-song of the house.} I will extol thee, Jehovah; for thou hast delivered me, and hast not made mine enemies to rejoice over me.

For a moment is passed in his anger, a life in his favour; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is rejoicing.