“How much less when you say you do not behold Him,
The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

“And now, because He has not visited in His anger,
Nor has He acknowledged transgression well,

“For truly my words are not false;
One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

“Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any;
He is mighty in strength of understanding.

“He does not keep the wicked alive,
But gives justice to the afflicted.

“He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But with kings on the throne
He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

“But if they do not hear, they shall perish by the sword
And they will die without knowledge.

“But the godless in heart lay up anger;
They do not cry for help when He binds them.

“Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing;
And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

“Do not long for the night,
When people vanish in their place.

“Be careful, do not turn to evil,
For you have preferred this to affliction.

“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.

“After it, a voice roars;
He thunders with His majestic voice,
And He does not restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard.

“Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies;
But the wind has passed and cleared them.

“The Almighty—we cannot find Him;
He is exalted in power
And He will not do violence to justice and abundant righteousness.

“Therefore men fear Him;
He does not regard any who are wise of heart.”

“Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field;
They leave and do not return to them.

“He scorns the tumult of the city,
The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

“Will the wild ox consent to serve you,
Or will he spend the night at your manger?

“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned;

Because God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.

“He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
And he does not turn back from the sword.

“With shaking and rage he races over the ground,
And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.

“Once I have spoken, and I will not answer;
Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”

“He bends his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

“If a river rages, he is not alarmed;
He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth.

“Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle; you will not do it again!

“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.

‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”

It came about after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.

Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”

How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!

But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.

He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers.

The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,
For His wrath may soon be kindled.
How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people
Who have set themselves against me round about.

Tremble, and do not sin;
Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil dwells with You.

The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes;
You hate all who do iniquity.

For the choir director; with stringed instruments, upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor chasten me in Your wrath.

I am weary with my sighing;
Every night I make my bed swim,
I dissolve my couch with my tears.

If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword;
He has bent His bow and made it ready.

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

For He who requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

For the needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

Arise, O Lord, do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be judged before You.

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

He says to himself, “I will not be moved;
Throughout all generations I will not be in adversity.”

He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up Your hand.
Do not forget the afflicted.

Why has the wicked spurned God?
He has said to himself, “You will not require it.”

They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.

Do all the workers of wickedness not know,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?

He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

In whose eyes a reprobate is despised,
But who honors those who fear the Lord;
He swears to his own hurt and does not change;

He does not put out his money at interest,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things will never be shaken.

The sorrows of those who have bartered for another god will be multiplied;
I shall not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
Nor will I take their names upon my lips.

I will bless the Lord who has counseled me;
Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.

I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol;
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

A Prayer of David.
Hear a just cause, O Lord, give heed to my cry;
Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.

You have tried my heart;
You have visited me by night;
You have tested me and You find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

My steps have held fast to Your paths.
My feet have not slipped.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
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.

You enlarge my steps under me,
And my feet have not slipped.

I pursued my enemies and overtook them,
And I did not turn back until they were consumed.

I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise;
They fell under my feet.

They cried for help, but there was none to save,
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

You have delivered me from the contentions of the people;
You have placed me as head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.

Day to day pours forth speech,
And night to night reveals knowledge.

There is no speech, nor are there words;
Their voice is not heard.

Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins;
Let them not rule over me;
Then I will be blameless,
And I shall be acquitted of great transgression.

You have given him his heart’s desire,
And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

For the king trusts in the Lord,
And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he will not be shaken.

Though they intended evil against You
And devised a plot,
They will not succeed.

O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I have no rest.

To You they cried out and were delivered;
In You they trusted and were not disappointed.

But I am a worm and not a man,
A reproach of men and despised by the people.

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

But You, O Lord, be not far off;
O You my help, hasten to my assistance.

For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

A Psalm of David.
The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood
And has not sworn deceitfully.

O my God, in You I trust,
Do not let me be ashamed;
Do not let my enemies exult over me.

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
According to Your lovingkindness remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

My eyes are continually toward the Lord,
For He will pluck my feet out of the net.

Guard my soul and deliver me;
Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You.

I do not sit with deceitful men,
Nor will I go with pretenders.

I hate the assembly of evildoers,
And I will not sit with the wicked.

Do not take my soul away along with sinners,
Nor my life with men of bloodshed,

Though a host encamp against me,
My heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me,
In spite of this I shall be confident.

Do not hide Your face from me,
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not abandon me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation!

Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.

A Psalm of David.
To You, O Lord, I call;
My rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You are silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit.

Do not drag me away with the wicked
And with those who work iniquity,
Who speak peace with their neighbors,
While evil is in their hearts.

Because they do not regard the works of the Lord
Nor the deeds of His hands,
He will tear them down and not build them up.