He has cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

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

In times past thou didst set me up on high, as it were above the wind, but now hast thou given me a very sore fall.

Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?

Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times?
Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

I'm boiling mad inside, and I won't remain silent; the time for my affliction to confront me has arrived.

My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.

Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has hastened to deceit;

If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any spot has cleaved to my hands;

If my heart has been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

Or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it;

If his heart has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great
or because my own hand has acquired so much,

And my heart has been secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand:

if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'

An alien has not lodged in the street; I have opened my door to the traveler.

Have I feared large crowds? Has my family's contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn't go outside?"

{O that} {I had} someone hearing me! Here is my signature; let Shaddai answer me! {As for} [the] written communication [that] {my adversary} has written,

If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together,

that you do not say, We have found out wisdom. God has pushed him down, not man.

Now he has not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

Fear has overcome them, they have no more answers to give; they have come to an end of words.

Behold, my belly is as wine which has no vent; it is ready to burst like new wineskins.

Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue has spoken in my mouth.

The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life.

Surely -- thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:

Nevertheless, God has found a pretext to attack me; he considers me his enemy.

He has bound my feet in shackles, and keeps watching everything I do.'"

Lo, in this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.

Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When for all His matters He answereth not?

He cannot stand his food, and he has no desire for appetizing food.

And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life:

He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;

"He'll sing to mankind with these words: "I've sinned. I have twisted what is right. Yet he has not repaid me like I deserve.

He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see the light.'

If thou hast anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify thee.

If thou hast nothing, then hear me, and hold thy tongue, so shall I teach thee wisdom."

For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my justice.

For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

Who has given him charge over the earth? or who has laid on him the whole world?

If now thou hast understanding, hear this: give ear to the voice of my words!

Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

Indeed, he has not yet appointed [a time] for man to go to God in the judgment.

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

As a result, the cries of the poor have reached him and he has heard the cry of the afflicted.

"For has any said to God, 'I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.

By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused -- That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

because he has been adding rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us, and keeps on ranting against God."

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- 'My righteousness is more than God's?'

For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?

If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

But now, because it is not so, he has visited in his anger; yet he knows it not in a great extreme:

for truly my words [are] not falsehood; [one who has] perfect knowledge [is] with you.

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

And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,

Take heed -- do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than on affliction.

Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'

Remember to magnify his awesome activities, about which mortal man has sung.

All mankind has seen it;
people have looked at it from a distance.

And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?

See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.

His thunder roars after it; his majestic voice will thunder; and no one can trace them once his voice has been heard.

{he stops all human beings from working} {so that everyone whom he has made may know it}.

And {they} turn around by his guidance to accomplish all that he has commanded them on [the] face of {the habitable world}.

Do you understand how the clouds float,
those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge?

Thou hast made an expanse with Him For the clouds -- strong as a hard mirror!

Has it been relayed to God that I want to talk? Can a person speak when he is confused?"

So then, they do not look at the light [when it is] bright in the skies, when [the] wind has passed and has cleansed them.

Out of the north comes golden splendor. God has upon him awesome majesty.

For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.

Where wast thou when I founded earth? Declare, if thou hast known understanding.

Who has determined the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line upon it?

Hast thou commanded morning since thy days? Causest thou the dawn to know its place?

Their tokens and weapons hast thou turned like clay, and set them up again as the changing of a garment.

Yea, thou hast spoiled the ungodly of their light, and broken the arm of the proud.

Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all.

Thou hast known -- for then thou art born And the number of thy days are many!

Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?

"Who has cut open a channel for the torrents and a way for [the] {thunder bolts},

Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people;

Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew?

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the frost from heaven, who has given it birth?

Hast thou brought the seven stars together? Or art thou able to loose the bands of Orion?

Hast thou known the statutes of heaven? Or dost thou appoint Its dominion in the earth?

Who has put wisdom in the ibis, or who has given understanding to the rooster?

Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?
Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven

When the dust hardens into a mass
And the clods stick together [because of the heat]?

Hast thou known the time of The bearing of the wild goats of the rock? The bringing forth of hinds thou dost mark!

Thou dost number the months they fulfil? And thou hast known the time of their bringing forth!

"Who has sent forth [the] wild ass free? And who has released [the] wild donkey's bonds,

Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

She mistreats her young as though they're not hers, and she has no fear that her labor may be in vain,

Because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.

Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?