My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shade.

Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?

Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

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

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

And be it indeed that I have erred, my error remaineth with myself.

Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

He shall fly away as a dream, and will not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

Though wickedness may be sweet in his mouth, though he may hide it under his tongue;

That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it.

There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

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

Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they will be brought forth to the day of wrath.

Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

The clods of the valley will be sweet to him, and every man will draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

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

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

If thou shalt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defense and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thy hands.

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

Though it is given him to be in safety, on which he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

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

He divideth the sea by his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

Far be it from me that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me.

Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

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

If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant: even the waters forgotten by the foot: they are dried up, they have gone away from men.

The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

It cannot be obtained for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price of it.

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

The topaz of Cush shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

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

And now I am their song, yes, I am their by-word.

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

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

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let my offspring be rooted out.

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

Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.

For this is a hainous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

Then let my arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

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.

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

If the men of my tabernacle have not said, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom:

I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.

Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he will return to the days of his youth:

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.

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

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.

In a moment they shall die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

That the hypocrite may not reign, lest the people should be ensnared.

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

My desire is that Job may be tried to the end, because of his answers for wicked men.

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?

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.