For I am full of words,
and my spirit compels me to speak.

For I do not know how to give such titles;
otherwise, my Maker would remove me in an instant.

Fear of me should not terrify you;
the pressure I exert against you will be light.

Why do you take Him to court
for not answering anything a person asks?

For God speaks time and again,
but a person may not notice it.

If there is an angel on his side,
one mediator out of a thousand,
to tell a person what is right for him

But if you have something to say, answer me;
speak, for I would like to justify you.

Let us judge for ourselves what is right;
let us decide together what is good.

For Job has declared, “I am righteous,
yet God has deprived me of justice.

For he has said, “A man gains nothing
when he becomes God’s friend.”

Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding.
It is impossible for God to do wrong,
and for the Almighty to act unjustly.

For He repays a person according to his deeds,
and He brings his ways on him.

God is not partial to princes
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of His hands.

For His eyes watch over a man’s ways,
and He observes all his steps.

In full view of the public,
He strikes them for their wickedness,

For he adds rebellion to his sin;
he scornfully claps in our presence,
while multiplying his words against God.

For you ask, “What does it profit You,
and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?”

People cry out because of severe oppression;
they shout for help because of the arm of the mighty.

how much less when you complain
that you do not see Him,
that your case is before Him
and you are waiting for Him.

Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you,
for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf.

For my arguments are without flaw;
one who has perfect knowledge is with you.

Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;
even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.

Do not long for the night
when nations will disappear from their places.

Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,
for that is why you have been tested by affliction.

Who has appointed His way for Him,
and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?

For He makes waterdrops evaporate;
they distill the rain into its mist,

For He judges the nations with these;
He gives food in abundance.

For He says to the snow, “Fall to the earth,”
and the torrential rains, His mighty torrential rains,

He causes this to happen for punishment,
for His land, or for His faithful love.

Therefore, men fear Him.
He does not look favorably on any who are wise in heart.

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

when I declared: “You may come this far, but no farther;
your proud waves stop here”?

which I hold in reserve for times of trouble,
for the day of warfare and battle?

Who cuts a channel for the flooding rain
or clears the way for lightning,

Can you hunt prey for a lioness
or satisfy the appetite of young lions

Who provides the raven’s food
when its young cry out to God
and wander about for lack of food?

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Who set the wild donkey free?
Who released the swift donkey from its harness?

It roams the mountains for its pastureland,
searching for anything green.

Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness?
Will it plow the valleys behind you?

She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.

For God has deprived her of wisdom;
He has not endowed her with understanding.

He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;
he does not run from the sword.

From there it searches for prey;
its eyes penetrate the distance.

The hills yield food for him,
while all sorts of wild animals play there.

Will he beg you for mercy
or speak softly to you?

Can you play with him like a bird
or put him on a leash for your girls?

Will traders bargain for him
or divide him among the merchants?

He has no equal on earth—
a creature devoid of fear!

You asked, “Who is this who conceals My counsel with ignorance?”
Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.

After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has.

Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you. I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has.”

After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his prosperity and doubled his previous possessions.

For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.

“Let us tear off their chains
and free ourselves from their restraints.”

Pay homage to the Son or He will be angry
and you will perish in your rebellion,
for His anger may ignite at any moment.
All those who take refuge in Him are happy.

Many say about me,
“There is no help for him in God.”Selah

Know that the Lord has set apart
the faithful for Himself;
the Lord will hear when I call to Him.

I will both lie down and sleep in peace,
for You alone, Lord, make me live in safety.

Pay attention to the sound of my cry,
my King and my God,
for I pray to You.

For You are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil cannot dwell with You.

For there is nothing reliable in what they say;
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.

Punish them, God;
let them fall by their own schemes.
Drive them out because of their many crimes,
for they rebel against You.

But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;
let them shout for joy forever.
May You shelter them,
and may those who love Your name boast about You.

For You, Lord, bless the righteous one;
You surround him with favor like a shield.

Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am weak;
heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking;

For there is no remembrance of You in death;
who can thank You in Sheol?

Depart from me, all evildoers,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.

The Lord has heard my plea for help;
the Lord accepts my prayer.

Rise up, Lord, in Your anger;
lift Yourself up against the fury of my adversaries;
awake for me;
You have ordained a judgment.

He has prepared His deadly weapons;
He tips His arrows with fire.

I will thank the Lord for His righteousness;
I will sing about the name of Yahweh the Most High.

For You have upheld my just cause;
You are seated on Your throne as a righteous judge.

But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
He has established His throne for judgment.

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.

For the One who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

For the oppressed will not always be forgotten;
the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever.

Lord, why do You stand so far away?
Why do You hide in times of trouble?

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;
the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.

He waits in ambush near the villages;
he kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;

doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressed
so that men of the earth may terrify them no more.

For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

For the Lord is righteous; He loves righteous deeds.
The upright will see His face.

For the choir director: according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.

“Because of the oppression of the afflicted
and the groaning of the poor,
I will now rise up,” says the Lord.
“I will put the one who longs for it in a safe place.”

Then they will be filled with terror,
for God is with those who are righteous.

who despises the one rejected by the Lord
but honors those who fear the Lord,
who keeps his word whatever the cost,

A Davidic Miktam.Protect me, God, for I take refuge in You.

As for the holy people who are in the land,
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.

The sorrows of those who take another god
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.

The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

For You will not abandon me to Sheol;
You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.

A Davidic prayer.Lord, hear a just cause;
pay attention to my cry;
listen to my prayer—
from lips free of deceit.

Let my vindication come from You,
for You see what is right.

I called to the Lord in my distress,
and I cried to my God for help.
From His temple He heard my voice,
and my cry to Him reached His ears.

Smoke rose from His nostrils,
and consuming fire came from His mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.

He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord
and have not turned from my God to wickedness.

For You rescue an afflicted people,
but You humble those with haughty eyes.

For who is God besides Yahweh?
And who is a rock? Only our God.

He trains my hands for war;
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.