"How have you helped him who is without power. How have you saved the arm that has no strength.

"Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with Shaddai will I not conceal.

That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon's eye seen it.

He binds the streams that they do not trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.

To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"

"Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

"But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.

So that they dwell in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.

In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for all living.

(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door?

oh that I had one to hear me. (behold, here is my signature, let Shaddai answer me); let the accuser write my indictment.

Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was kindled because he justified himself rather than God.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were elder than he.

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

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

My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

"Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.

That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.

His flesh shall be fresher than a child's. He returns to the days of his youth.

He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.

He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.

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

Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.

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

"Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from Shaddai, that he should commit iniquity.

Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.

that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.

Teach me that which I do not see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?

Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.

I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.

"Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'

That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'

Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'

then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

He also opens their ears to instruction, and commands that they return from iniquity.

Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

Take heed, do not regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.

"Remember that you magnify his work, whereof men have sung.

Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also concerning the storm that comes up.

Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, the sound that goes out of his mouth.

He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has made may know it.

It is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world,

Whether it is for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come.

Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

that you should take it to its bound, that you should discern the paths to its house?

"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'

Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?

Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?

and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.

"Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?

Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high?

Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.

Will he make a covenant with you, that you should take him for a servant forever?

None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

They are joined one to another. They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.

On earth there is not his equal, that is made without fear.

He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride."

"I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

It was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls 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 I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has."

Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that the LORD had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

But know that the LORD has set apart for himself him who is godly: The LORD will hear when I call to him.

You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

The LORD administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, LORD, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.

From the lips of babes and infants you have ordained praise, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.

that I may show forth all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

Put them in fear, LORD. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.

For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion. When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Hear, LORD, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.

You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.