Take now the law from his mouth, and set his words in thy heart

Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

"For though I go before, I find him not; If I come behind, I can get no knowledge of him;

I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.

For he knew the way with me,: he tried me.; I shall come forth as gold.

But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

With the sweeping rain of the mountains, are they wet, and, through having no shelter, they embrace a rock.

Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.

Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.

From the city, men groan;
the mortally wounded cry for help,
yet God pays no attention to this crime.

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is cursed on the earth;
They do not turn toward the vineyards.

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.

Treating evil the barren who beareth not, And to the widow he doth no good,

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all other are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight:

How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?

Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

This is now a short sum of his doings. But who is able sufficiently to rehearse his works? Who can perceive and understand the thunder of his power?"

My lips shall talk of no vanity, and my tongue shall speak no deceit,

Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

Behold, ye stand in your own conceit, as though ye knew all things. Wherefore then do ye go about with such vain words,

Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.

His house has no more strength than a spider's thread, or a watchman's tent.

He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

And it hurls at him, and it has no compassion; he will quickly flee from its power.

He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.

There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

Proud beasts have never walked on it;
no lion has ever prowled over it.

A human being does not know its proper value, and it is not found in [the] land of the living.

No wedges of gold of Ophir, no precious Onyx stones, no Sapphire may be compared unto her.

No, neither gold nor Crystal, neither sweet odours nor golden plate.

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

The Topaz that cometh out of Ethiopia may in no wise be likened unto her: yea, no manner of apparel how pleasant and fair soever it be.

God understood its way, and he knew its place.

Then did he see her, then declared he her, prepared her and knew her.

"O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,

For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

‘My glory and honor are fresh in me [being constantly renewed],
And my bow gains [ever] new strength in my hand.’

I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

The power and strength of their hands might do me no good, and as for their age, it is spent and past away without any profit.

They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.

The sons of the foolish one, also the sons of no name: they were beaten from the land.

And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.

You changed toward me, and now you're cruel to me; with your mighty hand you are persecuting 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.

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

Indeed, no prayer availeth when he stretcheth out his hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.

My feelings are strongly moved, and give me no rest; days of trouble have overtaken me.

I go in mourning with no sun; I stood up and I cried out in the congregation.

But now I am a companion of dragons, and a fellow of ostriches.

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

If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

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

If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

For I have ever feared the vengeance and punishment of God, and knew very well that I was not able to bear his burden.

Have I ever rejoiced at the hurt of mine enemy? Or was I ever glad, that any harm happened to him? Oh no.

“No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin
By cursing my enemy and asking for his life.

No stranger had to spend the night on the street,
for I opened my door to the traveler.

“For if my land has cried out against me,
And its furrows weep together;

So these three men gave no more answers to Job, because he seemed to himself to be right.

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

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

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are aged; wherefore I was timid, and feared to shew you what I know.

Every man, no doubt, hath a mind; but it is the inspiration of the Almighty that giveth understanding.

Therefore I say, Hearken to me; I also will shew what I know.

And unto you I attend, And lo, there is no reasoner for Job, Or answerer of his sayings among you.

lest ye should praise yourselves, to have found out wisdom: because it is God that hath cast him out, and no man.

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

They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

I will answer, I also in my turn, I also will shew what I know:

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

I will be partial to no one,
and I will not give anyone an undeserved title.

For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

"But now, please hear my speeches, Job, and hear all my words.

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

My words'shall utter the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

“Answer me, if you can;
Set yourselves before me, take your stand.