He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.

Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

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

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.