You lift me up to the wind; you cause me to ride upon it, and spoil my substance.

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

Yet he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry out in his destruction.

I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my flute into the voice of them that weep.

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a disaster to the workers of iniquity?

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has hastened to deceit;

If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any spot has cleaved to my hands;

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

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

What then shall I do when God rises up? and when he comes, what shall I answer him?

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I could not endure.

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, You are my confidence;

This also would be 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.

The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveler.

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

If I have eaten its fruit without payment, or have caused its owners to lose their life:

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand justice.

Therefore I say, Hearken to me; I also will show my opinion.

Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, while you searched out what to say.

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

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

Therefore, Job, I pray you, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

Behold, I am according to your wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

Why do you strive against him? for he gives not account of any of his matters.

Yea, his soul draws near unto the grave, and his life to those who bring death.

If there be a messenger with him, a mediator, one of a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness:

Then he is gracious unto him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

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

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

If you have any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify you.

Therefore hearken unto me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

If now you have understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? and to princes, You are ungodly?

How much less to him that regards not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

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

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.

Surely it is fitting to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

That which I see not you teach me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

Should it be according to your mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose; and not I: therefore declare what you know.

Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?

If you sin, what do you accomplish against him? or if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do unto him?

If you are righteous, what give you to him? or what receives he of your hand?

Because of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out because of the arm of the mighty.

Bear with me a little, and I will show you that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

He preserves not the life of the wicked: but gives justice to the poor.

He opens also their ear to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity.

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

They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to its vapor:

Which the clouds do drop and pour upon man abundantly.

With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between.

For he says to the snow, Be on the earth; likewise to the gentle rain, and to the heavy rain of his strength.

And it is turned around by his guidance: that they may do whatsoever he commands them upon the face of the whole earth.

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

Do you know when God dispatched them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is blameless in knowledge?

Men do therefore fear him: he respects not any that are wise of heart.

Have you commanded the morning since your days began; and caused the dawn to know its place;

That you should take it to its domain, and that you should know the paths to its home?

Do you know it, because you were born then? or because the number of your days is great?

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

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

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender grass to spring forth?

Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew?

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

Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart?

When they crouch in their dens, and abide in their lairs to lie in wait?

Know you the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or can you mark when the hinds do calve?

Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, or abide by your crib?

Will you trust him, because his strength is great? or will you leave your labor to him?

Because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.

He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: he goes out to meet the armed men.

He is the first of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

Lay your hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

None is so fierce that would dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

Who has given to me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

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

They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be parted.

He leaves a path shining after him; one would think the deep to have white hair.

I know that you can do everything, and that no thought can be withheld from you.

Who is he that hides counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

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 you, and against your two friends: for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks 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 him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that you have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day and night.

Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

I will declare the decree: the LORD has said unto me, You are my Son; this day have I begotten you.

[To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: you have delivered me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

[To the Chief Musician. With flutes. A Psalm of David.] Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

[To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. A Psalm of David.] O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

[A shaggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.] O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

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

Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that you have commanded.

The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity that is in me.