whose harvest [the] hungry eats, and he takes it {from behind} [the] thorns; and [the] thirsty pants after their wealth.

For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.

[He] is doing great and {unsearchable} things, marvelous things {without number}--

He gives rain to the earth
and sends water to the fields.

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

By day, they encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high noon.

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.

See how happy the man is God corrects;
so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain -- He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.

To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

Teach me, and I myself will be silent; and make me understand how I have gone astray.

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

Like a slave he longs for [the] shadow, and like a laborer he waits for his wages.

As soon as I lie down, I say, When shall I arise? yet he lengtheneth out the evening, and I am wearied with tossings until the breeze of twilight.

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

So shall thy beginning appear small, - when, thy latter end, he shall greatly increase!

His source of confidence is fragile;
what he trusts in is a spider’s web.

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

His roots are wrapped about the'stone -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.

If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;

[He is the one] who shakes [the] earth from its place, and its pillars tremble.

Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;

Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;

[He is the one] who made [the] Bear [and] Orion, [the] Pleiades and [the] constellations of [the] south.

[He is the one] who does great things {beyond understanding} and marvelous things {beyond number}.

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

As for GOD, if he withdraw not his anger, under him, will have submitted themselves - the proud helpers.

How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.

This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

If there were between us an umpire, He doth place his hand on us both.

He doth turn aside from off me his rod, And His terror doth not make me afraid,

O remember, I beseech thee, how that thou madest me of the mould of the earth, and shalt bring me into dust again.

If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.

“Would He not let my few days alone?
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

But, {O that} God might speak, and [that] he would open his lips to you,

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

“But a hollow (empty-headed) man will become intelligent and wise
[Only] when the colt of a wild donkey is born as a man.

then you will hold your head high, free from fault.
You will be firmly established and unafraid.

Above high noon, shall rise life's continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,

And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.

What is he, but he knoweth that the hand of the LORD made all these?

With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;

He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

“But I wish to speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.

Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

Your remembrances are similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights.

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.