For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

One dieth now when he is mighty and at his best, rich and in prosperity;

Haven't you asked travelers on the highway? Don't you accept their word

Indeed, [the] wicked is spared from [the] day of disaster; he is delivered from [the] day of wrath.

Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.

How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous?
Does He profit if you perfect your behavior?

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?

Accept what he has to teach you, and treasure his words in your heart.

He shall give thee a harvest, which in plenty and abundance shall exceed the dust of the earth, and the gold of Ophir like river stones.

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

Then, look what thou takest in hand: he shall make it to prosper with thee, and the light shall shine in thy ways.

When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.

If only I knew how to find Him,
so that I could go to His throne.

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.

He that is just shall enter disputation with him, and my judge shall deliver me forever.

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

My foot doth keep his path; his highway have I holden, and will not go out of it.

I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

For insomuch as he is God, he maketh my heart soft: and seeing that he is Almighty, he putteth me in fear.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

“Why does the Almighty not set seasons for judgment?
Why do those who know Him not see His days [for punishment of the wicked]?

The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.

He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

When together, morning is to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.

He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of 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.

He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

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

Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

High they were for a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all others they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned,

How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

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?

He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.

By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty -- He made my soul bitter.

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

This, is the portion of a lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants - from the Almighty, he shall receive.

If he has many children, their destiny is to die by the sword, and his descendants won't have enough food.

Look, whom he leaveth behind him, they shall die and be buried, and no man shall have pity of his widows.

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

He shall clap over him his hands, and shall hiss him forth out of his place.

Iron is taken from dust, and he pours out copper [from] ore.

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

He bringeth food out of the earth, and that which is under, consumeth he with fire.

“Its stones are the bed of sapphires;
It holds dust of gold.

wherein the proud and high minded walk not, and where no lion cometh.

He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

How cometh a man then by wisdom? Where is the place that men find understanding?

Verily, no man can tell how worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the land of the living.

Pure gold cannot be given in its stead, neither can silver he weighed as the value thereof;

High things, and crystal, shall not be remembered: and the drawing out of wisdom above pearls.

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 understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:

Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

"I wish I could go back to how things were a few months ago; when God used to watch over me,

when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.