But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yes, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

And if they are bound in fetters, and are held in cords of affliction;

If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

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

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table would be full of fatness.

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

For by them he judgeth the people; he giveth food in abundance.

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellence; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

And it is turned around by his counsels: that they may do whatever he commandeth them upon the face of the world on the earth.

Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

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

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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

When I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

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

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in its season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with its sons?

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?

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

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

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

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for want of food.

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not to them.

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;

When she lifteth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

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

She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like his?

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.

Then will I also confess to thee that thy own right hand can save thee.

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

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

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 sundered.

In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

When he raiseth himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Therefore take to you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer 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 ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Then came there to him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house: and they condoled with 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 ear-ring of gold.

And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers.

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

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in season; its leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he doeth shall prosper.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Then shall he speak to them in his wrath, and trouble them in his sore displeasure.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they multiplied that trouble me? many are they that rise up against me.

Many there are who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me on all sides.

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call to him.

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time when their corn and their wine increased.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep; for thou only, LORD, makest me dwell in safety.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer to thee, and will look up.

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship towards thy holy temple.

Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness, because of my enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.

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.

But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who will give thee thanks?

Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

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

O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands;

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