If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!

I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,

Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.

My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true.

Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;

If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him;

Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.

What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,

What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?

But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;

And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride.

Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.

On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,

Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth.

I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.

Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!

Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)

What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?

What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you.

What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

I will give you praise without end for what you have done; I will give honour to your name before your saints, for it is good.

In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.

Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.

I will give praise to the name of God with a song; I will give glory to him for what he has done.

If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.

Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared.

Your way, O God, is holy: what god is so great as our God?

The Lord will give what is good; and our land will give its increase.

What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

They take what you give them; they are full of the good things which come from your open hand.

What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?

What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me?

The Lord is on my side; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.

O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.

I have done what is good and right: you will not give me into the hands of those who are working against me.

O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.

Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.

By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;

Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;

Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.

He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?

Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.

What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?

I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.

And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.

What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

What profit has the worker in the work which he does?

Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.

So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?

And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?

This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.

There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?