For they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity; their womb is pregnant with deception."

It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:

"But what shall I do? For all my words, my sorrow will not cease: and though I hold my tongue, yet will it not depart from me.

And You have plucked me, for it is a witness, and my failure rises up against me, and it answers to my face.

His anger, hath torn and persecuted me, He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth, Mine adversary, hath sharpened his eyes for me.

I was at ease, but he has broken me asunder: he has also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

Not for any violence in my hands: also my prayer is pure.

"O earth, you should not cover my blood, and let there be no place for my cry for help.

So now look, my witness [is] in the heavens, and he [who] vouches for me [is] in the heights.

And, he that voucheth for me is on high. My friends are, they who scorn me, Unto GOD, hath mine eye shed tears: -

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!

For years few in number shall pass, and I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.

Lay down a surety for me with you; who is he that will give surety for me?

For you have hidden their heart from understanding: therefore shall you not exalt them.

He denounces friends for reward, so his children's eyes will fail.

"And he has made me a proverb for [the] peoples, {and I am one before whom people spit}.

Mine eye is dim for very heaviness, and all my strength is become like a shadow.

But as for you all, do you return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

They set night for day; the light is near in the face of darkness.

If I hope [for] Sheol [as] my house, [if] I spread my couch in the darkness,

And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

"{How long} {will you hunt for words}? Consider, and afterward we shall speak.

He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?

For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

The light was darkened in his tent, and his lamp shall be extinguished for him.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

The noose is laid for him on the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

His wealth will become hunger, and disaster is ready for his stumbling.

His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases.

"{Nothing} remains for him in his tent; sulfur is scattered upon his dwelling place.

His remembrance perishes from [the] earth, and [there is] not a name for him on [the] street.

[There is] no offspring for him nor a descendant among his people, and there is not a survivor in his abode.

Lo, ten times have ye reproved me: are ye not ashamed, for to laugh me to scorn?

"Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

He is breaking me down on every side, and now it's too late for me; he has uprooted my hopes like a tree.

Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.

I call for my servant, but he does not answer,
even if I beg him with my own mouth.

My breath is repulsive to my wife, though I make supplication for the children of my own body.

Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.

Why are you cruel to me, like God, for ever saying evil against me?

That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!

For I know that my redeemer lives, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another; though my heart be consumed within me.

For you ought to say, Why do we persecute him, since the root of the matter is found in me?

Be yourselves afraid of the sword: for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

His children will beg from the poor,
for his own hands must give back his wealth.

if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,

The riches that he devoured, shall he vomit out again; for God shall draw them out of his belly.

That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: from the proceeds of business he shall not rejoice.

for he has oppressed; he has abandoned [the] poor; he has seized a house but did not build it.

For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.

There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain it upon him for his punishment.

All darkness shall be laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown upon shall consume him; it shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.

This is the wicked man’s lot from God,
the inheritance God ordained for him.

As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

For, when I think about this, I am terrified and my body feels a shudder.

Their houses are safe from all fear, for the rod of God doth not smite them.

They send forth - like a flock - their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy;

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways.

"How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? How oft cometh their destruction upon them? Oh what sorrow shall God give them for their part in his wrath!

God lays up his iniquity for his children: he recompenses him, and he shall know it.

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

Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high.

For you say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.

Who denounces his way to his face? And who repays him [for what] he has done?

How then should ye comfort me with vanity, since, as for your replies, there lurketh, in them treachery?

Shall a man profit to God as he understanding shall profit for himself?

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

For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

You have given no water [for the] weary to drink, and you withheld food from [the] hungry.

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

For this cause, round about thee, are snares, and a dread startleth thee suddenly;

Is not God high in Heaven? And behold the leading stars, for they are high.

Thick clouds [are] a covering for him, so that he does not see; and he walks about on [the] dome of heaven.'

who said to God, 'Depart from us;' and, 'What can the Almighty do for us?'

For with joy shall the godly, and with gladness shall the innocent,

Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.

For if thou wilt turn to the Almighty, thou shalt stand fast, and all unrighteousness shall be far from thy dwelling:

then the Almighty himself will be your gold, and the choicest silver for you.

For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face unto God.

You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established for you: and the light shall shine upon your ways.

When they are humiliated, {you say}, '[It is] pride,' for he saves {the humble}.

“He will even rescue the one [for whom you intercede] who is not innocent;
And he will be rescued through the cleanness of your hands.”

There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.

"For though I go before, I find him not; If I come behind, I can get no knowledge of him;

I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.

But as for my way, he knoweth it: and tryeth me as the gold in the fire.

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

For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:

For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me:

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor, before my face, did the gloom form a shroud.

Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment?
Why do those who know Him never see His days?