Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

‘Can [mortal] man be just before God or be more righteous than He?
Can a man be pure before his Maker or be more cleansed than He?

how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?

Name me one else, if thou can find any: yea, look about thee upon any of the holy men.

who does great things that can't be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.

He delivereth thee out of six troubles, so that in the seventh there can no harm touch thee.

Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

How painful honest words can be!
But what does your rebuke prove?

Do you think that you can disprove my words
or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?

Is there injustice on my tongue? Or can my palate not discern calamity?

I am wasted away, Not, to times age-abiding, can I live, Let me alone, for, a breath, are my days.

How long wilt thou not look away from me? Wilt thou not let me alone, till I can swallow my spittle?

I have sinned, What can I do for thee, thou watcher of men? Wherefore hast thou set me as thine object of attack, or have I become, unto thee, a burden?

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!

Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?

If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand.

He is wise in heart and strong in will who can be stubborn against him and succeed?

Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern him.

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

{How much less} can I myself answer him? [How] can I choose my words with him,

Even if I'm in the right, I cannot answer him. I can only appeal for mercy.

If {it is a matter of} strength, look, [he is] mighty. But if {it is a matter of} justice, who can summon me?

As for the world, he giveth it over into the power of the wicked; and he shall cover the faces of the judges thereof. Is it not so? Where is he - or who is he - that can show the contrary?

"For [he is] not a mortal like me [that] I can answer him, [that] {we can come to trial together}.

and then shall I answer him without any fear. For as long as I am in such fearfulness, I can make no answer: And why?

Do you have eyes made of flesh? Can you look at things as humans do?

Can you live only as long as a human being? Or live the years of a mortal man?

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

If I am wicked, woe unto me; and if I am righteous, yet can I not lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; therefore see my affliction;

Are my days not few? Stop it!
Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little

Should your babbling put others to silence,
so that you can keep on ridiculing
with no one to humiliate you?

“Can you discover the depths of God?
Can you [by searching] discover the limits of the Almighty [ascend to His heights, extend to His widths, and comprehend His infinite perfection]?

“His wisdom is as high as the heights of heaven. What can you do?
It is deeper than Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead). What can you know?

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

Then, indeed, you could lift up your face [to Him] without moral defect,
And you would be firmly established and secure and not fear.

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

[Will it be] well, if he examines you? Or can you deceive him like deceiving a human being?

Yes, this will result in my deliverance,
for no godless person can appear before Him.

Can anyone indict me?
If so, I will be silent and die.

Then call, and I will answer,
or I will speak, and You can respond to me.

You've locked my feet in stocks; you watch all my steps; You've limited where I can walk.

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;

look away from him and let him rest
so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand.

If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come: -

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, but we can the same?

"What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous?

Appoint it, I pray thee - be thou surety for me with thyself, Who is there that, on my side, can pledge himself?

where then is my hope?
Who can see any hope for me?

How long until you stop talking?
Show some sense, and then we can talk.

He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths.

“If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’

He vanisheth as a dream, so that he can no more be found, and passeth away as a vision in the night.

though he savors it and delays swallowing it so he can taste it again and again in his mouth,

Bear [with] me, and I myself will speak; then after my speaking you can mock.

Can any teach God knowledge? And he it is that judgeth those that are high.

Have ye not asked the passers-by in the way? And, their signs, can ye not recognise?

Who can declare - to his face - his way? And, what, he, hath done, who shall recompense to him?

“How then can you vainly comfort me with empty words,
Since your answers remain untrue?”

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

or darkness, so that you can not see, and floods of waters cover you.

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

Thick clouds cover him so he can't see as he walks back and forth at heaven's horizon.

Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

In that place, the upright can reason with him; and I'll be acquitted once and for all by my judge."

"If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can't find him;

He works to the north, but I can't see him. He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him.

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

Thus can I not get out of darkness, the cloud hath so covered my face.

And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, 'No eye can see me,' and covers his face with a mask.

He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,
but His eyes watch over their ways.

"And if [it is] not [so], then who can prove me a liar and reduce my word to nothing?"

Can His troops be numbered?
Does His light not shine on everyone?

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

He holdeth back his stool, that it can not be seen, and spreadeth his clouds before it.

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?

As long as I can breathe; as long as God's breath is in my nostrils,

The darkness shall once come to an end: he can seek out the ground of all things; the stones, the dark, and the shadow of death.

where stones are sapphire and gold dust can be found,

But where can wisdom be found,
and where is understanding located?

No man can know its value,
since it cannot be found in the land of the living.

It can't be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price.

It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

“Gold and glass cannot equal wisdom,
Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.

“The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it,
Nor can it be valued in pure gold.

Destruction and Death say, 'With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.'

"I made a covenant with my eyes; how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin?

For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?

Job’s friends are dismayed and can no longer answer;
words have left them.

I must speak so that I can find relief;
I must open my lips and respond.

“Answer me, if you can;
Set yourselves before me, take your stand.

His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.

Can one who hates justice really govern? And if God is righteous and mighty, can you condemn him?

Can one say to a king, "You're vile!' or to nobles, "You're wicked!'?

"They die suddenly, in the middle of the night; people suffer seizures and pass away; even valiant men can be taken away and not by human hands.