Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.

By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?

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

And say, 'Hitherto come thou, and add not, And a command is placed On the pride of thy billows.'

So that light may take hold of the corners of the earth
And shake the wickedness out of it?

It transformeth itself like the clay of a seal, so that things stand forth like one arrayed;

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

Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

Have you considered closely [the] earth's vast expanse? Declare [it], if you know all of it.

so you can lead it back to its border?
Are you familiar with the paths to its home?

“You [must] know, since you were born then,
And because you are so extremely old!

Hast thou come in unto the treasure of snow? Yea, the treasures of hail dost thou see?

Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;

To give rain over the no-man's land, the desert, where no son of earth is;

when water solidifies like stone and the surface of the deepest sea freezes?

Do you know heaven's statutes, or can you establish their rule on the earth?

“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
So that an abundance of water will cover you?

Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

Who can number [the] clouds with wisdom? Or who can tilt heaven's jars,

Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,

Who provides the raven’s food
when its young cry out to God
and wander about for lack of food?

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"Do you know [the] time when [the] goats of [the] rocks give birth? Do you observe [the] doe deer's giving birth?

Can you count the months they are pregnant
so you can know the time they give birth?

"Who has sent forth [the] wild ass free? And who has released [the] wild donkey's bonds,

It scorns [the] city's turmoil; it does not hear [the] driver's shouts.

Will the ox of the mountains be your servant? or is his night's resting-place by your food-store?

Canst thou bind the wild-ox, so that - with the ridge - shall run his cord? Or will he harrow the furrows after thee?

“Will you have faith and depend on him to return your grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?

The wing of the ostrich beats joyously But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?

So hard is she to her young ones, as though they were not hers, and laboureth in vain without any fear.

“Yet when she lifts herself on high,
[So swift is she that] she laughs at the horse and his rider.

He charges ahead with trembling rage;
he cannot stand still at the trumpet’s sound.

He will say according to the multitude of the trumpet, Aha! and he will smell the battle from far off, the thunder of the chiefs, and the war cry.

The crag, he inhabiteth, and so lodgeth himself, on the tooth of the crag, and high fort;

“From there he spies out the prey;
His eyes see it from far away.

His young ones feast on blood; he'll be found wherever there's a carcass."

And Jehovah will answer Job, and he will say,

"Should the one who is fighting the Almighty find fault with him? Let God's accuser answer."

So Job answered Yahweh and said,

I am so insignificant. How can I answer You?
I place my hand over my mouth.

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

So then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said: -

"Indeed, would you annul my justice? Would you condemn me, so that you might be righteous?

Do you have an arm like God’s?
Can you thunder with a voice like His?

“Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity [since you question the Almighty],
And array yourself with honor and majesty.

Scatter abroad the wrath of thine anger, And see every proud one, and make him low.

See every proud one -- humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place.

See now the behemoth, which I made with thee: he eateth grass as an ox.

“See now, his strength is in his loins
And his power is in the muscles and sinews of his belly.

He is the chief of God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.

[The] lotus trees cover it [with] their shade; [the] wadi's poplar trees surround it.

What you see as a raging river doesn't alarm him; he is confident when the Jordan overflows.

Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?

Will he make a covenant with you
so that you can take him as a slave forever?

Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.

"Look! Anyone's hope to capture him will prove itself false; anyone would be terrified just by looking at him.

None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

“Who can penetrate or strip off his outer armor?
Who can come to his jaws with a double bridle?

“His strong scales are his pride,
Bound together as with a tight seal.

One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.

They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.

“In Leviathan’s neck resides strength,
And dismay and terror dance before him.

Its flesh's folds of skin cling together; it is cast on it--it will not be moved.

Clubs are regarded as stubble, and it laughs at [the] short sword's rattle.

He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.

After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.

“Upon earth there is nothing like him—no equal exists,
A creature made without fear.

Every high thing he doth see, He is king over all sons of pride.

And Job will answer Jehovah, and he will say,

I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs.

“[You said to me] ‘Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge?’
Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered that which I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

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.

By the ear's hearing I heard [of] you, but now my eye has seen you.

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

And now, take to you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go ye unto My servant Job, and ye have caused a burnt-offering to ascend for you; and Job My servant doth pray for you, for surely his face I accept, so as not to do with you folly, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job.

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.

Then Yahweh returned Job's fortune when he prayed to him on behalf of his friends. Thus Yahweh increased {all that Job had twice as much as before}.

So all his brothers and all his sisters and all [those who] had known him {before} came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house and showed sympathy to him and comforted him for all the disaster that Yahweh had brought upon him. Then each one gave to him one piece of money, and each one [gave to him] one ornamental ring of gold.

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

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.

After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

So Job died, being old and full of days.

But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And so, he is like a tree planted by streams of water that gives its fruit in its season; its leaf also does not wither. Therefore all that he does prospers.

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

For the Lord knows and fully approves the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked shall perish.

Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

The kings of the earth take their stand;
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the Lord and His Anointed (the Davidic King, the Messiah, the Christ), saying,

"Let's break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us."

I will declare the Lord’s decree:
He said to Me, “You are My Son;
today I have become Your Father.

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

So then, O kings, be wise. Be warned, O rulers of [the] earth.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way. For his wrath shall be kindled shortly: blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

LORD, I have so many persecutors! Many are rising up against me!

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

See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.

Tremble ye, and do not sin;' Say ye thus in your heart on your bed, And be ye silent. Selah.

There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

For the music director, to be accompanied by wind instruments; a psalm of David. Listen to what I say, Lord! Carefully consider my complaint!

For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil [person] dwells with You.