'May' in the Bible

When the days of their feasting were over, Job would send [for them] and consecrate them, rising early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did this at all [such] times.

“May that day be darkness;Let God above not care about it,Nor light shine on it.

“Now please look at me,And see if I lie to your face [for you know that I would not].

“Would He not let my few days alone,Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

“But I wish to speak to the Almighty,And I desire to argue with God.

“Be silent before me so that I may speak;And let happen to me what may.

“Then beware and be afraid of the sword [of divine vengeance] for yourselves,For wrathful are the punishments of that sword,So that you may know there is judgment.”

“You say, ‘God stores away [the punishment of] man’s wickedness for his children.’Let God repay him so that he may know and experience it.

He may prepare it, but the just will wear itAnd the innocent will divide the silver.

Oh, let Him weigh me with accurate scales,And let God know my integrity.

“I must speak so that I may get relief;I will open my lips and answer.

“However, Job, please listen to my words,And pay attention to everything I say.

“In a dream, a vision of the night [one may hear God’s voice],When deep sleep falls on menWhile slumbering upon the bed,

That He may turn man aside from his conduct,And keep him from pride;

“Man is also disciplined with pain on his bed,And with unceasing complaint in his bones,

“If there is an angel as a mediator for him,One out of a thousand,To explain to a man what is right for him [that is, how to be in right standing with God],

To bring his life back from the pit [of destruction],That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

“There is no darkness nor deep shadowWhere the evildoers may hide themselves.

So that godless men would not ruleNor be snares for the people.

“All men have seen God’s work;Man looks at it from a distance.

“God seals (brings to a standstill, stops) [by severe weather] the hand of every man,That all men [whom He has made] may know His work [that is, His sovereign power and their subjection to it].

“Its direction is turned around by His guidance,That it may do whatever He commands itOn the face of the inhabited earth.

“Tell us [Job] what words [of man] shall we say to such a Being;We cannot state our case because of darkness [that is, our ignorance in the presence of the unsearchable God].

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

That you may take it to its territoryAnd that you may know the paths to its house?

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

“Can you send forth lightnings that they may goAnd say to you, ‘Here we are’?

Forgetting that a foot may crush them,Or that the wild beast may trample them.

“Will you really annul My judgment and set it aside as void?Will you condemn Me [your God] that you may [appear to] be righteous and justified?