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For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.

For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?

Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?

Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?

He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.

Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?

Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?

Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’

Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’

But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.

He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”

I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.

He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.

“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.

He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.

He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.

By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

…what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.

He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.

Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.

Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.

The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.

He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.

He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.

But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

…when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,

…then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.

…then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.

And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.

With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.

He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.

Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

…let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.

Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,

…and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.

But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.

Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.

He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’

He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’

Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?

He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings

…so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.

He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.

…then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.

He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

…to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’

For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.

For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.

If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,