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If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’

If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’

God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.

How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?

How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?

If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.

Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.

If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,

True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?

Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?

Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?

Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?

Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.

Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.

Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?

…look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

…look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.

You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.

But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.

Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.

…rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.

He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.

I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

…he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.

The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.

The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.

The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

…yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.

He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.

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 drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.

This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.

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

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

The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.

The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.

The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.

“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

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

Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

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

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

If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

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.

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

Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

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

Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”

Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.

Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.

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

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.

It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.

…though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

…if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—

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

But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’

But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.

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