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…by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.

But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

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

Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

…though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,

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

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

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

When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.

Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.

They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.

Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.

But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.

For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’

Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

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

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

My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

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

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.

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

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.

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

If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,

The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.

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

…as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

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

I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.

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

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.

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

No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’

It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

…when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

…when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.

My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’

They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

…so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

…so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.

You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.

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

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

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

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

…if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

…if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

…if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

…if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

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

…if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

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

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.

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

For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.

Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:

‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.

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

Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.

For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.

In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,

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

They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.

They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.

He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.

Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

He strikes them for their wickedness in full view,

But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,

…and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!

So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.

Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.