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For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

…so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

…so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.

If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?

What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?

Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?

If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,

…what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,

He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.

He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.

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.

It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.

Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.

You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.

But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.

Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”

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!

Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,

He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

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

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

Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.

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

Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?

Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?

Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?

Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!

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

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

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

I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

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

Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.

If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”

Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?

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

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

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

…my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

…my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.

I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

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

His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.

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

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

If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

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

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

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

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.

Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

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

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 eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

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

I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—

…if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

…if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

…because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.

I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.

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

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.

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

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

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

But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.”

Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

…who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

…who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.

…that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.

Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’

Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed Him? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.

There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.

Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.

How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,

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

He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.

He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.

The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.

Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.

Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.

Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.