The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.

then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely.

What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you!

Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.

“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

Even youngsters have scorned me; when I get up, they scoff at me.

“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?

“Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; so the grave takes away those who have sinned.

Moreover, the strength of their hands – what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished;

then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay.

Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.

(41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.

Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord – and Satan also arrived among them.

“Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.

Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.

Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also arrived among them to present himself before the Lord.

I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?