You overpower him once for all, and he departs; you change his appearance and send him away.

They allow their children to run like a flock; their little ones dance about.

you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

On the flinty rock man has set to work with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases.

Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you, ‘Here we are’?

They crouch, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried.

If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.

For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence.

Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,

he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields;

“While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.

On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.

“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

Now his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”

But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”

When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice.

So the Lord said to Satan, “All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.