Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.

I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life.

Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! For the one who promotes peace has a future.

in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.

Bloodthirsty people hate someone with integrity; as for the upright, they seek his life.

“Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.

“It is all one! That is why I say, ‘He destroys the blameless and the guilty.’

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents.

At the two corners they must be doubled at the lower end and finished together at the top in one ring. So it will be for both.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

But she is unique! My dove, my perfect one! She is the special daughter of her mother, she is the favorite of the one who bore her. The maidens saw her and complimented her; the queens and concubines praised her:

So the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil.”

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason.”

The Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! The Lover to His Beloved: “Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”