Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?

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

For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.

He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.

The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be purchased with pure gold.

If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.

Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.

that Job speaks without knowledge and his words are without understanding.

Surely it is an empty cry – God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it.

Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?

For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground,

Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?

“Why are times not appointed by the Almighty? Why do those who know him not see his days?

if the members of my household have never said, ‘If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job’s meat!’ –

And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,

Indeed, in truth, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.

to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,