“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

You gave me life and favor, and your intervention watched over my spirit.

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

Will it make numerous supplications to you, will it speak to you with tender words?

“Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!

His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his wealth.

But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

But it was he who filled their houses with good things – yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.

Whether it is for punishment for his land, or whether it is for mercy, he causes it to find its mark.

“The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?

“Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.

(40:25) “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook, and tie down its tongue with a rope?

Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?