And so Job died, old and full of days.

I will speak, so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.

each one is so close to the next that no air can come between them.

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.

so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.

why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

“Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?

so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people.

Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.

He causes everyone to stop working, so that all people may know his work.

Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!

as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man’s hope.

“If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”

So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.

he who shakes the earth out of its place so that its pillars tremble;