The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered.

If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,

In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,

For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.

Who can uncover its outer covering? Who can penetrate to the inside of its armor?

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

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

This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.

It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphires.

Moreover, the strength of their hands – what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished;

So the Lord blessed the second part of Job’s life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

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

But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.

For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth.

He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.

Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it, nor can a vase of gold match its worth.

when my steps were bathed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil!

If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.

Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.