Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it?

if iniquity is in your hand – put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.

“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?

You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!

All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.

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

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

If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.

In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them.

gaunt with want and hunger, they would gnaw the parched land, in former time desolate and waste.

Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence.

They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.

You pick me up on the wind and make me ride on it; you toss me about in the storm.