“But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking – how much of it goes away?

I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!

If his children increase – it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat.

“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,

If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,

if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,

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

If there is an angel beside him, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness;

Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’

If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?

If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand?

Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up!

Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.

Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.

If a person does not repent, God sharpens his sword and prepares to shoot his bow.

If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,

Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me.

They wander around looking for something to eat; they refuse to sleep until they are full.