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

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.

The clods of the torrent valley are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng.

The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.

And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”

He entreats God, and God delights in him, he sees God’s face with rejoicing, and God restores to him his righteousness.

So the Lord said to Satan, “All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

But he replied, “You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.

They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone, they are brought low like all others, and gathered in, and like a head of grain they are cut off.’

So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.

Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.

A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.

They spend the night naked because they lack clothing; they have no covering against the cold.

For she leaves her eggs on the ground, and lets them be warmed on the soil.

let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.

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

if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,

He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.