let them bring royal attire which the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden – one bearing the royal insignia!

It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:

“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children.

“If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature – let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.

That person sings to others, saying: ‘I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.

So they went, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and did just as the Lord had told them; and the Lord had respect for Job.

may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust. (Selah)

For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.

He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended.

For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one’s life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.

So now my heart will sing to you and not be silent; O Lord my God, I will always give thanks to you.

O Lord, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!

Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food. (If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)

But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, “May the Lord be praised!”

Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves,

Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds! For the Lord is his name! Rejoice before him!