Its underparts are the sharp points of potsherds, it leaves its mark in the mud like a threshing sledge.

Since man’s days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it.

He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.

because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!

But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident – who carry their god in their hands.

If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.

Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.

Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.’

Now I was paying you close attention, yet there was no one proving Job wrong, not one of you was answering his statements!

Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord – and Satan also arrived among them.

And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet.

For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?

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

“Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?

He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.

Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

“Why did I not die at birth, and why did I not expire as I came out of the womb?

God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways.

He has searched the sources of the rivers and what was hidden he has brought into the light.

And he said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”