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

A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God’s wrath.

“Why are times not appointed by the Almighty? Why do those who know him not see his days?

“Then I thought, ‘I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

then his flesh is restored like a youth’s; he returns to the days of his youthful vigor.

That day – let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

If they obey and serve him, they live out their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness.

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

Now the day came when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

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

All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.

“O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,

That night – let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!

Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also arrived among them to present himself before the Lord.

Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

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.

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

Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

If I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise?’, and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.

When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice.