He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’

to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

Its breath sets coals ablaze and a flame shoots from its mouth.

So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.”

What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

“Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”

in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.

You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?

From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.

For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

But Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.