that Job speaks without knowledge and his words are without understanding.

Surely it is an empty cry – God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it.

For I do not trust in my bow, and I do not prevail by my sword.

I will not break my covenant or go back on what I promised.

No harm will overtake you; no illness will come near your home.

Certainly the Lord does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him.

He is not enamored with the strength of a horse, nor is he impressed by the warrior’s strong legs.

When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.

As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.

What is bent cannot be straightened, and what is missing cannot be supplied.

He who watches the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap.

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them.

You must keep my statutes. You must not allow two different kinds of your animals to breed, you must not sow your field with two different kinds of seed, and you must not wear a garment made of two different kinds of fabric.

If you are not pleased with her, then you must let her go where she pleases. You cannot in any case sell her; you must not take advantage of her, since you have already humiliated her.

They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known; to new gods who had recently come along, gods your ancestors had not known about.

He said to his father and mother, “I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.

They were unable to observe it at the regular time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem.

How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!

He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.