I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.

who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.

Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust?

You bring new witnesses against me, and increase your anger against me; relief troops come against me.

He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.

For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth.

God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.

The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.

Is it because of your piety that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you?

They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.

to satisfy a devastated and desolate land, and to cause it to sprout with vegetation?

Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!

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

Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

You may say, ‘God stores up a man’s punishment for his children!’ Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may know it!

But he replied, “You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason.”

So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”