So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?

So the Lord said to Satan, “All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.

“Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good.”

He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.

As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.

The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; so the grave takes away those who have sinned.

So do not say, ‘We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!’

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

Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?

Will it make a pact with you, so you could take it as your slave for life?

“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.

so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors –

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

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