For in truth, my words are not false; it is one complete in knowledge who is with you.

Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by affliction.

For to the snow he says, ‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains, ‘Pour down.’

From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.

that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

Can you lead out the constellations in their seasons, or guide the Bear with its cubs?

“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,

when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket?

In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown.

Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high?

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

“Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.

(41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.

Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the red glow of dawn.

“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.

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

I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;

“While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.

Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children.

“You say, ‘He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.