Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?

Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent.

God does not restrain his anger; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed.

For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.

to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,

He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.

Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?

After that a voice roars; he thunders with an exalted voice, and he does not hold back his lightning bolts when his voice is heard.

He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.

He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.

I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth.

if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,

“Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?

For he says, ‘It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.’

I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

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

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