If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.

He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed.

“Why are times not appointed by the Almighty? Why do those who know him not see his days?

There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.

If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned,

if the members of my household have never said, ‘If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job’s meat!’ –

And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,

Indeed, in truth, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.

“Yes, God is great – beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.

As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.

to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,

Is not your piety your confidence, and your blameless ways your hope?

Did you not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?

If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.

They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!

what wise men declare, hiding nothing, from the tradition of their ancestors,

although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?

Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them.