“The dead tremble – those beneath the waters and all that live in them.

Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times?

Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.

He has cut out channels through the rocks; his eyes have spotted every precious thing.

when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me;

I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;

“And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them.

My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.

“They are dismayed and cannot answer any more; they have nothing left to say.

See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue in my mouth has spoken.

so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.

“Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.

What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water!

so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people.

that Job speaks without knowledge and his words are without understanding.

So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

And he reveals this for correction, and says that they must turn from evil.

which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly.

“Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

On what were its bases set, or who laid its cornerstone –