He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

You will also know that your children will be numerous, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.

What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

“But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you.

My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.

If you say, ‘How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!’

His bones were full of his youthful vigor, but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.

Their houses are safe and without fear; and no rod of punishment from God is upon them.

How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?

the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;

“If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,

If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,

then his flesh is restored like a youth’s; he returns to the days of his youthful vigor.

For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.

But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.

It makes the deep boil like a cauldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment,

For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.

Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?

He restores my strength. He leads me down the right paths for the sake of his reputation.