He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the person who has no strength!

I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

a hidden path no bird of prey knows – no falcon’s eye has spotted it.

Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.

Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be purchased with pure gold.

If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.

Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments.

Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.

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

Surely it is an empty cry – God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it.

It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword.

I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more.”

But the Lord does not surrender the godly, or allow them to be condemned in a court of law.

For I do not trust in my bow, and I do not prevail by my sword.

You sold your people for a pittance; you did not ask a high price for them.

For victory does not come from the east or west, or from the wilderness.

because they did not have faith in God, and did not trust his ability to deliver them.