They were saying to God, ‘Turn away from us,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’

Surely then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face toward God.

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

“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter –

This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.

then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay.

Now in this, you are not right – I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.

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

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

Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

“While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.

What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?

“Has anyone said to God, ‘I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more.

“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!”

It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.

And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.

From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.

He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.