In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety.

Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?

“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover over them both.

He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’

He goes about in company with evildoers, he goes along with wicked men.

Who has put wisdom in the heart, or has imparted understanding to the mind?

They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me.

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

Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)

In you, O Lord, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated!

In my time of trouble I cry out to you, for you will answer me.

The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.

The Lord has established his throne in heaven; his kingdom extends over everything.

כ (Kaf) I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word.

whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;

Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small!

rock badgers are creatures with little power, but they make their homes in the crags;

The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem: