But you say, ‘What will it profit you,’ and, ‘What do I gain by not sinning?’

“People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty.

And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression!

For in truth, my words are not false; it is one complete in knowledge who is with you.

Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by affliction.

For to the snow he says, ‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains, ‘Pour down.’

From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.

that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

Can you lead out the constellations in their seasons, or guide the Bear with its cubs?

“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,

when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket?

In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown.

Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high?

Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!

“Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.

(41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.

Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the red glow of dawn.

The king says, “I will announce the Lord’s decree. He said to me: ‘You are my son! This very day I have become your father!

To the Lord I cried out, and he answered me from his holy hill. (Selah)

I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.