that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?

If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

“Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.

‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”

“Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable?

I will teach you about the power of God; What is on the Almighty’s mind I will not conceal.

“O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,

“For God speaks, the first time in one way, the second time in another, though a person does not perceive it.

Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence.

If God puts no trust in his servants and attributes folly to his angels,

With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic.

You may say, ‘God stores up a man’s punishment for his children!’ Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may know it!

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God.

I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered – a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!

“Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, from the Almighty to do evil.

Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord – and Satan also arrived among them.

and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom – for true wisdom has two sides – so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins.

“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?

Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face:

God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways.