Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them?

But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God.

If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans –

Then he gives a revelation to people, and terrifies them with warnings,

“Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men.

Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!

And he reveals this for correction, and says that they must turn from evil.

The likes of it is not on earth, a creature without fear.

Since man’s days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it.

The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.

But Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!

because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!

But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.

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

“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.

For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.

Or ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me’?

“Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!