Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.

I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.

“Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?

For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it?

For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this,

Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?

Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.

“But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

he wanders about – food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.

If you say, ‘How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!’

Fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment by the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment.”

For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?’

“Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!

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

For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.

But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.