<p class="poetry">Then he gives a revelation<n id="1" /> to people,p> <p class="poetry">and terrifies them with warnings,<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Does not humanity have hard service<n id="1" /> on earth?p> <p class="poetry">Are not their days alsop> <p class="poetry">like the days of a hired man?<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;What is mankind<n id="1" /> that you make so much of them,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and that you pay attention<n id="3" /> to them?p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Do you have eyes of flesh,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or do you see<n id="2" /> as a human being sees?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Are your days like the days of a mortal,p> <p class="poetry">or your years like the years<n id="1" /> of a mortal,p>

<p class="poetry">What is man that he should be pure,p> <p class="poetry">or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?p>

<p class="poetry">how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">a son of man, who is only a worm!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Mankind does not know its place;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">it cannot be found in the land of the living.p>

<p class="poetry">But it is a spirit in people,p> <p class="poetry">the breath<n id="1" /> of the Almighty,p> <p class="poetry">that makes them understand.p>

<p class="poetry">Men of understanding say to me &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">any wise man listening to me says &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">All humanity has seen it;p> <p class="poetry">people gaze on it from afar.p>

<p class="poetry">Therefore people fear him,p> <p class="poetry">for he does not regard all the wise in heart.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Therefore,<n id="1" /> blessed<n id="2" /> is the man whom God corrects,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so do not despise the discipline<n id="4" /> of the Almighty.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Truly,<n id="1" /> I know that this is so.p> <p class="poetry">But how<n id="2" /> can a human<n id="3" /> be just before<n id="4" /> God?<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">as water wears away stones,p> <p class="poetry">and torrents<n id="1" /> wash away the soil,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so you destroy man&#8217;s hope.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">How then can a human being be righteous before God?p> <p class="poetry">How can one born of a woman be pure?<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Far from where people live<n id="1" /> he sinks a shaft,p> <p class="poetry">in places travelers have long forgotten,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">far from other people he dangles and sways.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">So these three men refused to answer<n id="2" /> Job further, because he was righteous in his<n id="3" /> own eyes.

<p class="poetry">Now in this, you are not right &#8211; I answer you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for God is greater than a human being.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He entreats God, and God<n id="1" /> delights in him,p> <p class="poetry">he sees God&#8217;s face<n id="2" /> with rejoicing,p> <p class="poetry">and God<n id="3" /> restores to him his righteousness.<n id="4" />p>