<p class="poetry">Will you speak wickedly<n id="1" /> on God&#8217;s behalf?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Will you speak deceitfully for him?p>

<p class="poetry">Is there any falsehood<n id="1" /> on my lips?p> <p class="poetry">Can my mouth<n id="2" /> not discern evil things?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">if<n id="1" /> iniquity is in your hand &#8211; put it far away,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and do not let evil reside in your tents.p>

<p class="poetry">how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who drinks in evil like water!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">if you remove wicked behavior far from your tent,p>

<p class="poetry">my<n id="1" /> lips will not speak wickedness,p> <p class="poetry">and my tongue will whisper<n id="2" /> no deceit.p>

<p class="poetry">Who has prescribed his ways for him?p> <p class="poetry">Or said to him, &#8216;You have done what is wicked&#8217;?p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">His thunder announces the coming storm,p> <p class="poetry">the cattle also, concerning the storm&#8217;s approach.p>

<p class="poetry">Relent,<n id="1" /> let there be no falsehood;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">reconsider,<n id="3" /> for my righteousness is intact!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The womb<n id="1" /> forgets him,p> <p class="poetry">the worm feasts on him,p> <p class="poetry">no longer will he be remembered.p> <p class="poetry">Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.p>

So now take<n id="1" /> seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede<n id="2" /> for you, and I will respect him,<n id="3" /> so that I do not deal with you<n id="4" /> according to your folly,<n id="5" /> because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>