<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">&#8220;You say,<n id="2" /> &#8216;He is foam<n id="3" /> on the face of the waters;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">their portion of the land is cursedp> <p class="poetry">so that no one goes to their vineyard.<n id="5" />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>

<p class="poetry">I will never<n id="1" /> declare that you three<n id="2" /> are in the right;p> <p class="poetry">until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!p>

<p class="poetry">I will teach you<n id="1" /> about the power<n id="2" /> of God;p> <p class="poetry">What is on the Almighty&#8217;s mind<n id="3" /> I will not conceal.p>

<p class="poetry">If his children increase &#8211; it is for the sword!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">His offspring never have enough to eat.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The deep<n id="1" /> says, &#8216;It is not with<n id="2" /> me.&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">And the sea says, &#8216;It is not with me.&#8217;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Surely one does not stretch out his handp> <p class="poetry">against a broken man<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when he cries for help in his distress.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">because I was terrified<n id="1" /> of the great multitude,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the contempt of families terrified me,p> <p class="poetry">so that I remained silentp> <p class="poetry">and would not go outdoors &#8211; <n id="3" />p>

With Job&#8217;s<n id="1" /> three friends he was also angry, because they could not find<n id="2" /> an answer, and so declared Job guilty.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">I will not show partiality to anyone,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">nor will I confer a title<n id="2" /> on any man.p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">&#8216;I am pure, without transgression;p> <p class="poetry">I am clean<n id="2" /> and have no iniquity.p>

<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">That person sings<n id="1" /> to others,<n id="2" /> saying:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;I have sinned and falsified what is right,p> <p class="poetry">but I was not punished according to what I deserved.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">In a moment they die, in the middle of the night,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">people<n id="2" /> are shaken<n id="3" /> and they pass away.p> <p class="poetry">The mighty are removed effortlessly.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he does not still consider a person,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that he should come before God in judgment.p>

<p class="poetry">because they have turned away from following him,p> <p class="poetry">and have not understood<n id="1" /> any of his ways,p>

<p class="poetry">Teach me what I cannot see.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">If I have done evil, I will do so no more.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Is it your opinion<n id="1" /> that God<n id="2" /> should recompense it,p> <p class="poetry">because you reject this?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">But you must choose, and not I,p> <p class="poetry">so tell us what you know.p>

<p class="poetry">How much less, then,p> <p class="poetry">when you say that you do not perceive him,p> <p class="poetry">that the case is before himp> <p class="poetry">and you are waiting for him!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">And further,<n id="1" /> when you sayp> <p class="poetry">that his anger does not punish,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and that he does not know transgression!<n id="3" />p>