<p class="poetry">Its breath sets coals ablazep> <p class="poetry">and a flame shoots from its mouth.p>

<p class="poetry">For evil does not come up from the dust,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">nor does trouble spring up from the ground,p>

<p class="poetry">Like<n id="1" /> wild donkeys in the desertp> <p class="poetry">they<n id="2" /> go out to their labor,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">seeking diligently for food;p> <p class="poetry">the wasteland provides<n id="4" /> food for themp> <p class="poetry">and for their children.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>

<p class="poetry">then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat,p> <p class="poetry">and in place of barley, weeds!&#8221;<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">The words of Job are ended.p>

He said, &#8220;Naked<n id="1" /> I came from my mother&#8217;s womb, and naked I will return there.<n id="2" /> The <sc>Lordsc> gives, and the <sc>Lordsc> takes away.<n id="3" /> May the name of the <sc>Lordsc><n id="4" /> be blessed!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">So Satan went out from the presence of the <sc>Lordsc>, and he afflicted<n id="1" /> Job with a malignant ulcer<n id="2" /> from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc> said to Satan, &#8220;All right then,<n id="1" /> everything he has is<n id="2" /> in your power.<n id="3" /> Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!&#8221;<n id="4" /> So Satan went out<n id="5" /> from the presence of the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="6" />p>