<p class="poetry">He redeemed my life<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">from going down to the place of corruption,p> <p class="poetry">and my life sees the light!&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">to turn back his life from the place of corruption,p> <p class="poetry">that he may be enlightened with the light of life.p>

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

<p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc> said to Satan, &#8220;All right,<n id="1" /> he is<n id="2" /> in your power;<n id="3" /> only preserve<n id="4" /> his life.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">What is my strength, that I should wait?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and what is my end,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">that I should prolong my life?p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Therefore,<n id="1" /> I will not refrain my mouth;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;p> <p class="poetry">I will complain<n id="3" /> in the bitterness of my soul.p>

<p class="poetry">But the eyes of the wicked fail,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and escape<n id="2" /> eludes them;p> <p class="poetry">their one hope<n id="3" /> is to breathe their last.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">in whose hand<n id="1" /> is the life<n id="2" /> of every creaturep> <p class="poetry">and the breath of all the human race.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">You who tear yourself<n id="1" /> to pieces in your anger,p> <p class="poetry">will the earth be abandoned<n id="2" /> for your sake?p> <p class="poetry">Or will a rock be moved from its place?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">From the city the dying<n id="1" /> groan,p> <p class="poetry">and the wounded<n id="2" /> cry out for help,p> <p class="poetry">but God charges no one with wrongdoing.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when God takes away his life?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">But<n id="1" /> Satan answered the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;Skin for<n id="2" /> skin!<n id="3" /> Indeed, a man will give up<n id="4" /> all that he has to save his life!<n id="5" />

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry.<n id="1" /> He was angry<n id="2" /> with Job for justifying<n id="3" /> himself rather than God.<n id="4" />