<p class="poetry">For in truth, my words are not false;p> <p class="poetry">it is one complete<n id="1" /> in knowledgep> <p class="poetry">who is with you.p>

<p class="poetry">Take heed, do not turn to evil,p> <p class="poetry">for because of this you have been tested<n id="1" /> by affliction.p>

<p class="poetry">For to the snow he says, &#8216;Fall<n id="1" /> to earth,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">and to the torrential rains,<n id="2" /> &#8216;Pour down.&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">From the north he comes in golden splendor;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">around God is awesome majesty.p>

<p class="poetry">that it might seize the corners of the earth,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and shake the wicked out of it?p>

<p class="poetry">Can you lead outp> <p class="poetry">the constellations<n id="1" /> in their seasons,p> <p class="poetry">or guide the Bear with its cubs?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Do you hunt prey for the lioness,p> <p class="poetry">and satisfy the appetite<n id="1" /> of the lions,p>

<p class="poetry">when they crouch in their dens,p> <p class="poetry">when they wait in ambush in the thicket?p>

<p class="poetry">In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">it cannot stand still<n id="2" /> when the trumpet is blown.p>

<p class="poetry">Is it at your command<n id="1" /> that the eagle soars,p> <p class="poetry">and builds its nest on high?p>

<p class="poetry">Look at every proud man and abase him;p> <p class="poetry">crush the wicked on the spot!<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Look now at Behemoth,<n id="2" /> which I made as<n id="3" /> I made you;p> <p class="poetry">it eats grass like the ox.p>

<p class="poetry"><v id="(41:1)" /><n id="1" /> See, his expectation is wrong,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he is laid low even at the sight of it.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Its snorting throws out flashes of light;p> <p class="poetry">its eyes are like the red glow<n id="1" /> of dawn.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">so man lies down and does not rise;p> <p class="poetry">until the heavens are no more,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they<n id="2" /> will not awakep> <p class="poetry">nor arise from their sleep.p>

<p class="poetry">I was in peace, and he has shattered me.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He has seized me by the neck and crushed me.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He has made me his target;p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;While he is<n id="1" /> filling his belly,p> <p class="poetry">God<n id="2" /> sends his burning anger<n id="3" /> against him,p> <p class="poetry">and rains down his blows upon him.<n id="4" />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>

<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>