<p class="poetry">Surely then you will delight yourself<n id="1" /> in the Almighty,p> <p class="poetry">and will lift up your face toward God.p>

<p class="poetry">How then can a human being be righteous before God?p> <p class="poetry">How can one born of a woman be pure?<n id="1" />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">This is the portion of the wicked manp> <p class="poetry">allotted by God,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the inheritance that evildoers receivep> <p class="poetry">from the Almighty.p>

<p class="poetry">then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when he intervenes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">how will I respond to him?p>

<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>

<p class="poetry">He entreats God, and God<n id="1" /> delights in him,p> <p class="poetry">he sees God&#8217;s face<n id="2" /> with rejoicing,p> <p class="poetry">and God<n id="3" /> restores to him his righteousness.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Indeed, God does all these things,p> <p class="poetry">twice, three times, in his dealings<n id="2" /> with a person,p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, in truth, God does not act wickedly,p> <p class="poetry">and the Almighty does not pervert justice.p>

<p class="poetry">Be careful that<n id="1" /> no one entices you with riches;p> <p class="poetry">do not let a large bribe<n id="2" /> turn you aside.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Yes, God is great &#8211; beyond our knowledge!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The number of his years is unsearchable.p>

<p class="poetry">If the river rages,<n id="1" /> it is not disturbed,p> <p class="poetry">it is secure,<n id="2" /> though the Jordanp> <p class="poetry">should surge up to its mouth.p>

<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>

Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to Satan, &#8220;Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly<n id="1" /> to his integrity,<n id="2" /> so that<n id="3" /> you stirred me up to destroy him<n id="4" /> without reason.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">After the <sc>Lordsc> had spoken these things to Job, he<n id="1" /> said to Eliphaz the Temanite, &#8220;My anger is stirred up<n id="2" /> against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right,<n id="3" /> as my servant Job has.

The <sc>Lordsc> said to Satan, &#8220;Where have you come from?&#8221;<n id="1" /> And Satan answered the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="2" /> &#8220;From roving about<n id="3" /> on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.&#8221;<n id="4" />

And the <sc>Lordsc> said to Satan, &#8220;Where do you come from?&#8221; Satan answered the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" /> &#8220;From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.&#8221;<n id="2" />

So the <sc>Lordsc> said to Satan, &#8220;Have you considered<n id="1" /> my servant Job? There<n id="2" /> is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away<n id="3" /> from evil.&#8221;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>