Then the Lord said to Satan, “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 ¹  to his integrity, ²  so that ³  you stirred me up to destroy him ⁴  without reason.” ⁵ 

So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined ¹  with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver ²  and a gold ring. ³ 

Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity ¹  shuts its mouth. ² 

thus ¹  I have been made to inherit ²  months of futility, ³  and nights of sorrow ⁴  have been appointed ⁵  to me.

Is it not fierce ¹  when it is awakened? Who is he, then, who can stand before it? ² 

Therefore I say, ‘Listen ¹  to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.’

Such is the destiny ¹  of all who forget God; the hope of the godless ²  perishes,

Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.

Look away from him and let him desist, ¹  until he fulfills ²  his time like a hired man.

They lock tightly together, one to the next; ¹  they cling together and cannot be separated.

then you plunge me into a slimy pit ¹  and my own clothes abhor me.

His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible. ¹ 

If ¹  I have sinned – what have I done to you, ²  O watcher of men? ³  Why have you set me as your target? ⁴  Have I become a burden to you? ⁵ 

Are not my days few? ¹  Cease, ²  then, and leave ³  me alone, ⁴  that I may find a little comfort, ⁵ 

when you turn your rage ¹  against God and allow such words to escape ²  from your mouth?

There ¹  an upright person could present his case ²  before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them ¹  in the night ²  and they are crushed.

that it might seize the corners of the earth, ¹  and shake the wicked out of it?

You know, for you were born before them; ¹  and the number of your days is great!