<p class="poetry">I will never<n id="1" /> declare that you three<n id="2" /> are in the right;p> <p class="poetry">until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!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">If his children increase &#8211; it is for the sword!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">His offspring never have enough to eat.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The deep<n id="1" /> says, &#8216;It is not with<n id="2" /> me.&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">And the sea says, &#8216;It is not with me.&#8217;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Surely one does not stretch out his handp> <p class="poetry">against a broken man<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when he cries for help in his distress.<n id="2" />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>

With Job&#8217;s<n id="1" /> three friends he was also angry, because they could not find<n id="2" /> an answer, and so declared Job guilty.<n id="3" />

<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">Now in this, you are not right &#8211; I answer you,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for God is greater than a human being.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">In a moment they die, in the middle of the night,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">people<n id="2" /> are shaken<n id="3" /> and they pass away.p> <p class="poetry">The mighty are removed effortlessly.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For he does not still consider a person,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">that he should come before God in judgment.p>

<p class="poetry">because they have turned away from following him,p> <p class="poetry">and have not understood<n id="1" /> any of his ways,p>

<p class="poetry">Teach me what I cannot see.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">If I have done evil, I will do so no more.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">How much less, then,p> <p class="poetry">when you say that you do not perceive him,p> <p class="poetry">that the case is before himp> <p class="poetry">and you are waiting for him!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">He does not take his eyes<n id="1" /> off the righteous;p> <p class="poetry">but with kings on the thronep> <p class="poetry">he seats the righteous<n id="2" /> and exalts them forever.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">And surely, he drew you<n id="1" /> from the mouth of distress,p> <p class="poetry">to a wide place, unrestricted,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and to the comfort<n id="3" /> of your tablep> <p class="poetry">filled with rich food.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">But now, the sun<n id="1" /> cannot be looked at<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">it is bright in the skies &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.<n id="3" />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="poetry">Is it not fierce<n id="1" /> when it is awakened?p> <p class="poetry">Who is he, then, who can stand before it?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will not keep silent about its limbs,p> <p class="poetry">and the extent of its might,p> <p class="poetry">and the grace of its arrangement.<n id="1" />p>