13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried
headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Behold, happy isthe man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of
the Almighty:
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction
when it cometh.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the
earth.
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be
at peace with thee.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall bein peace; and thou shalt visit thy
habitation, and shalt not sin.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall begreat, and thine offspring as the grass of the
earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thygrave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou itfor thy good.
1 But Job answered and said,
2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty arewithin me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the
terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there anytaste in the white of an
egg?
7 The things thatmy soul refused to touch areas my sorrowful meat.
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant methe thing that I long for!
9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for
I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
11 What ismy strength, that I should hope? and what ismine end, that I should prolong my
life?
12 Ismy strength the strength of stones? or ismy flesh of brass?
13 Isnot my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewedfrom his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of
the Almighty.
15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, andas the stream of brooks they pass away;
16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, andwherein the snow is hid:
17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
21 For now ye are nothing; ye see mycasting down, and are afraid.
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which areas
wind?
27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pitfor your friend.
28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it isevident unto you if I lie.
29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness isin it.
30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
1 Is therenot an appointed time to man upon earth? are nothis days also like the days of an
hireling?
2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward ofhis
work:
3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to
and fro unto the dawning of the day.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 O remember that my life iswind: mine eye shall no more see good.
8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes areupon me, and I amnot.
9 Asthe cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come
up no more.
10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will
complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 AmI a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, anddeath rather than my life.
16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days arevanity.
17 What isman, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon
him?
18 And thatthou shouldest visit him every morning, andtry him every moment?
19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a
mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall
I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shallnot be.
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shallthe words of thy mouth be likea
strong wind?
3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6 If thou wertpure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of
thy righteousness prosperous.
7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
9 (For we are but ofyesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth area shadow:)

10 Shall not they teach thee, andtell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12 Whilst it isyet in his greenness, andnot cut down, it withereth before any otherherb.
13 So arethe paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall bea spider's web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not
endure.
16 He isgreen before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, andseeth the place of stones.
18 If he destroy him from his place, then itshall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19 Behold, this isthe joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall
come to nought.
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 I know it isso of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
4 He iswise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himselfagainst him, and hath
prospered?
5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see himnot: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
13 IfGod will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
14 How much less shall I answer him, andchoose out my words to reasonwith him?
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yetwould I not answer, butI would make supplication to my
judge.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yetwould I not believe that he had hearkened unto
my voice.
17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19 If I speakof strength, lo, he isstrong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I amperfect, it shall also
prove me perverse.
21 ThoughI wereperfect, yetwould I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22 This isone thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof;
if not, where, andwho ishe?
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle thathasteth to the prey.
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29 IfI be wicked, why then labour I in vain?