God

And he saith unto her, `As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.

That day--let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?

From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.

`Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'

Yet I--I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,

And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,

Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.

In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.

For arrows of the Mighty are with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves for me!

O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!

That God would please--and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!

And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain--He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.

To a despiser of his friends is shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

A sea- monster am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?

And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,

What is man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?

And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?

How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.

I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself--and what?

Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me--and I am not!

Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?

If thy sons have sinned before Him, And He doth send them away, By the hand of their transgression,