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And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
can you, like Him, spread out the skies to reflect the heat like a mirror of bronze?
Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavens
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you.
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
I cannot keep silent about his limbs, his power and graceful form.
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
One scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
They are joined to one another; they clasp and cannot be separated.
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
The sword that reaches him has no effect, nor does the spear or dart or arrow.
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
In the LORD put I my trust: How say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
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