The book of Job read by David Suchet

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of Job job chapter one in the Land of Oz lived a man whose name was job this man was blameless and upright he feared God and avoided evil he had seven sons and three daughters and owned seven thousand sheep three thousand camels five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys and he had a large number of servants he was the greatest man among all the peoples of the East his sons used to celebrate parties in their houses on their birthdays and invited his three sisters to eat and drink with them when a period of banquet was over finished, Jobe would arrange for them to be purified early in the morning, he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them thinking that perhaps my children had sinned and cursed God in their hearts, this was Job's usual custom.

One day the angels came to appear before the Lord and Satan also came with them. The Lord told Satan where you come from. Satan responded to the Lord about wandering all over the earth, coming and going through it. Then the Lord said to Satan, "Do you have any?" considered my work as a servant there is no one on earth like him he is blameless and upright a man who fears God and avoids evil Jobe fears God for nothing Satan replied haven't you put a fence around him and his house and everything what it has? blessed is the work of his hands so that his flocks and herds sp

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throughout the earth but now extend your hand and hit everything he has and he will surely curse you to your face the Lord said to satan very well then everything he has is in your power but on the man himself do not lay a finger then Satan left the presence of the Lord one day when the sons and daughters of Job were feasting and drinking wine in the house of the eldest brother, a messenger came to Jobe and told him that the oxen were plowing. and the donkeys were grazing nearby and the Sabeans attacked and took them away, they put the servants to the sword and I am the only one who escaped to tell you while he was still speaking another messenger came and said that the fire of God fell from the heavens and burned the sheep and the servants and I am the only one who escaped to tell you while he was still speaking another messenger came and said that the Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and jumped on their camels and took them away.

You put the servants to the sword and I am the only one who escaped to tell you what I was still talking about, another messenger came and said that your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the elder brother's house when suddenly a strong wind blew. of the desert and hit the four corners of the house, it collapsed on them and they are dead and I am the only one who escaped to tell them that on this job he got up and tore his robe and shaved his head and then fell to the ground. in worship and said naked I came out of my mother's womb and naked I will depart the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away be praised the name of the Lord in all this work I did not sin accusing God of evil Joe chapter 2 on another day the angels came to appear before the Lord and Satan also came with them to appear before him and the Lord said to Satan where have you come from?

Satan responded to the Lord about wandering all over the earth coming and going over it then the Lord said to Satan: Have you considered my job as a servant? There is no one on earth like him. He is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and avoids evil and still maintains his integrity. Although you incited me against him to ruin him for no reason. skin satan replied a man will give everything he has for his own life but now reach out your hand and hit his flesh and bones and he will surely curse you to your face the lord said to satan very well then it is in your hands but you must forgive him the life so Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Jobe with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head, then Jobe took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes his wife told him you continue to maintain your integrity curse God and die he responded you are talking like a foolish woman we will accept the good of God and no problems in all this work he did not sin in what he said when he works three friends elephants the temanite bildad the shuhita and zofar The neama theit found out about all the troubles that had befallen him, they left their homes and gathered together in agreement to go and sympathize with him and console him when they saw him from a distance that they could hardly recognize him they began to cry with a loud voice and tore their cloaks and sp

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dust on their heads then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights no one said a word to him because they saw how great his suffering was Joe chapter 3 after this work he opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth, said that the day of my birth perishes and the night that said that a child is conceived that day that it becomes darkness that God above does not care that no light shines.

May darkness and absolute darkness claim him once again May a cloud settle over him May darkness overwhelm him Because that night a thick darkness takes hold of him That is not included among the days of the year nor entered into any of the months may that night be barren may no cry of joy be heard in it may those who cursed the days curse that day those who are ready to awaken Leviathan may its morning stars be darkened may it wait in vain for the light of the day and do not see the first rays of dawn because that's how it was they did not close the doors of the womb to hide the problems from my eyes why I did not perish and I was born and I died how I came out of the womb why their knees were to receive me and their breasts to receive me could be nursed from now on I would be lying down in peace I would be asleep and at rest with kings and rulers of the earth who built for themselves places that are now in ruins with princes who had gold who filled their houses with silver and why was I not hidden in the earth like a stillborn child like a child who never saw the light of day there the wicked cease from agitation and there the weary rest the captives also enjoy their tranquility they no longer hear the slavers shout at the little ones and the elders there and the slaves are freed from their owners why light is given to those who are in misery and life to those who are bitter in soul to those who long for death that does not come who seek it more than a hidden treasure who are filled with joy and rejoice when they reach the grave why is life given to a man whose path is hidden from whom God has fenced because the sigh has become my daily food my groans pour out like water what I feared has come upon me what I feared has happened to me I have no peace or tranquility I have no rest but only agitation work chapter 4 then Elif as the Temanite responded if anyone ventures a word with you you will be impatient but who can avoid speaking think how you have instructed many how you have strengthened the weak hands your words have sustained those who stumbled you have strengthened the wavering needs, but now trouble comes upon you and you are discouraged, they strike you and you are dismayed.

Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope? Consider now who has ever perished in innocence, where were the righteous like me destroyed? He observed that those who plow evil and those who sow problems reap them with the breath of God, they perish before the explosion of his wrath, they no longer exist, the lions can roar and growl, but the teeth of the great lions are broken, the lion perishes for lack of prey and the lioness cubs scatter a word was brought to me in secret my ears caught a whisper in the midst of disturbing dreams in the night when deep sleep falls on the people fear and trembling took hold My face and the hair on my body stood on end, it stopped, but I couldn't tell what it was.

A shape stood before my eyes and I heard a silent voice. Can a mortal be more just than God? Can even a strong man be purer than God? their maker, if God does not trust his servants, if he accuses his angels of error, how much more so those who live in houses of clay whose foundations are in the dust, which are crushed more easily than a moth between dawn and dusk, they break into pieces. unnoticed they perish forever the ropes are not torn from their tent so that they die without wisdom work chapter 5 call if you want but who will answer you which of the Saints will you convert?

Resentment kills the deceived and envy kills the simple. I myself have seen a fool putting down roots but suddenly his house was cursed his children are far from safety crushed in court without a defender the hungry consumes his harvest pulling it even from among thorns and the thirsty gasps after his wealth the difficulties do not They arise from the The ground does not spring from the earth like problems, yet man is born for problems as surely as sparks fly upward, but if I were you, I would appeal to God, I would present my cause before him, he He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be told.

Provides rain to the earth Sends water to the field Raises the humble and lifts those who mourn to a safe place Frustrates the plans of the cunning so that their hands do not achieve success Traps the wise in their cunning and in the intrigues of the most cunning and sweeping darkness comes upon them during the day at noon they grope as in the night saves the needy from the sword in the mouth saves them from the clutches of the powerful so that the poor have hope and injustice closes its mouth blessed be He whom God corrects so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty because he wounds but also binds wounds but his hands also heal from six calamities he will rescue you in seven no evil will touch you in hunger he will deliver you from dead and besieged by the blow of the sword, you will be protected from the scourge of the tongue and you will not have to fear when destruction comes, you will laugh at the destruction and hunger and you will not have to fear the wild beasts because you will have a pact with the stones of the field and the wild beasts will be at peace with you you will know that your tent is safe you will take stock of your property and you will find nothing missing you will know that your children will be many and your descendants like the grass of the earth They will come to the grave in full vigor like sheaves gathered in season.

We've looked at this and it's true, so listen to it and apply it to yourself. Jobe chapter 6 then Jobe responded if only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery laid on the ground. scales would surely weigh more than the sand of the seas no wonder my words have been impetuous the errors of the Almighty are in me my spirit drinks in its poison the terrors of God gathered against me there is a wild ass braying when it has grass or an ox bellowing when It has forage its tasteless food it is eaten without salt or there is flavor in the sap of the mallow I refuse to touch it that food makes me sick oh that I could have my request that God grant me what I hope God is willing to give crush me to release his hand and cut off my life then I would still have this consolation my joy in the relentless pain that had not denied the words of the Saint what strength do I have so that I still have hope what perspectives should I have have patience I have the strength of the stone is my flesh of bronze I have some power to help myself now that success has been driven away from me anyone who denies kindness to a friend for fear of the Almighty but my brothers are as unreliable as intermittent streams like streams that overflow when darkened by thaw and They swell with melted snow but they stopped flowing in the dry season and in the heat they fade from their channels the caravans deviate from their roots they go to the desert and perish the caravans of timur search for water the itinerant merchants of Saba look with hope they are distraught because they had been sure they got there only to be disappointed now you too have proven to be of no help you see something terrible and you are afraid Did I ever say give something? in my name pay a ransom for me with your riches deliver me from the hand of the enemy deliver me from the clutches of the ruthless teach me and I will be silent show me where I have gone wrong you have painful are honest words but what do your words mean?

Arguments prove Do you want to correct what I say and treat my desperate words like wind? You would even cast lots for paternalism. Change your friend, but now be so kind as to look at me. Would he lie to your face? unjust reconsider because my integrity is at stake is there any evil on my lips can my mouth not discern malice work chapter 7 do not mortals have a hard service on earth one of their days as those have hired workers like a slave logging for the shadows of the afternoon or a hired worker waiting to be paid, so months of uselessness and nights of misery have been assigned to me when I go to bed I think how long before I get up the night drags on and I toss and turn until dawn my body It is covered with worms and scabs My skin is broken and festering My days are faster than a weaver's shuttle and come to an end without hope Remember oh God that my life is but a breath My eyes will never see happiness again the eye that now sees me you will no longer see me you will look for me but I will no longer be like a cloud it vanishes and goes away so he who goes down to the grave does not return he will never return to his home he will no longer know his placetherefore I will not be silent I will speak in the anguish of my spirit I will complain in the bitterness of my soul I am the sea or the monster of the depths that you put me in custody when I believe that my bed will comfort me and me The sofa will alleviate my complaint , even then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions, so that I prefer strangulation and death to this body of mine.

I despise my life. I wouldn't live forever. Leave me alone. My days have no meaning. What is humanity? that you give them so much importance that you give them so much attention that you examine them every morning and test them every moment you will never take your eyes off me nor leave me in peace even for a moment if I have sinned what have I done to you you who see everything that We do it because you have made me your goal. Have I become a burden to you? Why don't you forgive my trespasses and forgive my sins?

For soon I will lie down in the dust. You will look for me, but I will no longer be. Chapter 8, then Bildad the Shuhite. He answered: How long will you say those things? Your words are a strong wind. Does God prefer justice? Does the Almighty pervert? What is a riot? When your children sinned against him, he handed them over to the penalty of his sin, but if you seek God fervently and supplicate. With the Almighty, if you are pure and righteous even now, he will awaken in your favor and restore you to your prosperous state. Your beginnings will seem humble.

Your future will be so prosperous. Ask previous generations and find out what his ancestors learned from us. We were born yesterday and we know nothing and our days on earth are nothing more than a shadow. Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not draw words from their understanding? Can papyri grow tall where there are no swamps? Can reeds thrive without water while still growing? uncut they wither faster than grass such is the fate of all those who forget God thus perishes the hope of the wicked what they trust in is fragile what they trust is a spider web they lean on the net but it gives way they cling to it but does not hold, they are like a well-watered plant in the sun that spreads its shoots over the garden, entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones, but when it is torn from its place, that place he denies it. he and says I never saw you surely his life dries up and other plants grow from the ground surely God does not reject him who is blameless nor strengthen the hands of evildoers he will still fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy your enemies will dress of shame and the tents of the wicked will no longer exist.

Job chapter 9 then Job responded: Indeed, I know this to be true, but how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God? Although they wanted to argue with him, they could not respond. he once in a thousand times his wisdom is profound his power is vast who has resisted him and has emerged unscathed he moves mountains without their knowledge and knocks them down in his anger he shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble the Sun speaks to him and does not shine seals the light of the stars he alone stretches the heavens and treads the waves of the sea he is the maker of the Bear and Orion the Pleiades and the southern constellations performs wonders that unfathomable miracles that cannot be told when he passes to me side I cannot see it when it passes I cannot perceive it if it takes me away who can stop it who can tell it what you are doing God does not restrain his anger not even Rahab's cohorts cowered at his feet, how then can I argue with him?

How can I find words to argue with him even though he was innocent? I couldn't answer him. I could only beg my judge for mercy even if I called him and he answered. I don't think he would give me a hearing he would crush me in a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason he wouldn't let me catch my breath but he would overwhelm me with misery if it is a matter of strength he is powerful and if it is a matter of justice who can challenge him even if he were innocent my mouth would condemn me if I were innocent I would declare myself guilty although I am innocent I do not care about myself I despise my own life it does not matter so I say that he destroys both the innocent and the wicked when a scourge brings sudden death.

He mocks the desperation of the innocent when a land falls into the hands of the wicked. He blindfolds his judges. If not him, who is he? My days are faster. that a runner flies without a hint of joy they skim past like papyrus ships like eagles swooping down on their prey if I say I will forget my complaint I will change my expression and smile I still fear all my sufferings because I know you you will not consider me innocent if I am already declared guilty Why should I fight in vain even if I wash with soap and my hands with cleaning powder, would you sink me in a pit of slime so that even my clothes hate me? a mere mortal like me who could answer him that we could face each other in court if only there were someone to mediate between us someone to unite us someone to remove the rod of God from me so that his terror would not frighten me more than I would speak without fear of him , but as things are now I can't work.

Chapter 10 I hate my life, therefore I will give vent to my complaint and speak with the bitterness of my soul. I tell God not to declare me. guilty but tell me what charges you have against me you like to oppress me to despise the work of your hands while you smile at the plans of the wicked you have eyes of flesh you see as a mortal sees are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a strong man that you must search for my faults and probe my sin although you know that I am NOT guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand your hands formed me and made me will now you turn and destroy me remember that you molded me like clay now you will turn me into dust again, didn't you pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese, clothe me with skin and flesh and join me with bones and sinews that you gave? life and you showed me kindness and in your providence you watched over my spirit but this is what you hid in your heart and I know that this was in your mind if I sinned you would be watching over me and you would not let my offense go unpunished if I am guilty, woe is me , even if I am innocent, I cannot raise my head, but I am full of shame and drowned in my grief, if I keep my head up, you stalk me like a lion and again show your amazing power against me, you bring new things. witnesses against me and increase your anger towards me your forces come against me wave after wave why then did you take me out of the womb?

I wish I had died before anyone else. I saw myself if only I had never been born or been taken directly from him. the womb to the grave or not, my few days are almost over move away from me so that I can have a moment of joy before I go to the place of no return to the land of darkness and absolute darkness to the land of the deepest night of the absolute darkness and disorder where even the light is like darkness work chapter 11 so until now the name methide answered are all these words that will remain unanswered should this talker be vindicated?

Your idle chatter will reduce others to silence. Will no one rebuke you when you mock? To God my beliefs are perfect and I am pure in your eyes oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom, because true wisdom has two sides. I know God has even forgotten some. of your sin you can fathom the mysteries of God you can fathom the limits of the Almighty they are higher than the heavens above what can you do? They are deeper than the depths below what can you know?

His measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea, if he comes and locks you in prison and summons a court that can oppose him, he surely recognizes the deceivers and when he sees evil he does not realize it, but the fools They cannot become wise, just as a colt of a wild ass cannot be born human. However, if you dedicate your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him, if you take away the sin that is in your hand and do not allow any evil to dwell in your tent, then, free from guilt, you will lift up your face, stand firm and without sin. fear you will surely forget your problem, remember it early, for the waters passed by life will be brighter than noon and the darkness will become like the morning, you will be safe because there is hope, you will look around you and rest safely, you will lie down. with no one to fear you and many will seek your favor but the eyes of the wicked will fail and escape will elude them their hope will become agonizing and breathless work chapter 12 then Joe replied without a doubt you are the only people who matter and the wisdom will make him die with you but I have a mind like you I am not inferior to you who do not know all these things I have become the laughing stock of my friends although I called on God and he answered a simple laughing stock although just and blameless those who are calm they despise misfortune since the fate of those whose feet slip the tents of the Marauders are not disturbed and those who provoke God are safe those whom God has in his hand but ask the animals and they will teach you or the birds in the sky and they will tell you or the earth will speak and it will teach you or the fish in the sea will inform you which of these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this in his hand is the life of each creature and the breath of all mankind the ear does not taste words as the tongue tastes food its wisdom not found among the elders does not bring understanding to God wisdom and power belong counsel and understanding are yours what you tear down cannot be rebuilt those he imprisons he cannot be freed if he holds back the waters there is a drought if he releases them they devastate the land to him belongs strength and insight both the deceived and the deceiver are his he carries away the rulers dispossessed and turns the judges into fools He removes their chains.

The kings put it on and tie a loincloth around their waists. He takes away the naked priests and overthrows the long-standing officials. He silences the lips of trusted advisors and removes discernment from the elders. He pours contempt on the noble and disarms the powerful. He reveals the depths. things of darkness and brings total darkness to light he makes nations great and destroys them he magnifies nations and scatters them he deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason he makes them wander in pathless deserts they grope in the darkness without light he makes them stagger like drunks work chapter 13 my eyes have seen all this my ears have heard and understood what you know I also know that I am not inferior to you but I wish to speak with the Almighty and discuss my case with God you However, you stain Me with lies, you are useless doctors, if only you would remain silent for yourselves, that would be wisdom.

Here now, my argument, listen to the pleas of my lips. Will they speak perversely in the name of God? Will they speak deceitfully in the name of God? show him partiality, will you argue the case for God's sake? It would work out well if he examined you. Could you deceive him like you can deceive a mortal? Surely he would hold you accountable if you secretly showed partiality, wouldn't you be terrified by his splendor? the fear of him falls on you your maxims our proverbs of ashes your defenses our defenses of clay keep silent and let me speak then let him come to me why do I put myself in danger and take my life in my hands even if he kills me still?

Will I wait on him? I will surely defend my ways in his face. In fact, this will result in my deliverance because no wicked person would dare to come before him. Listen carefully to what I say. Let my words ring in his ears now that I have prepared my way. If I know I will be vindicated, can someone press charges against me? If so I will be silent and I will die just grant me these two things God and then I will not hide from you take your hand away from me and stop scaring me with your terrors then call me and I will answer you or let me speak and you will answer me how many evils and sins I have committed show me my offense and my sin why you hide your face and consider me your enemy you will torment a leaf blown by the wind you will persecute After the dry chaff, you write bitter things against me and make me reap the sins of my youth.

You bound my feet with shackles, you closely watch all my paths, putting marks on the soles of my feet so that man will waste away like something rotten. like a dress eaten by moths job chapter 14 mortals born of women are a few days old and full of problems they sprout like flowers and wither like fleeting shadows they cannot stand your gaze fixed on them you will bring them before you for judgment who can bring out the pure from the impure no one a person's days are determined you have decreed the number of his months and set limits that he cannot exceed so look away from him and leave him alone until he has spent his time as a hired worker at least there is hope for If a tree is cut down, it will sprout again and its new shoots will not fail.

Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump may die in the ground, but at the smell of water it will bloom and sprout like a plant, but a man dies and remains dejected. He breathes. for the last time and no longer exists like the water of a lake dries up or the bed of a river dries up and dries up, so it lies down and does not rise to the heavens. There are no more people who will not awaken or be awakened from the dream of him if only you would hide me in the grave and hide me until your wrath has passed if onlyYou will set a time for me and then remind me if someone dies, will they all live again? the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come you will call and I will answer you you took too long for the creature that your hands have made surely then you will count my steps but you will not keep track of my sin my offenses will be Sealed in a bag you will cover my sin, But as a mountain or the Tsim Road crumbles and as a rock moves from its place, as water wears away the stones and torrents wash the ground, so you destroy a person's hope, you dominate him once and for all. everyone and they leave you change their countenance and send them away if their children are honest they do not know it if their children are humiliated they do not see it they feel that the pain of their own body is in mourning only for themselves work chapter 15 then Elif how did he respond Temanite, would a wise person respond with empty notions or fill his belly with the warm east wind argue with useless words with speeches that have no value but even undermine piety and hinder the devotion to God that your sin incites?

Your mouth adopts the tongue of the cunning. Your own mouth condemns, not mine. Your own lips testify against you. Are you the first man born? You were raised before the hills. Do you listen to God's advice? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom? but make them know that we do not know what intuitions you have that we do not have gray hair and the elderly are on our side men even older than your father are the consolations of God words spoken with sweetness are not enough for you why your heart has taken your path and why your eyes shine so that you can vent your anger against God and pour out such words from your mouth what are the mortals who could be pure all those born of women who could be righteous if God does not put trust in his Holy One That if not even the heavens are pure your eyes at least the mortals who are vile and corrupt who drink evil like water listen to me and I will explain to you let me tell you what I have seen what the wise have declared without hiding anything received from their ancestors who were only given the earth when no stranger moved among them all his days the evil man suffers torment the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him terrifying sounds fill his ears when all seems well Marauders attack him he despairs of escaping the realm of the darkness is marked by the sword he wanders in search of food like a vulture he knows that the day of darkness is near anguish and anguish fill him with terror problems overwhelm him like a king ready to attack because he shakes his fist before God and boasts of the Almighty, charging defiantly at him with a thick and strong shield, although his face is covered with fat and his waist swells with flesh, he will inhabit ruined cities and houses where no one lives, crumbling houses, he will be no more. rich and his riches will not last nor his possessions will spread throughout the earth he will not escape from the darkness a flame will wither his shoots and the breath of the mouth of God will carry him do not deceive yourself by trusting in what is worthless because he will not get anything in return before its time it will wither and its branches will not blossom it will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes like an olive tree that loses its flowers due to the company of the wicked it will be barren and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes, conceive trouble and they give birth to evil, their womb creates deceptions, work chapter 16 then Jobe answered: I have heard many things like these, you are miserable comforters, all of you, your long speeches will never end.

I keep arguing I too could speak like you if you were in my place I could make good speeches against you and shake my head but my mouth would encourage you The comfort of my lips would bring you relief, but if I speak my pain does not go away. relieved and if I abstain it will not surely go away God you have worn me out you have devastated my entire house you have withered me and become a witness my weakness stands up and testifies against me God has sold me and his anger tears me apart and gnashes his teeth at me my opponent fixes on me his penetrating eyes people open their mouths to mock me they hit my cheek with contempt and gang up against me God has handed me over to the wicked and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked everything was fine with me but He destroyed me He grabbed me by the neck and crushed me He has made me his target His arches surround me without mercy He pisses on my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground again and again He explodes on me He pounces on me like a warrior.

I have sewn sackcloth on my skin and buried my forehead in the dust. My face is red from crying. Dark shadows surround my eyes, but my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure earth, do not cover me. blood may my cry never rest even now my witness is in heaven my advocate is on high my intercessor is my friend while my eyes shed tears to God in the name of a man he pleads with God as one pleads only for a friend Some will pass years before I take the path of no return work chapter 17 my spirit is broken my days are shortened the grave awaits me surely the scoffers surround me my eyes must pause in their hostility give me oh God the promise you demand who else?

You will assure me, you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore, you will not let them succeed if someone denounces his friends to obtain reward, the eyes of his children will fail. God has made me synonymous with everyone, a man in whose face people spit my eyes have darkened with pain. My whole body is nothing but a shadow. The righteous are dismayed at this. The innocent rise up against the wicked. However, the righteous will stick to their ways and those with clean hands will become stronger, but come on everyone, try again. I will not find a wise man among you my days are gone my plans are shattered but the desires of my heart turn night into day in the face of darkness the light is near if the only home I hope for is the grave if I spread my bed in the kingdom of darkness if I say to corruption you are my father and to the worm my mother or my sister, where then is my hope? who can see any hope for me?

Will he descend to the gates of death? We will descend together. in the dust chapter 18 then bildad the shuhita responded when will you finish these speeches? be sensible and then we can talk why we are considered cattle and stupid in your eyes you who shatter in your anger is the earth to be abandoned by you or the rocks must be moved from their place the lamp of an evil man goes out The flame of his fire stops burning, the light in his tent darkens the lamp at his side, the vigor of his step goes out, his own plans weaken, he is thrown to the ground, he is thrown into a net, and a trap enters its mesh.

He grabs by the heel a noose keeps him firm a noose is hidden for him in the ground a trap is in his way the terrors frighten him from all sides and the dog, with every step he takes, the calamity hungers for him, the Disaster is ready for him when he falls, devours parts of his skin, the firstborn of death devours his limbs, he is torn from the safety of his tent and carried to the king of terrors, in whom fire resides. his tent burning sulfur is spread over his dwelling his roots dry up below and his branches wither above his memory perishes from the earth he has no name on earth he is expelled from the light to the kingdom of darkness and is banished from the world he has no descendants No descendants among his people, no survivors where he once lived, the people of the West are shocked by his fate, those of the East are horrified, surely like the abode of an evil man, such is the place of one who does not know God job chapter 19 then job answered until when will you torment me and crush me with words ten times now you have blatantly reproached me you attack me if it is true that I have gone astray my mistake is still my only concern if you really wanted to exalt you above me and use my humiliation against me then know that God has wronged me and has drawn his net around me although I cry violence I get no answer there I ask for help there is no justice he has blocked my path so that I cannot pass he has wrapped my paths in darkness he has stripped me of my honor and has taken the crown from my head he destroys me on all sides until I am gone he uproots my hope like a tree his anger burns against me he counts me among his enemies his The troops advanced in force, they built a siege ramp against me and in the camp around my tent, he has removed my family from me.

My acquaintances are completely distant from me. My relatives are gone. My closest friends have forgotten about me. My guests and my maids tell me. a foreigner they look at me like a stranger I called my servant but he does not answer although I beg him with my own mouth my breath is offensive to my wife I am detestable to my own family even the little children despise me when I appear they make fun of me all my friends my intimates detest me those I love have turned against me I am nothing more than skin and bones I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth have mercy on me my friends have mercy on the hand of God has struck me why are you persecuting me as you does God?

Will you never get enough of my meat? Oh, that my words were engraved, that they were written on a scroll, that they were inscribed with an iron tool in LED or engraved in rock forever. I know that my redeemer lives and that in the end he will be on the earth and after my skin has been destroyed still in my flesh I will see God myself I will see him with my own eyes I and no other how my heart longs within me if you say how we will make him harass him since the root of the problem is in him you yourselves should fear the sword, anger will bring punishment with the sword and then you will know that there is judgment work chapter 20 so until now NIA's method answered my worried thoughts They incite me to Respond because I am very troubled I hear a rebuke that dishonors me and my understanding inspires me to respond.

Surely you know how since ancient times, since man was placed on earth, the rejoicing of the wicked, the joy of the wicked, is brief. The wicked lasts only a moment, although the pride of the wicked reaches the heavens and his head touches the clouds, he will perish forever like his own, those who have seen him will say where he is like a dream, he flies away never to be again. found banished like a vision of the night the eye that saw him will see him no more his place will look at him no more his children must repair the poor his own hands must restore his wealth the youthful vigor that will fill his bones lie with him in the dust, though evil be sweet in your mouth and you hide it under your tongue, though you cannot bear to let it go and let it remain in your mouth, but your food will turn bitter in your stomach, it will become the poison of snakes within he will spit out the riches he swallowed God will make his stomach and vomit them out he will suck the venom of snakes the fangs of a viper will kill him he will not enjoy the streams the rivers that flow with honey and cream what he has worked hard for because he must return what who has not eaten will not enjoy the profits of his trade because he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute he has taken possession of houses that he did not build he will surely have no respite from his longing he cannot save himself with his treasure he will have nothing left to devour his prosperity he will not last in the midst of his abundance anguish will overtake him the full force of misery will come upon him when he has filled his belly God will vent his burning anger against him and his blows will rain down on him although he flees from an iron weapon a An arrow with a bronze tip pierces him.

He takes it out of his back. The bright tip of his liver. The terrors will come upon him. Total darkness stalks his treasures. An unfound fire will consume him and devour what is left in his tent. The heavens will expose his guilt. earth will rise against him a flood will take away his house torrential waters in the day of God's wrath such is the destiny that God assigns to the wicked the inheritance appointed for them by God job chapter 21 then job responded listen carefully to my words let May this be the comfort you give me Be patient while I speak and after I have spoken Makan is my complaint addressed to a human being Why should I not be impatient Look at me and be horrified Clap your hand over your mouth When I think of this I am terrified The trembling take hold of my body why the wicked live growing old and increasing in power they see their children established around them their offspring before their eyes their homes are safe and free from fear the rod of God is not above them their bulls never stopped breeding their cows carve and do not abort they send their children like a flock the little ones dance around they sing to the sound of tambourine and lyre they rejoice to the sound of the pipe they spend their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace however they say to God leave us in peace we have no desire to know your ways who is the almighty so that we serve him what would we gain by praying to him but his prosperity is not in his own hands, that is why I stay away from the plans of the wicked, but how many times does the lamp of the wicked?

How often does calamity befall them? The destiny that God assigns to them in his wrath, how often are they like chaff before them? the wind like chaff blown by a gale, it is said that God saves the punishment of the wicked for his children to pay the wicked so that they themselvesexperience their own eyes seeing their destruction let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty, what do they care about the families they leave behind when their allotted months come to an end? Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest?

A person dies in full vigor, completely safe and calm, well nourished in the bones of the body. rich in marrow another dies in the bitterness of the soul never having enjoyed anything good side by side they lie in the dust and the worms cover them both I know very well what you are thinking the machinations with which you would harm me you say where he is now the house of the great the tents where the wicked lived you have never questioned those who travel you have not paid attention to their accounts that the wicked are saved from the day of calamity that they are delivered from the day of wrath that denounces their conduct of their face who pays them for what they have done they are taken to the grave and their graves are watched the land of the valley is sweet to them everyone follows them and a countless multitude goes before them then how can you console me with your nonsense there is nothing left of your answers more than falsehood work chapter 22 then Elif as the team and I responded, can a man be of benefit to God?

Can even a wise person benefit him? What pleasure would it give to the Almighty if you were just? Would I gain if your ways were blameless? Is it because of your pity that he rebukes you and accuses you? You did not give water to the weary and you denied food to the hungry, although you were a powerful man who owned land, an honest man who lived on it and you sent away widows empty-handed and broke the strength of orphans, for There are traps everywhere. Why does sudden danger terrify you? Why is it so dark that you cannot see and why a flood of water covers you is not God in the heights of the sky and look how high are the highest stars yet you say what does God know if he judges through so much darkness thick clouds They veil him so that he does not see us as he goes.

In the vaulted heavens you will maintain the old path that the wicked have trod. They were taken before their time. Its foundations were washed away by a flood. They said to God. Leave us alone. What can the powerful old men do to us? However, it was him. I filled their houses with good things, so I distance myself from the plans of the wicked. The righteous see their ruin and rejoice. The innocent mocked them saying that our enemies will surely be destroyed and the fire will devour their wealth. Submit to God and in this way be at peace with him.

Prosperity will come to you except the instruction of his mouth and keep his words in your heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored if you drive Ignis away from your tent and assign your nuggets to the dust, your afiyah gold to the rocks. in the ravines then the almighty will be your gold the choice is silver for you surely then you will find the light in the almighty and you will lift up your face to God you will pray to him and he will listen to you and you will fulfill your vows what you decide will be done and the light will shine in your paths when people are cast down and you say lift them up, then he will save the cast down, he will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be set free by cleansing your hands. job chapter 23 then Jobe answered even today my complaint is bitter his hand is heavy despite my groaning if I knew where to find him if I could go to his abode I would plead my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments I would find out what he would answer me and consider what he would tell me I would say if he would vigorously oppose me with great power no, he would not press charges against me there the righteous can establish their innocence before him and there I would be delivered forever from my judge but if I go to the east he is not there if I go to the west I do not find him when He is working in the north I do not see him when he turns south I do not see him but he knows the path I take when he has tested me I will come out like gold my feet have closely followed his steps I have followed his path without deviating I have not turned away from the commands of his lips I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread but he is alone and who can oppose him he does what he wants he executes his decree against me and many of those plans he still has in store for that reason I am terrified of him when I think of all this I fear him God has made my heart faint the Almighty has terrified me but I am NOT silenced by the darkness by the thick darkness that covers my face work chapter 24 why the almighty does not set times for judgment why those who know him must look in vain for these days there are those who move milestones they pass through your flocks they have stolen they chase away the orphaned donkey and take the widow's ox as a pledge they drive the needy out of the way and force them to hide like savages all the poor of the earth the donkeys in the desert the poor dedicate themselves to their work of searching for food the wasteland provides food for their children they gather fodder in the fields and gather in the vineyards of the wicked without clothes they spend the night naked they have nothing with what to cover themselves in the cold they are soaked by the mountain rains and they hug the rocks for lack of shelter the fatherless child is snatched from the breasts the child of the poor is imprisoned for a debt without clothes they walk naked they carry the sheaves but they are still hungry they crush olives between the terraces they step on the winepress 'they still suffer thirst the groans of the dying rise from the city and the plants of the wounded cry out for help but God does not accuse anyone of evil there are those who rebel against the light who do not know their ways or stay in their ways when the daylight goes the murder of rises kills the poor and needy and in the night hides like a thief the eye of the adulterer watches the twilight believes that no eye will see me and he keeps his face hidden in the dark thieves break into houses but during the day they go off they want nothing to do with the light for all of them midnight is their morning they make friends with the terrors of the dark but they are foam in the dark the surface of the water its portion of the earth is cursed so that no one goes to the vineyards as heat and drought snatch away the melted snow thus the grave snatches away those who have sinned the belly forgets them the worm feeds on them the wicked already They are not remembered but broken like a tree they take advantage of the barren and childless woman and the widow they do not show kindness but God drags down the powerful with his power although they are established they do not have security of life he can let them rest in a feeling of security but their eyes are on the way for a time they are exalted and then they leave they are dejected and gathered like everyone else they are cut down like years of corn if this is not so, who can prove that I am false and reduce my words to nothing work chapter 25 then Bildad the Shuhite answered Dominion and everything belongs to God he establishes order in the heights of heaven his strength can be counted on who does not rise his light how then can a mortal be righteous before God how can one born of a woman be pure if neither Not even the moon shines and the stars are not pure in his eyes, at least a mortal who is nothing more than a worm, a human being who is only a worm job chapter 26 then job answered how have you helped the powerless how have you saved the arm that is weak what advice have you given to one without wisdom and what great insight have you shown who has helped you pronounce these words and whose spirit spoke from your mouth the dead are in deep anguish those who are under the waters and everything that lives in them the kingdom of the dead is naked before God the destruction is revealed he spreads the northern skies over empty space he suspends the earth above nothing he wraps the waters in his clouds but the clouds do not burst under his weight he covers the front of The full moon that spreads its clouds over it, marks the horizon on the surface of the waters as a limit between light and darkness, the pillars of the heavens tremble in horror at its rebuke, with its power it made the sea turn with its wisdom. he cut Rahab into pieces with his breath the heavens became beautiful his hand pierced the slithering serpent and these, but the outer edge of his works how weak is the whisper we hear from him who can then understand the thunder of his power job chapter 27 and job continued his flow as surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty who has made my life bitter as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils, my lips will not say anything bad and my tongue will not utter lies I will never admit that you are right until I die I will not deny my integrity I will maintain my innocence and will never abandon it my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live that my enemy is like the wicked my adversary like the unjust because what hope do the wicked have? when they are cut off when God takes their life?

Does God hear their cry when distress comes upon them? Will they delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times? I will teach them about power. from God the ways of the Almighty I will not hide them all of you yourselves have seen it why then this meaningless talk here is the destiny that God assigns to the wicked the inheritance of the ruthless man receives from the Almighty for many his children his destiny is the sword his his descendants will never have enough to eat the plague he will bury those who survive him and his widows will not mourn for them although he heaps the silver like dust and the clothes like piles of mud what he heaps the righteous will wear and the innocent will divide his silver the The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman, he goes to bed rich, but he won't do it anymore when he opens his eyes, everything is gone, the terrors overtake him like a flood, a storm sweeps him away in the night.

The east wind takes him away and he leaves. He drags him out of his place. He throws himself at him without mercy as he rushes away from his power. He claps his hands in mockery and hisses at him to get him out of his place. Work Chapter 28 There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined iron is extracted from the earth and copper is smelted from ore mortals put an end to the darkness they seek minerals in the farthest corners in the blackest darkness far from human habitations they cut a well in some places untouched by human feet, far from other people, hang and sway, the earth from which the food comes is transformed beneath as by fire, the lapis lazuli comes from its rocks and its dust contains nuggets of gold, no bird of prey knows that hidden path that no Hawk's eye has seen.

The proud beasts do not set foot in it and no lion prowls there. The people attack the flint rock with their hands and expose the roots of the mountains. They dig in the rock. Their eyes see all its treasures. They search for the sources of the rivers. and they bring hidden things to light but where can wisdom be found? where does understanding live? no mortal understands their value they cannot be found in the land of the living the abyss says it is not in me the sea says it is not with me it cannot be bought with the finest gold nor can its price be weighed in silver it cannot be buy with the gold of Oh fear with precious onyx or lapis lazuli neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it nor can you have four jewels of gold, coral and jasper are not worthy of mention the price of wisdom is beyond the rubies the topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it you cannot be bored with pure gold where does wisdom come from then? where does understanding live?

It is hidden from the eyes of every living being, hidden even from the birds in the sky destruction and death say that only a rumor has reached our ears God understands the way to it and only he knows where it lives because he sees the confines of the earth and sees everything under the heavens when he established the strength of the wind and measured the waters when he decreed rain and a path for the storm then he looked at wisdom and evaluated it, confirmed it and tested it and said to the human race the fear of the Lord that his wisdom and avoiding evil is to understand job chapter 29 job continued his speech how I long for the months gone by for the days when God took care of me when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked in the darkness oh for the days when I was at my best when the intimate friendship of God blessed my house when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me when my path was soaked with cream and the rock shed for me streams of olive oil When I went to the city gate and took a seat in the public square the young people saw me and stood aside and the old men stood up the leaders refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

The voices of the nobles fell silent and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths. Those who once heard me spoke well of me and those who saw me praised me because I rescued the poor who asked for help and the orphans who had no one to help them. he who was dying blessed me I made the widow's heart sing I put on justice as a garment, justice was my mantle and my turban, I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame, I was a father to the needy, I took the case of the strange, I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched away the victims. from his teeth I thought I would die in my own house my days as numerous as grains of sand my roots will reach the water and the dew will rest all night on my branches my glory will not fade the bow will always be new in my hand the people I hear myselfexpectantly waiting in silence for my advice after I spoke they spoke no more my words fell softly in their ears they waited for me like a rain and they drank my words like the spring rain when I smiled at them they I barely believed it, the light of my faith was precious to them.

I chose the path for them and sat as their boss. I lived like a king among his troops. He was like someone who comforts the mourners. Job chapter 30 but now men younger than me mock me. whose parents I would have disdained to put with my sheepdogs, of what use was the strength of their hands to me, since their vigor had disappeared? Emaciated with lascivious hunger, they wandered over the parched land in a desolate wasteland, at night, in the undergrowth they gathered salt herbs. and their food was the root of the broom, they were banished from human society, they were shouted at as if they were thieves, they were forced to live in the dry beds of the streams, among the rocks and in the holes in the ground, they braided themselves between the bushes and snuggled together. the undergrowth a vile and nameless brood were driven from the land and now those young men mock me in songs I have become synonymous with them they detest me and keep their distance they do not hesitate to spit in my face now that God has Discorded my bow and afflicted me, they loosed themselves in my presence on my right, the tribe attacks, they set traps for my feet, they build their seed ramps against me, they break my path, they succeed in destroying me, no one can help them, they say they advance through a gap opened in the middle of the ruins they come rolling in terror they overwhelm me my dignity is driven away while the wind my security fades like a cloud and now my life fades away days of suffering they grip me the night pierces my bones my knowledge pains never rest in their great power God becomes for me like a garment binds me like the collar of my cloak throws me into the mud and I am reduced to dust and ashes I cry out to you God but you answer I stand up but you simply Look at me, you turn against me without mercy with the power of your hand, you attack me, you snatch me and lead me before the wind, you shake me in the storm, I know that you will carry me to death, to the place designated for all. living safely no one lays his hand on a broken man when he cries for help in his distress if I had not cried for those in trouble, has not my soul still been saddened for the poor when I expected good and evil? came when I sought the light then came the darkness the turmoil within me never ceases days of suffering confront me I go around blackened but not by the Sun I stand up in the Assembly and cry for help I have become a brother of jackals companion of owls to my skin blackened husks grow on it my body burns with fever my liya is tuned to the morning and my flute with the sound of lamentations job chapter 31 I made a pact with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman because of what our fate is from God above our inheritance from the Almighty above is no ruin to the wicked disaster to those who do evil does he not see my ways and count my every step if I have walked falsely or my foot has been hastened after the deceit that God weigh me in honesty? balance and will know that I am blameless if my steps have strayed from the path if my heart has been guided by my eyes or if my hands have been defiled then let others eat what I have sown and may my crops be uprooted if my heart has been seduced by a woman or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door then let my wife grind another man's grain and let other men sleep with her because that would have been evil a sin to be judged it is a fire that burns until it is destroyed I would have uprooted my crop if I had denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me, what will I do when God confronts me?

What will I answer when I am called to account? Was it not the one who made me in the womb made them not be the same as both within our mothers if I have denied the wishes of the poor or I have let the widow's eyes grow weary if I have kept my bread for myself? sharing it with the orphans but from my youth I raised them as a father would and from my birth I guided the widow if I have seen any perish for lack of clothing or the needy without clothing and their hearts did not bless me for warming them with the fleece of my sheep if I have raised them. my hand against the orphan knowing that he had influence in the court then my arm fell from the shoulder and was broken at the joint because I feared destruction from God and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things if I had put my trust in gold or I said to pure gold you are my security if I have rejoiced in my great wealth the fortune that my hands had won if I have looked at the Sun in its radiance of the moon moving in splendor so that my heart was secretly seduced and my hand offered them a kiss of homage then these would also be sins to be judged because I would have been unfaithful to the God above if I had rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated over the trouble that befell him.

I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against his life if those in my house have never said who has not had his fill of labor meat but no stranger had to spend the night on the street because my door was always open to the traveler if I had hidden my sin as people do by hiding my guilt in my heart because I feared the crowd so much and feared the contempt of the clans so much that I kept silent and did not go outside or have someone listen to me. I now sign my defense that the Almighty answers me let my accuser put his accusation in writing I would surely carry it on my shoulder I would wear it like a crown I would give an account of each of my steps I would present it to him as a ruler if my land cries against me and all its furrows are wet with tears if I have devoured its product without payment or broken the spirit of its farmers then let brambles grow instead of wheat and stinking grass instead of barley the words of Job job chapter 32 end so that these three men stopped responding to Joe because it was righteous in their own eyes but Eli hue son of baroque the BU view of RAM's family got very angry with Joe for justifying himself instead of God he was also angry with the three friends because they had found no way to refute Jobe and yet he had condemned him now as you had expected before talking to Joe because they were older than him but when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say his anger aroused so he I, like you, son of Berrocal, the views I had said I am young in years and you are old that is why I was afraid not to dare to tell you what I know I thought that age should speak advanced years should teach wisdom but it is the spirit in a person the breath of the almighty that gives them understanding not only the old are wise not only the old understand what is right that is why I say listen to me I will also tell you what I know I waited while you spoke I listened to your reasonings while you were searching for words.

I gave you my full attention, but none of you have proven Jobe wrong. None of you have responded to his arguments. Do not say that we have found wisdom, may God not a single man refute it, but Jobe has not directed his words against me. and I will not respond with your arguments. They are dismayed and have nothing more to say. Words have failed them. I must wait now that they are silent. Now that they remain there without an answer. I will also give my opinion. I will also say what I know because I am full of words. in the spirit within me compels me within I am like bottled wine like new wineskins ready to burst I must and find relief I must open my lips and respond I will not show partiality nor flatter anyone but if I were skilled in flattery my maker would soon take my work away chapter 33 but now I work listen to my words pay attention to everything I say I am about to open my mouth my words are on the tip of my tongue my words come from a right heart my lips speak sincerely what I know the Spirit of God tells me the breath of the almighty has given me life answer me then if you can stand up and argue your case before me I am just like you in the eyes of God I too am a piece of clay, no fear of me should alarm you nor should my hand be heavy on you, but you have said it in my ears.

I heard the same words. I am pure. I have done no wrong. I am clean and free from sin, but God has criticized me, he considers me his enemy, he puts shackles on my feet, he watches all my ways, but I tell you, you are not right because God is greater than any mortal, why do you complain to him that he responds to No word of God speaks now one way, now another, although no one perceives it in a dream, in a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds, he can speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings. separate them from evil and protect them from pride to preserve them from the abyss, their lives do not perish by the sword or someone is punished on a bed of pain with constant anguish in their bones, so that their body finds repulsive food in their soul hates the most food select their flesh is consumed to nothing in their bones once hidden now they stand out they approach the abyss in their life to the messengers of death, but if there is an angel at their side, a messenger one among a thousand sent to tell them how to be upright and he is merciful to that person and tells God to deliver them from the abyss.

I have found a rescue for them. May your flesh be renewed like that of a child. May they be restored as in the days of their youth. A person can pray to God and find favor in him, they will see the face of God and shout for joy, he will restore them to their full well-being and go to others and say: I have sinned and perverted what is right, but I did not do it. . I will get what I deserve God has saved me from going down into the abyss and I will live to enjoy the light of life God does all these things to a person twice even three times to make him return from the abyss but the light of life can shine in they pay attention work and listen to me keep silent and I will speak if you have something to say answer me speak because I want to vindicate you but if not then listen to me keep silent and I will teach you wisdom work chapter 34 then in as you said here my words you wise men listen to me you men of knowledge for the tests of hearing words as the tongue tests food let us discern for ourselves what is right let us learn together what is good work says I am innocent but God denies I justice although I am right inconsiderate liar although I am innocent his arrow inflicts an incurable wound is there someone like Jobe who drinks contempt like water keeps evildoers company associates with the wicked because he says there is no benefit in trying to please?

God, so listen to me, men of understanding, far be it from God to do evil from the Almighty to do evil he repays each person for what they have done brings them what their behavior deserves it is unthinkable that God does evil that the Almighty would pervert the justice who appointed him on the earth who put him in charge of the entire world if it were his intention and he withdrew his spirit and breath all humanity would perish together and humanity would return to dust if you have understanding listen to this listen to what I say can someone who governs hates justice, will you condemn the just and the powerful? because they are all the work of his hands they die in an instant in the middle of the night people are shaken and pass by the powerful are removed without human hand his eyes are on the paths of mortals he sees each of their steps there is no deep shadow , there is no total darkness where evildoers can hide.

God has no need to examine men any further so that they come before him for judgment without investigation. He destroys the powerful and puts others in his place because he takes note of their works. He knocks them down in the night and they are crushed. He punishes them for their wickedness where everyone can see them because they stopped following him and did not take into account any of his ways. They made the cry of the poor come before him so that he could hear the cry of the needy. but if he remains silent, who can condemn him?

If he hides his face, who can see it? But he is over the individual and the nation alike to prevent the wicked from ruling; to set traps for the people; Suppose someone says to God: I am guilty, but I will do it. do not offend more teach me what I cannot see if I have done wrong I will not do it again if God then rewards you in your turns when you refuse to repent you must decide not me so tell me what you know men of understanding declare yourselves wise men who listen to me tell me job speaks without knowledge his words are missing from sight oh that joke could be tested to the utmost for responding like a wicked man to his sin add rebellion with disdain applaud among us and multiply his words against God job chapter 35 then Eli you said do you think this is only?

You say that I am right, not God, but you ask him what good it is for me and what I gain by not sinning. I would like to respond to you and your friends. with you look at the sky and see the clouds look so high above you if you sin how does that affect him if your sins are many what does that do to him if you are just what do you give him or what does he give you he receives from your hand your evil only affects humans like you and your justice only other people people cry out under a burdenof oppression they beg relief from the arm of the powerful but no one says where is God my maker who gives songs in the night who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky he does not respond when people cries out for the arrogance of the wicked in fact God does not listen to their empty pleas the almighty does not pay attention how much less then will he listen when you tell him that you do not see him that your case is before him and you must wait for him and furthermore that his anger never punishes and does not fixate in the least on evil so work open your mouth with empty words without knowledge multiply the words work chapter 36 Elie Hugh continued bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to say in the name of God I get my knowledge from far away I will attribute justice to my Maker rest assured that my words are not false he who has perfect knowledge is with you God is powerful but he despises no one he is powerful and firm in his purpose he does not keep the wicked alive but gives to the afflicted their rights does not take their rights he turns his eyes away from the righteous Heon makes them kings and exalts them forever, but if people are bound with chains held by ropes of affliction, he tells them what they have done, that they have sinned with arrogance, he tells them He makes correction heard and commands them to repent of their wickedness.

If they obey him and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity, in their years in contentment, but if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge. The wicked in heart harbor resentment even When he chains them they did not cry out for help, they died in their youth among the male prostitutes of the sanctuaries, but those who suffer, he delivers them in their suffering, he speaks to them in their affliction, he is courting you from the jaws of anguish to a spacious place, free of restrictions. the comfort of your table laden with choice delicacies but now you were laden with judgment because evil judgment and justice have taken hold of you be careful that no one seduces you with riches do not let a large bribe lead you astray could it be your wealth or even all your great efforts sustain you so that you are not in trouble do not long for the night to drag people out of their homes beware of turning to evil which you seem to prefer to affliction God is exalted in his power who is a master like the who has prescribed his ways or told him you have done wrong remember to praise his work which people have praised with songs all humanity has seen it mortals look at it from afar how great God is beyond our understanding the number of his years his past finds out he takes out the drops of water that the distillers rain into the streams the clouds spill their moisture and abundant showers fall on the man who can understand how he spreads the clouds how he thunders from his pavilion see how he spreads his lightning over him bathing the depths of the sea this is how he rules the nations and provides food in abundance with which he fills his handslightning and orders it to hit the target his thunder announces the coming storm even the cattle makes its approach known I wait chapter 37 before this my heart beats and jumps from its place listen listen to the roar of his voice to the roar that comes out of his mouth unleash his lightning under the entire sky and send it to the ends of the earth after that comes the sound of his roar thunder with his majestic voice when his voice resounds he holds nothing back God's voice thunders in wonderful ways he does great things beyond our understanding he tells the snow to fall on the earth and the rain to be a heavy downpour so that all he has made may know his work he stops all people in their work the animals take refuge they stay in their lairs the storm comes out of his chamber the cold of the impetuous winds the breath of God produces ice and the wide waters freeze he loads the clouds with moisture he spreads his lightnings through them under his direction swirl over the face of the entire earth to do whatever he wants he orders them to bring the clouds to punish the people or to water his land and show his love listen to this work stop and consider the wonders of God Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning shine?

Do you know how the clouds hang those wonders in balance? of him who is perfect in knowledge, you who suffocate in your garments when the earth lies silent under the south wind, can you join with him to stretch out the heavens with strength like a mirror of molten bronze? Tell us what we should say to him, we can't draw it. our case because of our darkness should tell you I want to talk would anyone ask to be swallowed now? no one could look at the bright sun as it is in the sky after the wind has swept cleanly from the north, he comes. in gold and splendor God comes in imposing Majesty the Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power in his justice and great righteousness he does not oppress therefore people worship him but he has no regard for all the wise of heart job chapter 38 then The Lord spoke to Job from the storm and said who is this who darkens my plans with words without knowledge prepare yourself like a man I will ask you and you will answer me where you were when I laid the foundations of the earth tell me if you understand who marked its dimensions, surely you know who stretched across it a measuring line as to what its foundations were, said or who laid its cornerstone while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy, who closed the sea behind the gates when it burst forth. the womb when I made the clouds dress it and wrapped it in thick darkness when I set limits for it and put its doors and bars in their place when I said this far you can go and there is no father here where your proud waves stop.

He gave orders to the morning or showed the door in its place But he could take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it The earth takes shape like clay under a seal His features stand out like those of a garment The wicked are denied His light and his raised arm are broken Have you traveled to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the depths The gates of death have been shown to you Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness? Have you understood the vast expanses of the earth tell me if you know all this what is the path to the abode of light and where darkness resides you can take them to their places you know the paths to their abodes surely you know because you were already born like this you have lived How many years have you entered the deposits of snow or have you seen the deposits of hail that I reserved for times of trouble for days of war and battle what is the way to the place where the lightning disperses or to the place where the winds of the wind blow? this? scattered over the earth who opens a channel for the torrents of rain and a path for the storm to water a land where no one lives an uninhabited desert to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass does the rain have a father who is the father ? drops of dew from whose belly arise the eyes that give rise to the frost of the heavens when the waters become hard as stone when the surface of the depths freezes can you bind the chains of the Pleiades?

Can you loosen Orion's belt? can you give birth? the constellations in their seasons or taking out the bear with its cubs. Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish God's dominion over the earth? Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a torrent of water? lightning on its path informs you here we are who gives wisdom to the ibis or gives understanding to the rooster who has wisdom to count the clouds who can overturn the jars of water from the heavens when the dust hardens and the clods of Earth stay together you hunt the prey of the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions when they crouch in their dens or lurk in a thicket that provides food for the crow when their young cry out to God and wonder about the lack of food work chapter 39 do you know when the lions give birth mountain goats?

Do you look when the DOE takes its form? You count the months to be exposed. Do you know the moment when they give birth, they bend down and give birth to their babies, their labor pains are? They finished their offspring They prosper and grow stronger in the jungle They leave and do not return Who led the wild donkey into freedom Who untied his ropes I gave him the moor as his home The salt flats as his habitat He laughs at the commotion in the town He does not hear the scream of The drivers roam the hills in search of pastures and look for anything green.

Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night? Will you be able to attach it to the furrow with a harness? Will he go to the valleys? Behind you you will trust him because of his great strength. Will you leave your heavy work to him? Can you trust him to carry your grain to your threshing floor? The ostrich's wings flutter happily although they cannot be compared to the wings and feathers of a stork. It lays its eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand without worrying about a foot crushing them or a wild animal trampling on them.

She harshly treats her offspring as if they were not hers. She does not care that her work was in vain because God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a piece of good sense. However, when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at the horse and the rider. , do you give strength to the horses or do you close their neck with a loose mane? leaps like a locust two striking tarah with his proud snort pours ferociously rejoicing in his strength and rushes into the fight he laughs at fear fearing nothing he shies away from the sword the quiver clangs against his side along with the flashing spear and Lanza in frantic excitement devours the ground he cannot sit still when the trumpet sounds to the sound of the trumpet he snorts aha catches the smell of battle from afar the cry of the commanders and the battle cry makes the falcon take flight for your wisdom and spreads its wings towards the south the sword eagle does your bidding and builds its nest on high it dwells on a cliff and there it stays at night a rock is its fortress from there it seeks food its eyes detect it from afar its young delight in the blood and where the dead are there is a joke chapter 40 the Lord said to Job the one who contends with the Almighty will correct him that the one who accuses God responds then Job responded to the Lord I am unworthy How can I answer you?

I put my hand over my mouth I spoke once but I have no answer twice but I will say no more then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm prepare yourself like a man I will question you and you will answer me would you discredit my justice would you condemn me to justify yourself you have an arm like that of God and can your voice thunder like his then adorn yourself with glory and splendor and clothe yourself in honor and majesty unleash the fury of your anger look at all those who are proud and bring look at all those who are proud and humble, crush the wicked where they are, bury them all in the dust together, wrap their faces in the grave, then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you, look, be a moth.

What did I do with you and that he feeds on grass like an ox what strength he has in his loins what strength in the muscles of his belly his tail swings like a cedar the tendons of his thighs are very united his bones are tubes of bronze his limbs like Iron bars take first place among the works of God, but his creator can approach him with his sword the hills bring him their produce and all the wild animals play nearby under the lotus plant lies hidden among the reeds in the swamp the lotuses hide him in their shadow popplers by the stream surrounded by a raging river does not alarm him, although the Jordan is sure to approach his mouth, can anyone capture him by the eyes or catch him and pierce his nose?

Chapter 41, can you pull? Leviathan with a hook or tie his tongue with a rope. Can you pass a rope through his nose or pierce his jaw with a fish hook? Will he continue to beg you for mercy? Will he speak to you with kind words? Will he make an agreement with you that you will take him as a slave for life? You can make him a pet like a bird or put a leash on the young women in your house? The merchants will exchange it. Will they divide it among the merchants? with harpoons or his head with fishing spears if you lay a hand on him you will remember the fight and you will never do it again any hope of subduing him is false the mere sight of him is overwhelming no one is fierce enough to wake him up who is then able To confront me Who has a claim against me That I must pay Everything under heaven belongs to me I will not stop talking about the members of Leviathan His strength and his elegant form Who can remove his outer layer Who can penetrate his double layer of armor who dares to open the doors of his mouth surrounded with his fearsome teeth his back has rows of hermetically sealed shields each of them is so close to the other that no air can pass between them they are quickly joined together they cling to each other and do not They can be separated.

His snort throws flashes of light. His eyes are like the rays of dawn. Flames emerge from his mouth. Sparks of fire come out of his nostrils. Smoke comes out like a boiling pot on burning reeds. His breath lights embers and the flames shoot out. from his mouth the strength resides in his neck the consternation goes before him the folds of his flesh are tightly united they are firm and immovable his chest is hard as a rock hard as a millstone lower when he lifts hisThe powerful are terrified, they retreat before it strikes. The sword that arrives has no effect.

Neither the spear nor the earth nor the javelin. The iron treats it like straw and the bronze like rotten wood. The arrows do not make him flee. The slingshot. The stones are like to him. straw a club it seems to him but a piece of straw at which the rattle of the Spear laughs its lower part sad jagged potsherds that leave a trail in the mud like a threshing floor makes the depths stir like a boiling cauldron and stirs the sea like a container of ointment leaves a glittering trail behind him one would think that deep he had white hair nothing on earth is the same the fearless creature looks down on all who are 40 he is king over all who are proud work chapter 42 then Joe replied to the Lord, I know you can do all things without purpose yours can be thwarted you asked who is this that darkens my plans without knowledge surely I spoke of things I did not understand things too wonderful for me to know you said listen now and I will speak I will ask you and you will answer me my ears I had heard about you but now my eyes have seen you, therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes after the Lord said these things to Job, he told Elif as the subject of the night.

I am angry with you and your two friends because you have not told the truth about me as my servant Joe passes by, so now take seven cups and seven rams and go to my servant's work and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Joe will pray for you and I will accept his prayer and will not deal with you. according to your foolishness you have not told the truth about me as my servant I hope it was so Elif as the subject night bildad the shuhita and zofar the name of them they did what the Lord told them and the Lord accepted Job's prayer After Jobe had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortune and gave him double what he had, before all his brothers and everyone who had known him before came and lived with him in his house, comforting him. and they comforted them from all the problems that the Lord had brought.

He and each one gave him a silver coin and a gold ring. The Lord blessed the last part of Job's life more than the first. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys, and he also had seven children and three daughters, the first daughter was named Jemima, the second Keziah and the third Karen Hopak, nowhere in all the earth were women found as beautiful as Job's daughters and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers later. that this Job lived a hundred. and for forty years he saw his children and his children to the fourth generation and so Job died old and full of years.