The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

Or darkness — thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

Is not God high [in] heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.

And thou hast said, 'What — hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?

Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.

Those saying to God, 'Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?

And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,

'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'

Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good.

Receive, I pray thee, from His mouth a law, And set His sayings in thy heart.

If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.

So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.

And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.

For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,

Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.

And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.

For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.

He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.

And Job answereth and saith: —

Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.

I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.

There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.

[To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.

For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.

On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].

For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.

Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.

For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.

The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,

They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.

Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself — food for young ones.

In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.

The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.

From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge — have embraced a rock.

They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry — have taken away a sheaf.

Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.

Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.

They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.

At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.

He hath dug in the darkness — houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

When together, morning [is] to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.

Light he [is] on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.

Drought — also heat — consume snow-waters, Sheol [those who] have sinned.

Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten [on] him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.

Treating evil the barren [who] beareth not, And [to] the widow he doth no good,

And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.

He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes [are] on their ways.

High they were [for] a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all [others] they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?

And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: —

The rule and fear [are] with Him, Making peace in His high places.

Is their [any] number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?

And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure — born of a woman?

Lo — unto the moon, and it shineth not, And stars have not been pure in His eyes.

How much less man — a grub, And the son of man — a worm!

And Job answereth and saith: —

What — thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!

What — thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.

With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?

The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.

Naked [is] Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.

Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,

Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.

A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.

Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.

By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.

By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand the fleeing serpent.

Lo, these [are] the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?

And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —

God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty — He made my soul bitter.

For all the while my breath [is] in me, And the spirit of God in my nostrils.

My lips do not speak perverseness, And my tongue doth not utter deceit.

Pollution to me — if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me.

On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.

As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.

For what [is] the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?

On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?

I shew you by the hand of God, That which [is] with the Mighty I hide not.

Lo, ye — all of you — have seen, And why [is] this — ye are altogether vain?

This [is] the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive.

If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.

His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.

If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,

He prepareth — and the righteous putteth [it] on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.

He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made.