5:1Pray, call, is there any to answer thee? And unto which of the holy ones dost thou turn?

5:2For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

5:3I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

5:4Far are his sons from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.

5:5Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.

5:6For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.

5:7For man to misery is born, And the sparks go high to fly.

5:8Yet I -- I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,

5:9Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.

5:10Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.

5:11To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high in safety.

5:12Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.

5:13Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,

5:14By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon.

5:15And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,

5:16And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

5:17Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

5:18For He doth pain, and He bindeth up, He smiteth, and His hands heal.

5:19In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.

5:20In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.

5:21When the tongue scourgeth thou art hid, And thou art not afraid of destruction, When it cometh.

5:22At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.

5:23(For with sons of the field is thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)

5:24And thou hast known that thy tent is peace, And inspected thy habitation, and errest not,

5:25And hast known that numerous is Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;

5:26Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.

5:27Lo, this -- we searched it out -- it is right, hearken; And thou, know for thyself!

6:1And Job answereth and saith: --

6:2O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!

6:3For now, than the sands of the sea it is heavier, Therefore my words have been rash.

6:4For arrows of the Mighty are with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves for me!

6:5Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?

6:6Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?

6:7My soul is refusing to touch! They are as my sickening food.

6:8O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!

6:9That God would please -- and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!

6:10And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain -- He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.

6:11What is my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?

6:12Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh brazen?

6:13Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me?

6:14To a despiser of his friends is shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

6:15My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.

6:16That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.

6:17By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.

6:18Turn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.

6:19Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travellers of Sheba hoped for them.

6:20They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded.

6:21Surely now ye have become the same! Ye see a downfall, and are afraid.

6:22Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?

6:23And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, From the hand of terrible ones ransom me?

6:24Shew me, and I -- I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.

6:25How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?

6:26For reproof -- do you reckon words? And for wind -- sayings of the desperate.

6:27Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.

6:28And, now, please, look upon me, Even to your face do I lie?

6:29Turn back, I pray you, let it not be perverseness, Yea, turn back again -- my righteousness is in it.

6:30Is there in my tongue perverseness? Discerneth not my palate desirable things?

7:1Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?

7:2As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,

7:3So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.

7:4If I lay down then I said, `When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.

7:5Clothed hath been my flesh with worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,

7:6My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.

7:7Remember Thou that my life is a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.

7:8The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes are upon me -- and I am not.

7:9Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

7:10He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.

7:11Also I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.

7:12A sea-monster am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?

7:13When I said, `My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.

7:14And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,

7:15And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.

7:16I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days are vanity.

7:17What is man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?

7:18And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?

7:19How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.

7:20I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself -- and what?

7:21Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me -- and I am not!