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Shall any teach God knowledge? Seeing it is He that judgeth those that are high.

Can a man be profitable unto God? Or can he that is wise be profitable unto Him?

And thou sayest: ‘What doth God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?

Who said unto God: ‘Depart from us’; And what could the Almighty do unto them?

Yea, God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath affrighted me;

How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; And the Almighty, who hath dealt bitterly with me;

Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

I will teach you concerning the hand of God; That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when He remembereth, what shall I answer Him?

For calamity from God was a terror to me, And by reason of His majesty I could do nothing.

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have lied to God that is above.

Beware lest ye say: ‘We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man! ’

The spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty given me life.

Behold, I am toward God even as thou art; I also am formed out of the clay.

For God speaketh in one way, Yea in two, though man perceiveth it not.

Lo, all these things doth God work, Twice, yea thrice, with a man,

For Job hath said: ‘I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right;

Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that He should do wickedness; And from the Almighty, that He should commit iniquity.

Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

For He doth not appoint a time unto any man, When he should go before God in judgment.

For hath any said unto God: ‘I have borne chastisement, though I offend not;

For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God.

Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or sayest thou: ‘I am righteousness before God’,

Surely God will not hear vanity, Neither will the Almighty regard it.

Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.

Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; Who is a teacher like Him?

Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; The number of His years is unsearchable.

God thundereth marvellously with His voice; Great things doeth He, which we cannot comprehend.

By the breath of God ice is given, And the breadth of the waters is straitened.

Hearken unto this, O Job; Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, and wander for lack of food?

Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like Him?

He is the beginning of the ways of God; He only that made him can make His sword to approach unto him.

When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.

Let us lift up our heart with our hands Unto God in the heavens.

And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made confession, and said: ‘O Lord, the great and awful God, who keepest covenant and mercy with them that love Thee and keep Thy commandments,

And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak strange things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.

And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak strange things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.

And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak strange things against the God of gods; and he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished; for that which is determined shall be done.

and said: ‘I beseech Thee, O LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awful God, that keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments;

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.’

Nevertheless in Thy manifold mercies Thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for Thou art a gracious and merciful God.

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awful God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the travail seem little before Thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all Thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.