Job 4

₂If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved?

But who can withhold himself from speaking?

₃Behold, thou hast instructed many,

And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

₄Thy words have upholden him that was falling,

And thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

₅But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest;

It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

₆Is not this thy fear, thy confidence,

Thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

₇Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent?

Or where were the righteous cut off?

₈Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,

And sow wickedness, reap the same.

₉By the blast of God they perish,

And by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

₁₀The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion,

And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

₁₁The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,

And the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

₁₂Now a thing was secretly brought to me,

And mine ear received a little thereof.

₁₃In thoughts from the visions of the night,

When deep sleep falleth on men,

₁₄Fear came upon me, and trembling,

Which made all my bones to shake.

₁₅Then a spirit passed before my face;

The hair of my flesh stood up:

₁₆It stood still,

But I could not discern the form thereof:

An image was before mine eyes,

There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

₁₇Shall mortal man be more just than God?

Shall a man be more pure than his maker?

₁₈Behold, he put no trust in his servants;

And his angels he charged with folly:

₁₉How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay,

Whose foundation is in the dust,

Which are crushed before the moth?

₂₀They are destroyed from morning to evening:

They perish for ever without any regarding it.

₂₁Doth not their excellency which is in them go away?

They die, even without wisdom.