Chapter 10

1.  My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2.  I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
3.  Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4: Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
5: Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
6: That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
7: Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
8: Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
9: Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10: Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11: Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
12: Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
13: And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
14: If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
15: If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
16: For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
17: Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
18: Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
19: I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20: Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
21: Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
22: A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Chapter 28

1: Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
2: Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
3: He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4: The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
5: As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
6: The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
7: There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
8: The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9: He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10: He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11: He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
12: But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
13: Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
14: The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
15: It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
16: It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17: The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18: No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
19: The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
20: Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21: Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
22: Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
23: God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24: For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
25: To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
26: When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
27: Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
28: And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Chapter 41

1: Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2: Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3: Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
4: Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
5: Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6: Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7: Canst thou fill his skin with barbed iron? or his head with fish spears?
8: Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
9: Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
10: None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
11: Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
12: I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
13: Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
14: Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15: His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
16: One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
17: They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18: By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19: Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out
20: Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21: His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22: In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23: The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24: His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
25: When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
26: The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
27: He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28: The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
29: Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
30: Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
31: He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
32: He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
33: Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
34: He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.