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Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech,And hearken to all my words.Behold now, I have opened my mouth;My tongue hath spoken in my mouth.My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart;And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.The Spirit of God hath made me,And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.If thou canst, answer thou me;Set thy words in order before me, stand forth.Behold, I am toward God even as thou art:I also am formed out of the clay.Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid,Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing,And I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,I am clean, without transgression;I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:Behold, he findeth occasions against me,He counteth me for his enemy;He putteth my feet in the stocks,He marketh all my paths.Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just;For God is greater than man.Why dost thou strive against him,For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?For God speaketh once,Yea twice, though man regardeth it not.In a dream, in a vision of the night,When deep sleep falleth upon men,In slumberings upon the bed;Then he openeth the ears of men,And sealeth their instruction,That he may withdraw man from his purpose,And hide pride from man;He keepeth back his soul from the pit,And his life from perishing by the sword.He is chastened also with pain upon his bed,And with continual strife in his bones;So that his life abhorreth bread,And his soul dainty food.His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen;And his bones that were not seen stick out.Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit,And his life to the destroyers.If there be with him an angel,An interpreter, one among a thousand,To show unto man what is right for him;Then God is gracious unto him, and saith,Deliver him from going down to the pit,I have found a ransom.His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s;He returneth to the days of his youth.He prayeth unto God, and he is favorable unto him,So that he seeth his face with joy:And he restoreth unto man his righteousness.He singeth before men, and saith,I have sinned, and perverted that which was right,And it profited me not:He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit,And my life shall behold the light.Lo, all these things doth God work,Twice, yea thrice, with a man,To bring back his soul from the pit,That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me:Hold thy peace, and I will speak.If thou hast anything to say, answer me:Speak, for I desire to justify thee.If not, hearken thou unto me:Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.