4:12 “Now a word was secretly brought to me,
and my ear caught a whisper of it.
4:14 a trembling gripped me – and a terror! –
and made all my bones shake.
6:22 “Have I ever said, ‘Give me something,
and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’?
6:29 Relent, let there be no falsehood;
reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!
9:14 “How much less, then, can I answer him
and choose my words to argue with him!
9:17 he who crushes me with a tempest,
and multiplies my wounds for no reason.
9:18 He does not allow me to recover my breath,
for he fills me with bitterness.
9:21 I am blameless. I do not know myself.
I despise my life.
9:25 “My days are swifter than a runner,
they speed by without seeing happiness.
9:28 I dread all my sufferings,
for I know that you do not hold me blameless.
9:30 If I wash myself with snow water,
and make my hands clean with lye,
9:31 then you plunge me into a slimy pit
and my own clothes abhor me.
10:12 You gave me life and favor,
and your intervention watched over my spirit.
11:4 For you have said, ‘My teaching is flawless,
and I am pure in your sight.’
13:18 See now, I have prepared my case;
I know that I am right.
16:7 Surely now he has worn me out,
you have devastated my entire household.
17:2 Surely mockery is with me;
my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
17:3 Make then my pledge with you.
Who else will put up security for me?
19:5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me
and plead my disgrace against me,
19:19 All my closest friends detest me;
and those whom I love have turned against me.
19:22 Why do you pursue me like God does?
Will you never be satiated with my flesh?
19:23 “O that my words were written down,
O that they were written on a scroll,
20:3 When I hear a reproof that dishonors me,
then my understanding prompts me to answer.
21:2 “Listen carefully to my words;
let this be the consolation you offer me.
21:4 Is my complaint against a man?
If so, why should I not be impatient?
21:6 For, when I think about this, I am terrified
and my body feels a shudder.
23:16 Indeed, God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me.
29:5 when the Almighty was still with me
and my children were around me;
29:7 When I went out to the city gate
and secured my seat in the public square,
29:21 “People listened to me and waited silently;
they kept silent for my advice.
29:22 After I had spoken, they did not respond;
my words fell on them drop by drop.
30:10 They detest me and maintain their distance;
they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
30:13 They destroy my path;
they succeed in destroying me
without anyone assisting them.
30:16 “And now my soul pours itself out within me;
days of suffering take hold of me.
30:25 Have I not wept for the unfortunate?
Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
31:1 “I made a covenant with my eyes;
how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?
31:5 If I have walked in falsehood,
and if my foot has hastened to deceit –
31:6 let him weigh me with honest scales;
then God will discover my integrity.
31:8 then let me sow and let another eat,
and let my crops be uprooted.
31:29 If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy
or exulted because calamity found him –
31:37 I would give him an accounting of my steps;
like a prince I would approach him.
31:38 “If my land cried out against me
and all its furrows wept together,
32:17 I too will answer my part,
I too will explain what I know.
33:1 “But now, O Job, listen to my words,
and hear everything I have to say!
33:7 Therefore no fear of me should terrify you,
nor should my pressure be heavy on you.
33:8 “Indeed, you have said in my hearing
(I heard the sound of the words!):
34:2 “Listen to my words, you wise men;
hear me, you learned men.
34:5 For Job says, ‘I am innocent,
but God turns away my right.
35:2 “Do you think this to be just:
when you say, ‘My right before God.’
35:10 But no one says, ‘Where is God, my Creator,
who gives songs in the night,
37:1 At this also my heart pounds
and leaps from its place.