⁵ Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.

⁷ "Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

⁸ According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, And sow trouble, Reap the same.

⁹ By the breath of God they perish, By the blast of his anger are they consumed.

¹⁰ The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, The teeth of the young lions, are broken.

¹¹ The old lion perishes for lack of prey, The cubs of the lioness are scattered abroad.

⁶ That he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

¹⁴ If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, Don't let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

⁵ For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty.

⁶ Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.

³¹ Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness shall be his reward.

³² It shall be accomplished before his time. His branch shall not be green.

³³ He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.

³⁴ For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

²⁷ "Behold, I know your thoughts, The devices with which you would wrong me.

³ Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

¹² Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.

¹² For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.