³ Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

⁸ And now, O Jehovah, thou `art' our Father, We `are' the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand -- all of us.

⁸ Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness `is' to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!

¹⁵ Thou dost call, and I -- I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire.

¹⁹ so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.

² Me He hath led, and causeth to go `in' darkness, and without light.

³ Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.

⁴ He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.

⁵ He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.

⁶ In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.

⁷ He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.

⁸ Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.

⁹ He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.

¹⁰ A bear lying in wait He `is' to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.

¹¹ My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.

¹² He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.

¹³ He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.

¹⁴ I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.

¹⁵ He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me `with' wormwood.

¹⁶ And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.

¹⁷ And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.

¹⁸ And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.

¹ Righteous `art' Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.

² Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near `art' Thou in their mouth, And far off from their reins.

³ And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter.

³³ For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised.

⁸ Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

² Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.

¹⁷ And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,

¹⁸ Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

⁷ He withdraweth not from the righteous His eyes, And `from' kings on the throne, And causeth them to sit for ever, and they are high,

⁸ And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,

⁹ Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,

¹⁸ Who hath said to a king -- `Worthless,' Unto princes -- `Wicked?'

¹⁹ That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands `are' all of them.

⁵ For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

⁶ Against my right do I lie? Mortal `is' mine arrow -- without transgression.'

⁷ Who `is' a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,

¹⁸ And he hath filled their houses `with' good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

¹⁶ Lo, not in their hand `is' their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

²⁴ Earth hath been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The face of its judges he covereth, If not -- where, who `is' he?

²² It is the same thing, therefore I said, `The perfect and the wicked He is consuming.'

²⁰ Lo, God doth not reject the perfect, Nor taketh hold on the hand of evil doers.