² “When will you end these speeches?^(B)
    Be sensible, and then we can talk.
³ Why are we regarded as cattle^(C)
    and considered stupid in your sight?^(D)
4 You who tear yourself^(E) to pieces in your anger,^(F)
    is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
    Or must the rocks be moved from their place?^(G)

⁵ “The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;^(H)
    the flame of his fire stops burning.^(I)
6 The light in his tent^(J) becomes dark;^(K)
    the lamp beside him goes out.^(L)
7 The vigor^(M) of his step is weakened;^(N)
    his own schemes^(O) throw him down.^(P)
8 His feet thrust him into a net;^(Q)
    he wanders into its mesh.
⁹ A trap seizes him by the heel;
    a snare^(R) holds him fast.^(S)
10 A noose^(T) is hidden for him on the ground;
    a trap^(U) lies in his path.^(V)
11 Terrors^(W) startle him on every side^(X)
    and dog^(Y) his every step.
¹² Calamity^(Z) is hungry^(AA) for him;
    disaster^(AB) is ready for him when he falls.^(AC)
13 It eats away parts of his skin;^(AD)
    death’s firstborn devours his limbs.^(AE)
14 He is torn from the security of his tent^(AF)
    and marched off to the king^(AG) of terrors.^(AH)
15 Fire resides^[a] in his tent;^(AI)
    burning sulfur^(AJ) is scattered over his dwelling.
¹⁶ His roots dry up below^(AK)
    and his branches wither above.^(AL)
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth;^(AM)
    he has no name^(AN) in the land.^(AO)
18 He is driven from light into the realm of darkness^(AP)
    and is banished^(AQ) from the world.^(AR)
19 He has no offspring^(AS) or descendants^(AT) among his people,
    no survivor^(AU) where once he lived.^(AV)
20 People of the west are appalled^(AW) at his fate;^(AX)
    those of the east are seized with horror.
²¹ Surely such is the dwelling^(AY) of an evil man;^(AZ)
    such is the place^(BA) of one who does not know God.”^(BB)

² “How long will you torment^(BC) me
    and crush^(BD) me with words?
³ Ten times^(BE) now you have reproached^(BF) me;
    shamelessly you attack me.
⁴ If it is true that I have gone astray,
    my error^(BG) remains my concern alone.
⁵ If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me^(BH)
    and use my humiliation against me,
⁶ then know that God has wronged me^(BI)
    and drawn his net^(BJ) around me.^(BK)

⁷ “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;^(BL)
    though I call for help,^(BM) there is no justice.^(BN)
8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;^(BO)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.^(BP)
9 He has stripped^(BQ) me of my honor^(BR)
    and removed the crown from my head.^(BS)
10 He tears me down^(BT) on every side till I am gone;
    he uproots my hope^(BU) like a tree.^(BV)
11 His anger^(BW) burns against me;
    he counts me among his enemies.^(BX)
12 His troops advance in force;^(BY)
    they build a siege ramp^(BZ) against me
    and encamp around my tent.^(CA)

¹³ “He has alienated my family^(CB) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.^(CC)
14 My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends^(CD) have forgotten me.
¹⁵ My guests^(CE) and my female servants^(CF) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on a stranger.
¹⁶ I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
    though I beg him with my own mouth.
¹⁷ My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome^(CG) to my own family.
¹⁸ Even the little boys^(CH) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.^(CI)
19 All my intimate friends^(CJ) detest me;^(CK)
    those I love have turned against me.^(CL)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;^(CM)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.^[b]

²¹ “Have pity on me, my friends,^(CN) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck^(CO) me.
²² Why do you pursue^(CP) me as God does?^(CQ)
    Will you never get enough of my flesh?^(CR)

²³ “Oh, that my words were recorded,
    that they were written on a scroll,^(CS)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool^(CT) on^[c] lead,
    or engraved in rock forever!^(CU)
25 I know that my redeemer^[d](CV) lives,^(CW)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.^[e]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet^[f] in^[g] my flesh I will see God;^(CX)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes^(CY)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns^(CZ) within me!

²⁸ “If you say, ‘How we will hound^(DA) him,
    since the root of the trouble lies in him,^[h]’
²⁹ you should fear the sword yourselves;
    for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,^(DB)
    and then you will know that there is judgment.^[i]”^(DC)

² “My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer
    because I am greatly disturbed.^(DE)
3 I hear a rebuke^(DF) that dishonors me,
    and my understanding inspires me to reply.

⁴ “Surely you know how it has been from of old,^(DG)
    ever since mankind^[j] was placed on the earth,
⁵ that the mirth of the wicked^(DH) is brief,
    the joy of the godless^(DI) lasts but a moment.^(DJ)
6 Though the pride^(DK) of the godless person reaches to the heavens^(DL)
    and his head touches the clouds,^(DM)
7 he will perish forever,^(DN) like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’^(DO)
8 Like a dream^(DP) he flies away,^(DQ) no more to be found,
    banished^(DR) like a vision of the night.^(DS)
9 The eye that saw him will not see him again;
    his place will look on him no more.^(DT)
10 His children^(DU) must make amends to the poor;
    his own hands must give back his wealth.^(DV)
11 The youthful vigor^(DW) that fills his bones^(DX)
    will lie with him in the dust.^(DY)

¹² “Though evil^(DZ) is sweet in his mouth
    and he hides it under his tongue,^(EA)
13 though he cannot bear to let it go
    and lets it linger in his mouth,^(EB)
14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;^(EC)
    it will become the venom of serpents^(ED) within him.
¹⁵ He will spit out the riches^(EE) he swallowed;
    God will make his stomach vomit^(EF) them up.
¹⁶ He will suck the poison^(EG) of serpents;
    the fangs of an adder will kill him.^(EH)
17 He will not enjoy the streams,
    the rivers^(EI) flowing with honey^(EJ) and cream.^(EK)
18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;^(EL)
    he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.^(EM)
19 For he has oppressed the poor^(EN) and left them destitute;^(EO)
    he has seized houses^(EP) he did not build.

²⁰ “Surely he will have no respite from his craving;^(EQ)
    he cannot save himself by his treasure.^(ER)
21 Nothing is left for him to devour;
    his prosperity will not endure.^(ES)
22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;^(ET)
    the full force of misery will come upon him.^(EU)
23 When he has filled his belly,^(EV)
    God will vent his burning anger^(EW) against him
    and rain down his blows on him.^(EX)
24 Though he flees^(EY) from an iron weapon,
    a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.^(EZ)
25 He pulls it out of his back,
    the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors^(FA) will come over him;^(FB)
26     total darkness^(FC) lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire^(FD) unfanned will consume him^(FE)
    and devour what is left in his tent.^(FF)
27 The heavens will expose his guilt;
    the earth will rise up against him.^(FG)
28 A flood will carry off his house,^(FH)
    rushing waters^[k] on the day of God’s wrath.^(FI)
29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked,
    the heritage appointed for them by God.”^(FJ)

³ Set a guard over my mouth,^(F) Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.^(G)
4 Do not let my heart^(H) be drawn to what is evil
    so that I take part in wicked deeds^(I)
along with those who are evildoers;
    do not let me eat their delicacies.^(J)

⁵ Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me^(K)—that is oil on my head.^(L)
My head will not refuse it,
    for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

⁶ Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,^(M)
    and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
⁷ They will say, “As one plows^(N) and breaks up the earth,^(O)
    so our bones have been scattered at the mouth^(P) of the grave.”

⁸ But my eyes are fixed^(Q) on you, Sovereign Lord;
    in you I take refuge^(R)—do not give me over to death.
⁹ Keep me safe^(S) from the traps set by evildoers,^(T)
    from the snares^(U) they have laid for me.
¹⁰ Let the wicked fall^(V) into their own nets,
    while I pass by in safety.^(W)

“Great and marvelous are your deeds,^(M)
    Lord God Almighty.^(N)
Just and true are your ways,^(O)
    King of the nations.^[a]
4 Who will not fear you, Lord,^(P)
    and bring glory to your name?^(Q)
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
    and worship before you,^(R)
for your righteous acts^(S) have been revealed.”^[b]