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Job Is Humbled and Satisfied

42 Then Job answered the Lord:

“I know that you can do all things
    and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.(A)
‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
    things too wonderful for me that I did not know.(B)
‘Hear, and I will speak;
    I will question you, and you declare to me.’(C)
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
    but now my eye sees you;(D)
therefore I despise myself
    and repent in dust and ashes.”(E)

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Job’s Fortunes Are Restored Twofold

10 And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.(A)

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