Job 40:3-14

Complete Jewish Bible

⁴ “I am too ashamed; I have nothing to say.
I lay my hand over my mouth.
⁵ Yes, I spoke once, but I won’t answer more;
all right, twice, but I won’t go on.”

⁶ Adonai answered Iyov out of the storm:

⁷ “Stand up like a man, and brace yourself;
I will ask questions; and you, give the answers!

⁸ “Are you impugning my justice?
Putting me in the wrong to prove yourself right?
⁹ Do you have an arm like God’s?
Can you thunder with a voice like his?
¹⁰ Come on, deck yourself with majesty and dignity,
robe yourself in glory and splendor.
¹¹ Let loose your furious anger,
look at all who are proud, and humble them.
¹² Look at all who are proud, and bring them down;
tread down the wicked where they stand.
¹³ Bury them in the ground together,
bind their faces in the hidden world.
¹⁴ If you do this, then I will confess to you
that your own power can save you.