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and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.
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One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.
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But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
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and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.”
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On another day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him.
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“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life.
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But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
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with kings and rulers of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,
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“If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?
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Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on people,
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“Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
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From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.
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In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
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You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
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You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals.
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For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
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You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
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You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
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You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
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that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
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“Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.
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Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again.
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The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more.
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He will never come to his house again; his place will know him no more.
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“Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
