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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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I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning.
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Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant?
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He would not let me catch my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.
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If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.
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or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.
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If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
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“Keep silent and let me speak; then let come to me what may.
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Listen carefully to what I say; let my words ring in your ears.
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Then summon me and I will answer, or let me speak, and you reply to me.
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So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
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“Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,
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Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.
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You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.
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though he cannot bear to let it go and lets it linger in his mouth,
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“Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me.
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It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’ Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!
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Let their own eyes see their destruction; let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.
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He may let them rest in a feeling of security, but his eyes are on their ways.
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I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
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let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless—
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“If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
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then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint.
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(“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
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then let briers come up instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
