33 “But now, Job, listen^(A) to my words;
    pay attention to everything I say.^(B)
2 I am about to open my mouth;
    my words are on the tip of my tongue.
³ My words come from an upright heart;^(C)
    my lips sincerely speak what I know.^(D)
4 The Spirit^(E) of God has made me;^(F)
    the breath of the Almighty^(G) gives me life.^(H)
5 Answer me^(I) then, if you can;
    stand up^(J) and argue your case before me.^(K)
6 I am the same as you in God’s sight;^(L)
    I too am a piece of clay.^(M)
7 No fear of me should alarm you,
    nor should my hand be heavy on you.^(N)

⁸ “But you have said in my hearing—
    I heard the very words—
⁹ ‘I am pure,^(O) I have done no wrong;^(P)
    I am clean and free from sin.^(Q)
10 Yet God has found fault with me;
    he considers me his enemy.^(R)
11 He fastens my feet in shackles;^(S)
    he keeps close watch on all my paths.’^(T)

¹² “But I tell you, in this you are not right,
    for God is greater than any mortal.^(U)
13 Why do you complain to him^(V)
    that he responds to no one’s words^[a]?^(W)
14 For God does speak^(X)—now one way, now another^(Y)—
    though no one perceives it.^(Z)
15 In a dream,^(AA) in a vision^(AB) of the night,^(AC)
    when deep sleep^(AD) falls on people
    as they slumber in their beds,
¹⁶ he may speak^(AE) in their ears
    and terrify them^(AF) with warnings,^(AG)
17 to turn them from wrongdoing
    and keep them from pride,^(AH)
18 to preserve them from the pit,^(AI)
    their lives from perishing by the sword.^[b](AJ)

¹⁹ “Or someone may be chastened^(AK) on a bed of pain^(AL)
    with constant distress in their bones,^(AM)
20 so that their body finds food^(AN) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.^(AO)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,^(AP) once hidden, now stick out.^(AQ)
22 They draw near to the pit,^(AR)
    and their life to the messengers of death.^[c](AS)
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
    a messenger,^(AT) one out of a thousand,
    sent to tell them how to be upright,^(AU)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;^(AV)
    I have found a ransom for them^(AW)—
²⁵ let their flesh be renewed^(AX) like a child’s;
    let them be restored as in the days of their youth’^(AY)—
²⁶ then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,^(AZ)
    they will see God’s face and shout for joy;^(BA)
    he will restore them to full well-being.^(BB)
27 And they will go to others and say,
    ‘I have sinned,^(BC) I have perverted what is right,^(BD)
    but I did not get what I deserved.^(BE)
28 God has delivered^(BF) me from going down to the pit,^(BG)
    and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’^(BH)

²⁹ “God does all these things to a person^(BI)—
    twice, even three times^(BJ)—
³⁰ to turn them back^(BK) from the pit,^(BL)
    that the light of life^(BM) may shine on them.^(BN)

³¹ “Pay attention, Job, and listen^(BO) to me;^(BP)
    be silent,^(BQ) and I will speak.
³² If you have anything to say, answer me;^(BR)
    speak up, for I want to vindicate you.^(BS)
33 But if not, then listen to me;^(BT)
    be silent,^(BU) and I will teach you wisdom.^(BV)”

³ Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;^(F)
    you are the one Israel praises.^[c](G)
4 In you our ancestors put their trust;
    they trusted and you delivered them.^(H)
5 To you they cried out^(I) and were saved;
    in you they trusted^(J) and were not put to shame.^(K)

⁶ But I am a worm^(L) and not a man,
    scorned by everyone,^(M) despised^(N) by the people.
⁷ All who see me mock me;^(O)
    they hurl insults,^(P) shaking their heads.^(Q)
8 “He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.^(R)
Let him deliver him,^(S)
    since he delights^(T) in him.”

⁹ Yet you brought me out of the womb;^(U)
    you made me trust^(V) in you, even at my mother’s breast.
¹⁰ From birth^(W) I was cast on you;
    from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

¹¹ Do not be far from me,^(X)
    for trouble is near^(Y)
    and there is no one to help.^(Z)

¹² Many bulls^(AA) surround me;^(AB)
    strong bulls of Bashan^(AC) encircle me.
¹³ Roaring lions^(AD) that tear their prey^(AE)
    open their mouths wide^(AF) against me.
¹⁴ I am poured out like water,
    and all my bones are out of joint.^(AG)
My heart has turned to wax;^(AH)
    it has melted^(AI) within me.
¹⁵ My mouth^[d] is dried up like a potsherd,^(AJ)
    and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth;^(AK)
    you lay me in the dust^(AL) of death.

¹⁶ Dogs^(AM) surround me,
    a pack of villains encircles me;
    they pierce^[e](AN) my hands and my feet.
¹⁷ All my bones are on display;
    people stare^(AO) and gloat over me.^(AP)
18 They divide my clothes among them
    and cast lots^(AQ) for my garment.^(AR)

¹⁹ But you, Lord, do not be far from me.^(AS)
    You are my strength;^(AT) come quickly^(AU) to help me.^(AV)
20 Deliver me from the sword,^(AW)
    my precious life^(AX) from the power of the dogs.^(AY)
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;^(AZ)
    save me from the horns of the wild oxen.^(BA)

²² I will declare your name to my people;
    in the assembly^(BB) I will praise you.^(BC)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!^(BD)
    All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!^(BE)
    Revere him,^(BF) all you descendants of Israel!
²⁴ For he has not despised^(BG) or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;^(BH)
he has not hidden his face^(BI) from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.^(BJ)

²⁵ From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;^(BK)
    before those who fear you^[f] I will fulfill my vows.^(BL)
26 The poor will eat^(BM) and be satisfied;
    those who seek the Lord will praise him—^(BN)
    may your hearts live forever!

²⁷ All the ends of the earth^(BO)
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,^(BP)
28 for dominion belongs to the Lord^(BQ)
    and he rules over the nations.

²⁹ All the rich^(BR) of the earth will feast and worship;^(BS)
    all who go down to the dust^(BT) will kneel before him—
    those who cannot keep themselves alive.^(BU)
30 Posterity^(BV) will serve him;
    future generations^(BW) will be told about the Lord.
³¹ They will proclaim his righteousness,^(BX)
    declaring to a people yet unborn:^(BY)
    He has done it!^(BZ)