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Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?

Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?

Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.

And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.