Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? Mark, and afterward we will speak.
Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
to bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?