"You have becomecruelto me; With the mightof Your handYou persecuteme.
Is it rightfor You indeedto oppress,To rejectthe laborof Your hands,And to lookfavorablyon the schemesof the wicked?
"Whydo You hideYour faceAnd considerme Your enemy?
"Whydo you persecuteme as God[does], And are not satisfiedwith my flesh?
"Would He contendwith me by the greatnessof [His] power?No,surelyHe would payattentionto me.
But the angerof Elihuthe sonof Barachelthe Buzite,of the familyof Ramburned;against Jobhis angerburnedbecausehe justifiedhimselfbeforeGod.
"Would that Godwere willingto crushme, That He would looseHis handand cutme off!
You have a strongarm;Your handis mighty,Your righthandis exalted.
Allyour lovershave forgottenyou, They do not seekyou; For I have woundedyou with the woundof an enemy,With the punishmentof a cruelone,Becauseyour iniquityis great[And] your sinsare numerous.
Thereforehumbleyourselves underthe mightyhandof God,that He may exaltyou at the proper time,
