Would that Job were tried to the limit, because his answers are those of the wicked.
Indeed, we call blessed those who showed endurance. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the outcome that the Lord brought about, for the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and mind.
If you try my heart, if you visit me by night, if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.
“Why are times not kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days?
God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
Will you keep to the old way that the wicked have trod?
Why do the wicked live on, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?
The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hands.
For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”