"Will the faultfinder acontend
with the Almighty
? Let him who breproves
God
answer
it."
Then Job answered
the LORD
and said
,
"Behold, I am insignificant
; what
can I reply
to You? I alay
my hand
on my mouth
.
"Once I have spoken
, and aI will not answer
; Even twice
, and I will add
nothing
more."
Then the aLORD answered
Job
out of the storm
and said
,
"Now agird
up your loins
like a man
; I will bask
you, and you instruct
Me.
"Will you really aannul
My judgment
? Will you bcondemn
Me cthat you may be justified
?
"Or do you have an arm
like God
, And can you athunder
with a voice
like
His?
" aAdorn yourself
with eminence
and dignity
, And clothe
yourself
with honor
and majesty
.
"Pour out athe overflowings
of your anger
, And look
on everyone
who
is bproud
, and make
him low
.
"Look on everyone
who
is proud
, and ahumble
him, And btread
down
the wicked
1where
they stand
.
" aHide them in the dust
together
; Bind
1them in the hidden
place.
"Then I will also 1confess
to you, That your own right
hand
can save
you.
"Behold now
, 1Behemoth
, which
aI made
2as well
as you; He eats
grass
like an ox
.
"Behold now
, his strength
in his loins
And his power
in the muscles
of his belly
.
"He bends his tail
like
a cedar
; The sinews
of his thighs
are knit
together
.
"His bones are tubes
of bronze
; His 1limbs
are like bars
of iron
.
"He is the afirst of the ways
of God
; Let his bmaker
bring
near
his sword
.
"Surely the mountains
abring
him food
, And all
the beasts
of the field
bplay
there
.
"Under the lotus
plants
he lies
down
, In the covert
of the reeds
and the marsh
.
"The lotus plants
cover
him with 1shade
; The willows
of the brook
surround
him.
"If a river
1rages
, he is not alarmed
; He is confident
, though
the aJordan
rushes
to his mouth
.
"Can anyone capture him 1when he is on watch
, With 2barbs
can anyone pierce
his nose
?