There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.Mortals put an end to the darkness; they search out the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness.Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft, in places untouched by human feet; far from other people they dangle and sway. The earth, from which food comes, is transformed ...  Read More

I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal.You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat.The plague will bury those who survive him, and their w...  Read More

"How you have helped the powerless!How you have saved the arm that is feeble!What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!And what great insight you have displayed!Who has helped you utter these words?And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?...As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter, as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my...  Read More

"Dominion and awe belong to God;He establishes order in the heights of heaven.Can His forces be numbered?On whom does His light not rise?How then can a mortal be righteous before God?How can one born of woman be pure?If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in His eyes, how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot -- a human being who is only a worm! (Job 25) God is utterly awesome...  Read More

Why doesn't the Almighty bring the wicked to judgment?Why must the godly wait for Him in vain?Evil people steal land by moving the boundary markers.They steal livestock and put them in their own pastures.They take the orphan's donkey and demand the widow's ox as security for a loan.The poor are pushed off the path...Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, the poor must spend all their time looking fo...  Read More

Then Job replied:"Even today my complaint is bitter; His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.If only I knew where to find Him;If only I could go to His dwelling!I would state my case before HimAnd fill my mouth with arguments.I would find out what He would answer me,And consider what He would say to me…But if I go to the east, He is not there;If I go to the west, I do not find Him.When He is at ...  Read More