Study Desk

So who will confront him with his ways? Who will repay him for what he has done?

For he is carried off to the grave, people keep watch over his tomb,

"For you kept your kinsmen's goods as collateral for no reason, you stripped the poorly clothed of what clothing they have,

He will accomplish what is decreed for me, and he has many plans like this.

like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they have to go out and scavenge food, [hoping that] the desert will provide food for their children.

wet with mountain rain, and hugging the rock for lack of shelter.

Men are groaning in the city, the mortally wounded are crying for help, yet God finds nothing amiss!

The eye of the adulterer too waits for twilight; he thinks, ‘No eye will see me'; but [to be sure], he covers his face.

For to all of them deep darkness is like morning, for the terrors of deep darkness are familiar to them.

They are exalted for a little while; and then they are gone, brought low, gathered in like all others, shriveled up like ears of grain.

Such wonderful advice for a man lacking wisdom! So much common sense you've expressed!

For what hope does the godless have from his gain when God takes away his life?

Look, you all can see for yourselves; so why are you talking such empty nonsense?

"This is God's reward for the wicked man, the heritage oppressors receive from Shaddai:

"There are mines for silver and places where gold is refined;

and cuts out galleries in the rock, all the while watching for something of value.

Neither gold nor glass can be compared with it; nor can it be exchanged for a bowl of fine gold,

let alone coral or crystal; for indeed, the price of wisdom is above that of pearls.

For he can see to the ends of the earth and view everything under heaven.

when he made a law for the rain and cleared a path for the thunderbolts;