Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.