Dominion and terror are with him; He maketh peace in his high places. Is there any number to his armies? And upon whom does not his light arise? How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of woman? [Sidenote: Job 26:1, 27:2, 4, 5] Then Job answered and said, As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath made my life bitter, Surely my lips do not speak unrighteousness, Nor does my tongue utter falsehood, Far be it from me that I should grant that you are right; Until I die I will not give up my innocence. [Sidenote: Job 27:7-9] [Then Zophar answered and said]: Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous. For what is the hope of the godless, When God requireth his life? Will God hear his cry, When trouble comes upon him? [Sidenote: Job 29:1-5] And Job again took up his parable and said, Oh, that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me, When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness; As I was in the prime of my life, When God put a covering over my tent, When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me. [Sidenote: Job 30:16-21] But now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold of me. The night bores through my bones, And my gnawing pains rest not. By reason of great wasting my garment is crumpled together; It binds me about as the collar of my coat. He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes. I cry to thee but thou dost not answer me. I stand up, but thou dost not regard me. Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me. [Sidenote: Job 31:5-8] If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hasted to deceit; Let me be weighed in a just balance, That God may know my integrity. If my step has turned out of the way, And my heart followed my inclination, And if any spot besmirches my hands; Then let me sow, and let another eat, And let the produce of my field be uprooted. [Sidenote: Job 31:35-37] Oh, that there was someone to hear me! See, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my adversary has written! Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it to me as a crown; I would declare to him the number of my steps, As a prince would I draw near to him. [Sidenote: Job 38:2-7] Then Jehovah answered Job out of the storm, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words that lack knowledge? Gird up thy loins now like a man, And let me ask of thee and inform thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. Who determined its measures that thou knowest? Or who stretched out the line upon it? On what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its corner-stone, When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?