<p class="poetry">You overpower him once for all,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and he departs;p> <p class="poetry">you change<n id="2" /> his appearancep> <p class="poetry">and send him away.p>

<p class="poetry">They allow their children to run<n id="1" /> like a flock;p> <p class="poetry">their little ones dance about.p>

<p class="poetry">you sent widows away empty-handed,p> <p class="poetry">and the arms<n id="1" /> of the orphans you crushed.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">On the flinty rock man has set to work<n id="1" /> with his hand;p> <p class="poetry">he has overturned mountains at their bases.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go?p> <p class="poetry">Will they say to you, &#8216;Here we are&#8217;?p>

<p class="poetry">They crouch, they bear<n id="1" /> their young,p> <p class="poetry">they bring forth the offspring they have carried.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If<n id="1" /> your children sinned against him,p> <p class="poetry">he gave them over<n id="2" /> to the penalty<n id="3" /> of their sin.p>

<p class="poetry">If he holds back the waters, then they dry up;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">if he releases them,<n id="2" /> they destroy<n id="3" /> the land.p>

<p class="poetry">For he has been thrown into a net by his feet<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and he wanders into a mesh.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Because God has untied<n id="1" /> my tent cord and afflicted me,p> <p class="poetry">people throw off all restraint in my presence.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who let the wild donkey go free?p> <p class="poetry">Who released the bonds of the donkey,p>

<p class="poetry">he gives<n id="1" /> rain on the earth,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and sends<n id="3" /> water on the fields;<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;While he is<n id="1" /> filling his belly,p> <p class="poetry">God<n id="2" /> sends his burning anger<n id="3" /> against him,p> <p class="poetry">and rains down his blows upon him.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">On my right the young rabble<n id="1" /> rise up;p> <p class="poetry">they drive me from place to place,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and build up siege ramps<n id="3" /> against me.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Surely one does not stretch out his handp> <p class="poetry">against a broken man<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when he cries for help in his distress.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Now his sons used to go<n id="1" /> and hold<n id="2" /> a feast in the house of each one in turn,<n id="3" /> and they would send and invite<n id="4" /> their three<n id="5" /> sisters to eat and to drink with them.

But<n id="1" /> extend your hand and strike<n id="2" /> everything he has, and he will no doubt<n id="3" /> curse you<n id="4" /> to your face!&#8221;p>

But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh,<n id="1" /> and he will no doubt<n id="2" /> curse you to your face!&#8221;p>

When<n id="1" /> the days of their feasting were finished,<n id="2" /> Job would send<n id="3" /> for them and sanctify<n id="4" /> them; he would get up early<n id="5" /> in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to<n id="6" /> the number of them all. For Job thought, &#8220;Perhaps<n id="7" /> my children<n id="8" /> have sinned and cursed<n id="9" /> God in their hearts.&#8221; This was Job&#8217;s customary practice.<n id="10" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc> said to Satan, &#8220;All right then,<n id="1" /> everything he has is<n id="2" /> in your power.<n id="3" /> Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!&#8221;<n id="4" /> So Satan went out<n id="5" /> from the presence of the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="6" />p>