Job

"But now, Job, listen to my words; pay attention to everything I say."

"I am about to open my mouth; my words are on the tip of my tongue."

"My words come from an upright heart; my lips sincerely speak what I know."

"The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life."

"Answer me if you can; prepare your case and take your stand before me."

"I am just like you before God; I too was moulded from a piece of clay."

"No fear of me should terrify you, nor should my hand be heavy upon you."

"But you have said in my hearing, I heard the very words, "

"'I am pure and without transgression; I am clean and free from sin."

"'Yet God finds reasons to oppose me; he considers me his enemy."

"'He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.'"

"But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal."

"Why do you complain to him that he answers no one’s words?"

"For God does speak, now one way, now another, though no one perceives it."

"In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds,"

"he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,"

"to turn them from wrongdoing and to keep them from pride,"

"to preserve them from the pit, their lives from perishing by the sword."

"Or a person may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in their bones,"

"so that their entire being finds food repulsive and their soul loathes even the choicest meal."

"Their flesh wastes away to nothing, and their bones, once hidden, now stick out."

"They draw near to the pit, and their life to the messengers of death."

"Yet if there is a messenger for him, a mediator, one among a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,"

"to be gracious to him and say, 'Spare him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for him', "

"then his flesh is renewed like a child’s; he is restored to the days of his youth."

"He prays to God and finds favour with him; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy; he is restored by God to his righteous state."

"Then he comes to others and says, 'I sinned and perverted what was right, but I did not get what I deserved."

"God has delivered me from going down to the pit, and I shall live to enjoy the light.'"

"God does all these things to a person, twice, even three times, "

"to turn them back from the pit, that the light of life may shine on them."

"Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak."

"If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to see you vindicated."

"But if not, then listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom."