Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.

If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.