| 1 | Behold, my eye has seen all these things, and my ear has heard, and I have understood each one. |
| 2 | In conformity with your knowledge, I also know. I am not inferior to you. |
| 3 | Yet I speak this way to the Almighty, and I desire to argue with God, |
| 4 | having first shown that you fabricate lies and cultivate perverse teachings. |
| 5 | And I wish that you would remain silent, so that you would be counted among the wise. |
| 6 | Therefore, listen to my correction, and pay attention to the judgment of my lips. |
| 7 | Does God require your lie, so that you would speak deceitfully for him? |
| 8 | Have you taken his place, and do you struggle to give judgment in favor of God? |
| 9 | Or, will it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? Or, will he be deceived, like a man, by your deceitfulness? |
| 10 | He will accuse you because in secret you have preempted his presence. |
| 11 | As soon as he moves himself, he will disturb you, and his dread will fall over you. |
| 12 | Your remembrance will be compared to ashes, and your necks will be reduced to clay. |
| 13 | Be silent for a little while, so that I may speak whatever my mind suggests to me. |
| 14 | Why do I wound my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands? |
| 15 | And now, if he would kill me, I will hope in him; in this, truly, I will correct my ways in his sight. |
| 16 | And he will be my savior, for no hypocrite at all will approach in his sight. |
| 17 | Listen to my words, and perceive an enigma with your ears. |
| 18 | If I will be judged, I know that I will be found to be just. |
| 19 | Who is it that will go to judgment with me? Let him approach. Why should I be consumed in silence? |
| 20 | Do not do such things to me twice, and then I will not hide from your face. |
| 21 | Take your hand far away from me, and do not let your dread terrify me. |
| 22 | Call me, and I will answer you, or else I will speak, and you can answer me. |
| 23 | How many iniquities and sins do I have? Reveal my crimes and offenses to me. |
| 24 | Why do you conceal your face and consider me to be your enemy? |
| 25 | Against a leaf, which is carried away by the wind, you reveal your power, and you pursue dry straw. |
| 26 | For you write bitter things against me, and you want to consume me for the sins of my youth. |
| 27 | You have put my feet on a tether, and you have observed all my paths, and you have considered the steps of my feet. |
| 28 | I will be left to decay like something rotten and like a garment that is being eaten by moths. |
