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