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¹ "Behold, my eye has seen all this,
    my ear has heard and understood it.
^2 (a)What you know, I also know;
    I am not inferior to you.
^3 (b)But I would speak to the Almighty,
    and I desire to ^(c)argue my case with God.
⁴ As for you, ^(d)you whitewash with lies;
    ^(e)worthless physicians are you all.
⁵ Oh that you would ^(f)keep silent,
    and it would be your wisdom!
⁶ Hear now my argument
    and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
⁷ Will you ^(g)speak falsely for God
    and speak ^(h)deceitfully for him?
⁸ Will you show partiality toward him?
    Will you ⁽ⁱ⁾plead the case for God?
⁹ Will it be well with you when he ^(j)searches you out?
    Or ^(k)can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
¹⁰ He will surely rebuke you
    if in secret you show partiality.
¹¹ Will not his ^(l)majesty terrify you,
    and the dread of him fall upon you?
¹² Your maxims are proverbs of ^(m)ashes;
    your defenses are defenses of clay.

¹³ "Let me have silence, and I will speak,
    and let come on me what may.
¹⁴ Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
    and ⁽ⁿ⁾put my life in my hand?
^15 (o)Though he slay me, I will ^(p)hope in him;^[a]
    yet I will ^(q)argue my ways to his face.
¹⁶ This will be my salvation,
    that the godless shall not come before him.
^17 (r)Keep listening to my words,
    and let my declaration be in your ears.
¹⁸ Behold, I have ^(s)prepared my case;
    I know that I shall be in the right.
^19 (t)Who is there who will contend with me?
    For then I would be silent and die.
²⁰ Only grant me two things,
    then I will not ^(u)hide myself from your face:
^21 (v)withdraw your hand far from me,
    and let not ^(w)dread of you terrify me.
^22 (x)Then call, and I will answer;
    or let me speak, and you reply to me.
²³ How many are my iniquities and my sins?
    ^(y)Make me know my transgression and my sin.
²⁴ Why ^(z)do you hide your face
    and ^(aa)count me as your enemy?
²⁵ Will you frighten ^(ab)a driven leaf
    and pursue dry ^(ac)chaff?
²⁶ For you ^(ad)write bitter things against me
    and make me inherit ^(ae)the iniquities of my youth.
²⁷ You put my feet in ^(af)the stocks
    and ^(ag)watch all my paths;
    you set a limit for^[b] the soles of my feet.
²⁸ Man^[c] wastes away like ^(ah)a rotten thing,
    like a garment that is ^(ai)moth-eaten.