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¹ "Look, my eye has seen everything;
my ear has heard and has understood it.
² What you^[a] know,^[b] I myself^[c] also know—
I am not more inferior than you.^[d]
3 But I would speak to Shaddai,
and I desire to argue with God.
⁴ "But^[e] you^[f] whitewash with lies;^[g]
all of you^[h] are worthless healers.^[i]
5 O that^[j] you^[k] would keep completely silent,
and that it would become wisdom for you.^[l]
6 Please hear my argument,
and listen attentively to the pleadings of my lips.
⁷ "Will you^[m] speak falsely for God?
And will you^[n] speak deceitfully for him?
⁸ Will you^[o] show partiality for him?^[p]
Or do you^[q] want to plead God's case?
⁹ Will it be well, if he examines you?^[r]
Or can you^[s] deceive him like deceiving a human being?
¹⁰ "Surely he will rebuke you^[t]
if you^[u] show partiality^[v] in secret.
¹¹ Will not his majesty terrify you,^[w]
and his dread fall upon you?^[x]
12 Your^[y] maxims are proverbs of ashes;
your^[z] defenses are defenses of clay.
¹³ "Let me have silence,^[aa] and I myself^[ab] will speak,
and let come over me whatever may.
¹⁴ Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
and^[ac] put^[ad] my life in my hand?
¹⁵ Look,^[ae] though he kill me, I will hope in^[af] him;
however, I will defend my ways before him.^[ag]
16 Moreover, this is salvation to me,
that the godless would not come before him.^[ah]
17 "Listen carefully to my words,
and let my exposition be in your ears.
¹⁸ Please look,^[ai] I have prepared my case;
I know that I myself^[aj] will be vindicated.
¹⁹ Who is he who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent, and I would pass away.

²⁰ "Only you^[ak] must not do these two things to me;
then I will not hide from your face:
²¹ withdraw your^[al] hand from me,
and let not your^[am] dread terrify me.
²² Then^[an] call, and I myself^[ao] will answer;
or let me speak, then^[ap] reply to me.
²³ "How many^[aq] are my iniquities and sins?
Make known to me my transgression and my sin.
²⁴ Why do you^[ar] hide your^[as] face
and count me as your^[at] enemy?
²⁵ Will you^[au] terrify a blown leaf?
And will you^[av] pursue dry stubble?
²⁶ "Indeed, you^[aw] write bitter things against me,
and you^[ax] make me reap the iniquities of my childhood.
²⁷ And you^[ay] put my feet in the block,
and you^[az] watch all my paths;
you carve a mark on the soles of my feet.^[ba]
28 And he himself ^[bb]wastes away like something rotten,
like a garment that the moth has eaten.