1
Lo, mine
eye hath
seen all this, mine
ear hath
heard and
understood it.
!,b'T;w yin.z'a h'[.m'v yinye[ h't]a'r l{K -n,h ? H'l
2
What ye
know, the same do I
know also: I am not
inferior unto you.
yik{n'a lep{n -a{l yin'a -m;g yiT.[;d'y ~,k.T.[;d.K ? ~,Kim
3
Surely I would
speak to the
Almighty, and I
desire to
reason with
God.
lea -l,a ;xekw{h.w reB;d]a y;D;v -l,a yin]a ~'l.Wa ? #'P.x,a
4
But ye are
forgers of
lies, ye are all
physicians of no
value.
~,k.LUK lil/a yea.p{r r,q'v -yel.p{j ~,T;a ~'l.Wa.w
5
O
that ye would
altogether hold your
peace! and it should be your
wisdom.
h'm.k'x.l ~,k'l yih.t.W !.Wvyir]x;T ver]x;h !eTIy -yim
6
Hear now my
reasoning, and
hearken to the
pleadings of my
lips.
.Wbyiv.q;h y;t'p.f tw{bir.w yiT.x;kw{t a'n -.W[.miv
7
Will ye
speak wickedly for
God? and
talk deceitfully for him?
h'Yim.r .Wr.B;d.T w{l.w h'l.w;[ .Wr.B;d.T lea.l;h
8
Will ye
accept his
person? will ye
contend for
God?
!.Wbyir.T lea'l -mia !.Wa'FiT wy'n'p]h
9
Is it
good that he should search you
out? or as one
man mocketh another, do ye so
mock him?
vw{n/a,B let'h.K -mia ~,k.t,a r{q.x;y -yiK bw{j]h ? w{b .WLet'h.T
10
He will
surely reprove you, if ye do
secretly accept persons.
!.Wa'FiT ~yin'P r,teS;B -mia ~,k.t,a ;xyikw{y ;xekw{h
11
Shall not his
excellency make you
afraid? and his
dread fall upon you?
~,kyel][ l{PIy w{D.x;p.W ~,k.t,a te[;b.T w{tea.f a{l]h
12
Your
remembrances are
like unto
ashes, your
bodies to
bodies of
clay.
~,kyeB;G r,m{x -yeB;g.l r,pea -yel.vim ~,kyen{r.kiz
13
Hold your
peace, let me alone, that I may
speak, and let
come on me what will.
y;l'[ r{b][;y.w yin'a -h'r.B;d]a;w yiN,Mim .Wvyir]x;h ? h'm
14
Wherefore do I
take my
flesh in my
teeth, and
put my
life in mine
hand?
~yif'a yiv.p;n.w y'Niv.b yir'f.b a'F,a h'm -l;[ ? yiP;k.B
15
Though he
slay me, yet will I
trust in him: but I will
maintain mine own
ways before him.
wy'n'P -l,a y;k'r.D -.k;a lex;y]a a{l yinel.j.qIy !eh ? ;xyikw{a
16
He also shall be my
salvation: for an
hypocrite shall not
come before him.
wy'n'p.l a{l -yiK h'[.Wvyil yil -a.Wh -m;G ? aw{b'y @en'x
17
Hear diligently my
speech, and my
declaration with your
ears.
~,kyen.z'a.B yit'w]x;a.w yit'Lim ;[w{m'v .W[.miv
18
Behold now, I have
ordered my
cause; I
know that I shall be
justified.
yin]a -yiK yiT.[;d'y j'P.vim yiT.k;r'[ a'n -heNih ? q'D.c,a
19
Who is he that will
plead with me? for now, if I hold my
tongue, I shall give up the
ghost.
vyir]x;a h'T;[ -yiK yid'Mi[ byir'y a.Wh -yim ? ['w.g,a.w
20
Only
do not
two things unto me: then will I not
hide myself from
thee.
'$y,n'Pim z'a yid'Mi[ f;[;T -l;a ~Iy;T.v -.k;a ? ret'S,a a{l
21
Withdraw thine
hand far from me: and let not thy
dread make me
afraid.
yiN;t][;b.T -l;a ]'k.t'mea.w q;x.r;h y;l'[em '$.P;K
22
Then
call thou, and I will
answer: or let me
speak, and
answer thou me.
yinebyiv]h;w reB;d]a -w{a h,n/[,a yik{n'a.w a'r.q.W
23
How many are mine
iniquities and
sins? make me to
know my
transgression and my
sin.
yita'J;x.w yi[.viP tw{a'J;x.w tw{n{w][ yil h'M;K ? ]yine[yid{h
24
Wherefore
hidest thou thy
face, and
holdest me for thine
enemy?
.$'l beyw{a.l yineb.v.x;t.w ryiT.s;t '$y,n'p -h'M'l
25
Wilt thou
break a
leaf driven to and
fro? and wilt thou
pursue the
dry stubble?
@{D.riT veb'y v;q -t,a.w #w{r][;T @'Din h,l'[,h
26
For thou
writest bitter
things against me, and makest me to
possess the
iniquities of my
youth.
tw{n{w][ yinevyirw{t.w tw{r{r.m y;l'[ b{T.kit -yiK ? y'r.W[.n
27
Thou
puttest my
feet also in the
stocks, and lookest
narrowly unto all my
paths; thou settest a
print upon the
heels of my
feet.
y'tw{x.r'a -l'K rw{m.vit.w y;l.g;r d;S;B ~ef't.w ? h,Q;x.tiT y;l.g;r yev.r'v -l;[
28
And he, as a rotten
thing, consumeth, as a
garment that is
moth eaten.
v'[ w{l'k]a d,g,b.K h,l.bIy b'q'r.K a.Wh.w