Dual Panel1“Indeed <02005>, my eyes <05869> have seen <07200> all <03605> this, my ears <0241> have heard <08085> and understood <0995> it.
2What you know <01847>, I know <03045> also <01571>; I <0589> am not <03808> inferior <05307> to <04480> you!
3But <0199> I <0589> wish to speak <01696> to <0413> the Almighty <07706>, and I desire <02654> to argue <03198> my case with <0413> God <0410>.
4But <0199> you <0859>, however <0199>, are inventors <02950> of lies <08267>; all <03605> of you are worthless <0457> physicians <07495>!
5If <04310> only you would keep completely silent <02790> <02790>! For you, that would be <01961> wisdom <02451>.
6“Listen <08085> now <04994> to my argument <08433>, and be attentive <07181> to my lips <08193>’ contentions <07379>.
7Will you speak <01696> wickedly <05766> on God’s <0410> behalf? Will you speak <01696> deceitfully <07423> for him?
8Will you show <05375> him partiality <05375>? partiality <06440>? Will <0518> you argue <07378> the case for God <0410>?
9Would it turn out well <02896> if <03588> he would examine <02713> you? Or <0518> as one deceives <02048> a man <0376> would you deceive <02048> him?
10He would certainly rebuke <03198> <03198> you if <0518> you secretly <05643> showed partiality <05375>! partiality <06440>!
11Would not <03808> his splendor <07613> terrify <01204> you and the fear <06343> he inspires fall <05307> on <05921> you?
12Your maxims <02146> are proverbs <04911> of ashes <0665>; your defenses <01354> are defenses <01354> of clay <02563>.
13“Refrain from talking <02790> with <04480> me so that I <0589> may speak <01696>; then let come <05674> to <05921> me what <04100> may.
14Why <04100> do I put myself in peril <08127> <01320>, and take my life <05315> in my hands <03709>?
15Even if <02005> he slays <06991> me, I will hope <03176> in him; I will surely <0389> defend <03198> my ways <01870> to <0413> his face <06440>!
16Moreover <01571>, this <01931> will become my deliverance <03444>, for <03588> no <03808> godless <02611> person would come <0935> before <06440> him.
17Listen <08085> carefully to my words <04405>; let your ears <0241> be attentive to my explanation <0262>.
18See <02009> now <04994>, I have prepared <06186> my case <04941>; I know <03045> that <03588> I <0589> am right <06663>.
19Who <04310> will contend <07378> with me <05978>? If <03588> anyone can, I will be silent <02790> and die <01478>.
20Only <0389> in two <08147> things spare <06213> me <05978>, O God <0410>, and then <0227> I will not <03808> hide <05641> from your face <06440>:
21Remove your hand <03709> far <07368> from <05921> me and stop <0408> making me afraid <01204> with your terror <0367>.
22Then call <07121>, and I <0595> will answer <06030>, or <0176> I will speak <01696>, and you respond <07725> to me.
23How many <04100> are my iniquities <05771> and sins <02403>? Show <03045> me my transgression <06588> and my sin <02403>.
24Why <04100> do you hide <05641> your face <06440> and regard <02803> me as your enemy <0341>?
25Do you wish to torment <06206> a windblown <05086> leaf <05929> and chase <07291> after dry <03002> chaff <07179>?
26For <03588> you write down <03789> bitter things <04846> against <05921> me and cause me to inherit <03423> the sins <05771> of my youth <05271>.
27And you put <07760> my feet <07272> in the stocks <05465> and you watch <08104> all <03605> my movements <0734>; you put marks <02707> on <05921> the soles <08328> of my feet <07272>.
28So I waste away <01086> like something rotten <07538>, like a garment <0899> eaten <0398> by moths <06211>.