| 1 הֶן־כֹּל רָאֲתָה עֵינִישָֽׁמְעָה אׇזְנִי וַתָּבֶן לָֽהּ׃ | 1 "Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it. |
| 2 כְּֽדַעְתְּכֶם יָדַעְתִּי גַם־אָנִילֹֽא־נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּֽם׃ | 2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. |
| 3 אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶל־שַׁדַּי אֲדַבֵּרוְהוֹכֵחַ אֶל־אֵל אֶחְפָּֽץ׃ | 3 But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God. |
| 4 וְֽאוּלָם אַתֶּם טֹפְלֵי־שָׁקֶררֹפְאֵי אֱלִל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃ | 4 As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all. |
| 5 מִי־יִתֵּן הַחֲרֵשׁ תַּחֲרִישׁוּןוּתְהִי לָכֶם לְחׇכְמָֽה׃ | 5 Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom! |
| 6 שִׁמְעוּ־נָא תוֹכַחְתִּיוְרִבוֹת שְׂפָתַי הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃ | 6 Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips. |
| 7 הַלְאֵל תְּדַבְּרוּ עַוְלָהוְלוֹ תְּֽדַבְּרוּ רְמִיָּֽה׃ | 7 Will you speak falsely for God, and speak deceitfully for him? |
| 8 הֲפָנָיו תִּשָּׂאוּןאִם־לָאֵל תְּרִיבֽוּן׃ | 8 Will you show partiality toward him, will you plead the case for God? |
| 9 הֲטוֹב כִּֽי־יַחְקֹר אֶתְכֶםאִם־כְּהָתֵל בֶּאֱנוֹשׁ תְּהָתֵלּוּ בֽוֹ׃ | 9 Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man? |
| 10 הוֹכֵחַ יוֹכִיחַ אֶתְכֶםאִם־בַּסֵּתֶר פָּנִים תִּשָּׂאֽוּן׃ | 10 He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality. |
| 11 הֲלֹא שְׂאֵתוֹ תְּבַעֵת אֶתְכֶםוּפַחְדּוֹ יִפֹּל עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ | 11 Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you? |
| 12 זִֽכְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵפֶרלְגַבֵּי־חֹמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃ | 12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes, your defenses are defenses of clay. |
| 13 הַחֲרִישׁוּ מִמֶּנִּי וַאֲדַבְּרָה־אָנִיוְיַעֲבֹר עָלַי מָֽה׃ | 13 "Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may. |
| 14 עַל־מָה ׀ אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּיוְנַפְשִׁי אָשִׂים בְּכַפִּֽי׃ | 14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand. |
| 15 הֵן יִקְטְלֵנִי לא לוֹ אֲיַחֵלאַךְ־דְּרָכַי אֶל־פָּנָיו אוֹכִֽיחַ׃ | 15 Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope; yet I will defend my ways to his face. |
| 16 גַּם־הוּא־לִי לִישׁוּעָהכִּי־לֹא לְפָנָיו חָנֵף יָבֽוֹא׃ | 16 This will be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him. |
| 17 שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ מִלָּתִיוְאַחֲוָתִי בְּאׇזְנֵיכֶֽם׃ | 17 Listen carefully to my words, and let my declaration be in your ears. |
| 18 הִנֵּה־נָא עָרַכְתִּי מִשְׁפָּטיָדַעְתִּי כִּי־אֲנִי אֶצְדָּֽק׃ | 18 Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be vindicated. |
| 19 מִי־הוּא יָרִיב עִמָּדִיכִּֽי־עַתָּה אַחֲרִישׁ וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ | 19 Who is there that will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die. |
| 20 אַךְ־שְׁתַּיִם אַל־תַּעַשׂ עִמָּדִיאָז מִפָּנֶיךָ לֹא אֶסָּתֵֽר׃ | 20 Only grant two things to me, then I will not hide myself from thy face: |
| 21 כַּפְּךָ מֵעָלַי הַרְחַקוְאֵמָתְךָ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ | 21 withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not dread of thee terrify me. |
| 22 וּקְרָא וְאָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶהאֽוֹ־אֲדַבֵּר וַהֲשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃ | 22 Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and do thou reply to me. |
| 23 כַּמָּה לִי עֲוֺנוֹת וְחַטָּאוֹתפִּֽשְׁעִי וְחַטָּאתִי הֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ | 23 How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin. |
| 24 לָֽמָּה־פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּירוְתַחְשְׁבֵנִי לְאוֹיֵב לָֽךְ׃ | 24 Why dost thou hide thy face, and count me as thy enemy? |
| 25 הֶעָלֶה נִדָּף תַּעֲרוֹץוְאֶת־קַשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף׃ | 25 Wilt thou frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff? |
| 26 כִּֽי־תִכְתֹּב עָלַי מְרֹרוֹתוְתוֹרִישֵׁנִי עֲוֺנוֹת נְעוּרָֽי׃ | 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me inherit the iniquities of my youth. |
| 27 וְתָשֵׂם בַּסַּד ׀ רַגְלַיוְתִשְׁמוֹר כׇּל־אׇרְחוֹתָיעַל־שׇׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי תִּתְחַקֶּֽה׃ | 27 Thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and watchest all my paths; thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet. |
| 28 וְהוּא כְּרָקָב יִבְלֶהכְּבֶגֶד אֲכָלוֹ עָֽשׁ׃ | 28 Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten. |
