- Behold, my eye has seen all these things, and my ear has heard, and I have understood each one
- In conformity with your knowledge, I also know. I am not inferior to you
- Yet I speak this way to the Almighty, and I desire to argue with God
- having first shown that you fabricate lies and cultivate perverse teachings
- And I wish that you would remain silent, so that you would be counted among the wise
- Therefore, listen to my correction, and pay attention to the judgment of my lips
- Does God require your lie, so that you would speak deceitfully for him
- Have you taken his place, and do you struggle to give judgment in favor of God
- Or, will it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? Or, will he be deceived, like a man, by your deceitfulness
- He will accuse you because in secret you have preempted his presence
- As soon as he moves himself, he will disturb you, and his dread will fall over you
- Your remembrance will be compared to ashes, and your necks will be reduced to clay
- Be silent for a little while, so that I may speak whatever my mind suggests to me
- Why do I wound my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands
- And now, if he would kill me, I will hope in him; in this, truly, I will correct my ways in his sight
- And he will be my savior, for no hypocrite at all will approach in his sight
- Listen to my words, and perceive an enigma with your ears
- If I will be judged, I know that I will be found to be just
- Who is it that will go to judgment with me? Let him approach. Why should I be consumed in silence
- Do not do such things to me twice, and then I will not hide from your face
- Take your hand far away from me, and do not let your dread terrify me
- Call me, and I will answer you, or else I will speak, and you can answer me
- How many iniquities and sins do I have? Reveal my crimes and offenses to me
- Why do you conceal your face and consider me to be your enemy
- Against a leaf, which is carried away by the wind, you reveal your power, and you pursue dry straw
- For you write bitter things against me, and you want to consume me for the sins of my youth
- You have put my feet on a tether, and you have observed all my paths, and you have considered the steps of my feet
- I will be left to decay like something rotten and like a garment that is being eaten by moths