For he is not a man like myself, whom I might answer, nor could we come together into judgment:

There is not, between us, a mediator, who might lay his hand upon us both.

Let him take from off me his rod, and, his terror, let it not startle me:

I could speak, and not be afraid of him, although, not so, am, I, in myself!

I say unto GOD, Do not hold me guilty, Let me know, on what account thou contendest with me!

Though it is, within thine own knowledge, that I would not be lawless, and, none, out of thy hand, can deliver?

Didst thou not, like milk, pour me forth? and, as cheese, curdle me?

If I have sinned, then couldst thou watch me, and, from mine iniquity, thou wouldst not acquit me:

If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation.

As though I had not been, should I have become, - from the womb to the grave, might I have been borne.

Are not my days, few? - then forbear, and set me aside, that I may brighten up for a little;

Before I go, and not return, unto a land of darkness and death-shade:

Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?

For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.

If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,

Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.

I also, have a mind like you, I, fall not short, of you, But who hath not such things as these?

Who knoweth not, among all these, that, the hand of Yahweh, hath done this?

Doth not, the ear, try, words? even as, the palate, tasteth for itself, food?

Just as ye know, I too, know, I, fall not short, of you.

Shall not, his majesty, overwhelm you? and, the dread of him, fall upon you?

Are not your memorable sayings, proverbs of ashes? Breastworks of clay, your breastworks?

Even he, will be on my side - unto salvation, For, not before his face, shall any impious person come.

Only, two things, do thou not with me, then, from thy face, will I not hide me: -

Thy hand - from off me, take thou far away, and, thy terror, let it not startle me!

As a flower, he cometh forth - and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one!

Though there is - for a tree - hope, - if it should be cut down, that, again, it will grow, and, the tender branch thereof, will not cease;

So, a man, hath lain down, and shall not arise, until there are no heavens, they shall not awake, nor be roused up out of their sleep.

For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin:

His sons, come to honour, and he knoweth it not, Or they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not of them.

Thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and, not I, And, thine own lips, shall testify against thee.

What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, and the same, is not with us?

Lo! in his holy ones, he putteth not confidence, and, the heavens, are not pure in his eyes:

Which, wise men, tell, and deny not that which is from their fathers.

And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps.

He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth;

He shall not depart out of darkness, his young branch, shall the flame dry up, and he shall depart, by the breath of his own mouth!

Before his day, shall it be accomplished, with, his palm-top, not covered with leaves;

His archers came round against me, He clave asunder my reins, and spared not, He poured out, on the earth, my gall:

O earth! do not cover my blood, and let there be no place for mine outcry.

When, a few years, come, then, by a path by which I shall not return, shall I depart.

For, their heart, hast thou kept back from understanding, On this account, thou wilt not exalt them.

But indeed, as for them all, will ye bethink yourselves and enter into it, I pray you? Or shall I not find, among you, one who is wise?

Night for day, they appoint, Light, is near, by reason of darkness!

For he is thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth;

Surely, these, are the dwellings of him that is perverse, and, this, is the place of him that knoweth not GOD.

Know, then, that, God, hath overthrown me, and, within his net, enclosed me.

To mine own servant, I called, and he would not answer, With mine own mouth, I kept entreating him;

Wherefore should ye persecute me as GOD? and, with my flesh, should not he satisfied?

Whom, I myself, shall see, on my side, and, mine own eyes, shall have looked upon, and not those of a stranger. Exhausted are my deepest desires in my bosom!

Not so, do my thoughts answer me, and to this end, is my haste within me:

Like a dream, shall he fly away, and they shall not find him, yea he shall be chased away, as a vision of the night.

The eye that hath scanned him, shall not do it again, neither, any more, shall his place behold him:

Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but retain it in the midst of his mouth,

Let him not see in the channels the flowings of torrents of honey and milk.

In vain, he toiled, he shall not swallow, like wealth to be restored, in which he cannot exult!

Surely he hath known no peace in his inmost mind, - With his dearest thing, shall he not get away:

Nothing escaped his devouring greed, - For this cause, shall his prosperity not continue:

Every misfortune, is laid up for his treasures, - There shall consume, a fire, not blown up, - it shall destroy what remaineth in his tent:

Did, I, unto man, make my complaint? Wherefore, then, should my spirit not be impatient?

His bull, covereth, and causeth not aversion, His cow safely calveth, and casteth not her young;

Lo! not in their own hand, is their welfare, The counsel of lawless men, is far from me!

Have ye not asked the passers-by in the way? And, their signs, can ye not recognise?

Is not, thy wickedness, great? and, without end, are not thine iniquities?

Or darkness - thou canst not see, and, a flood of waters, covereth thee.

Is not, GOD, in the height of the heavens? Behold, then, the head of the stars, that they are high.

If our assailants do not vanish, then, their abundance, a fire consumeth!

I would note the words wherewith he would respond to me, and would mark what he would say to me.

Behold! eastward, I go, but he is not there, and, westward, but I perceive him not;

Of his steps, my foot taketh hold, His way, have I kept, and not swerved;

The command of his lips, and would not go back, and, in my bosom, have I treasured the words of his lips.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor, before my face, did the gloom form a shroud.

Wherefore, since from the Almighty times are not hid, have, his knowing ones, no vision of his days?

Out of the city - out of the houses, they make outcry. and, the soul of the wounded, calleth for help, and, GOD, doth not regard it as foolish.

They, have become rebels against the light, - they are not acquainted with the ways thereof, neither abide they in the paths thereof.

With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief.

And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on;

He breaketh, in the dark, into houses, - By day, they lock themselves in, They know not the light;

Swift is he on the face of the waters, Speedily vanished their share in the land, He turneth not to the way of the vineyards.

He oppresseth the barren who beareth not, and, to the widow, he doeth not good;

They are exalted a little, and are not, Yea having been laid low, like all men, are they gathered, Even as the top of an ear of corn, do they hang down.

But, if not, who then can convict me of falsehood? or make of no account my words?

Is there any number to his troops? And upon whom ariseth not his light?

Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes!

Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;

Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor shall, my tongue, utter deceit.

Far be it from me! that I should justify, you, - Even until I breathe my last, will I not let go mine integrity from me:

On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.

Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually!

I would teach you, by the hand of GOD, That which is with the Almighty, will I not conceal.

If his children be multiplied, for them, there is the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread;

His survivors, by pestilence, shall come to the grave, and, his widows, shall not weep;

The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.

There shall reach him - like waters - terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away;

And He will cast upon him and not spare, Out of his hand, shall he, swiftly flee;

A path, the vulture hath not discerned, nor hath the eye of the hawk scanned it;

Ravenous beasts have not made a track thereof, neither hath the lion marched thereon:

Mortal knoweth not the way thereof, neither can it be found in the land of the living;

The resounding deep, hath said, It is not in me! And, the sea, hath said, It is not with me!