Truly, my eye has seen all this, word of it has come to my ear, and I have knowledge of it.

If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!

See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.

As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.

He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.

My wrongdoing is corded up in a bag, and my sin is shut up safe.

For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:

So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.

In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.

He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.

If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:

Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?

He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.

The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

Is it of any interest to the Ruler of all that you are upright? or is it of use to him that your ways are without sin?

He makes safe the man who is free from sin, and if your hands are clean, salvation will be yours.

If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.

Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.

How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!

Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?

He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.

No bird has knowledge of it, and the hawk's eye has never seen it.

But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,

That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

(For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)

If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God;

And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you.

I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ...

He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him.

Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.

Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow.

For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.

Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?

And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.

Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?

Have you come into the secret place of snow, or have you seen the store-houses of the ice-drops,

His young have blood for their drink, and where the dead bodies are, there is he to be seen.

Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.

I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.

Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)

What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.

So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.

Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble?

You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! when the fate of his people is changed by the Lord, Jacob will have joy and Israel will be glad.

Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.

For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun,

Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.

May he send you help from the holy place, and give you strength from Zion;

Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered.

I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)

Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me.

The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.

Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen.

I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree.

But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.

By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord.

You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.

Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

The God of gods, even the Lord, has sent out his voice, and the earth is full of fear; from the coming up of the sun to its going down.

Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.

For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.

Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.

Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.

Do good to Zion in your good pleasure, building up the walls of Jerusalem.

6 May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! When the fate of his people is changed by God, Jacob will have joy, and Israel will be glad.

Because it has been my saviour from all my trouble; and my eyes have seen the punishment of my haters.

Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?

Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.

For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

For no sin of mine they go quickly and get themselves ready; be awake and come to my help, and see.