1 GLT «هَذَا كُلُّهُ رَأَتْهُ عَيْنِي. سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنِي وَفَطِنَتْ بِهِ. BSB BSB: “Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.
2 GLT مَا تَعْرِفُونَهُ عَرَفْتُهُ أَنَا أَيْضًا. لَسْتُ دُونَكُمْ. BSB BSB: What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
3 GLT وَلَكِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُكَلِّمَ ٱلْقَدِيرَ، وَأَنْ أُحَاكَمَ إِلَى ٱللهِ. BSB BSB: Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
4 GLT أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَمُلَفِّقُو كَذِبٍ. أَطِبَّاءُ بَطَّالُونَ كُلُّكُمْ. BSB BSB: You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
5 GLT لَيْتَكُمْ تَصْمُتُونَ صَمْتًا. يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ لَكُمْ حِكْمَةً. BSB BSB: If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
6 GLT اِسْمَعُوا ٱلْآنَ حُجَّتِي، وَٱصْغُوا إِلَى دَعَاوِي شَفَتَيَّ. BSB BSB: Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
7 GLT أَتَقُولُونَ لِأَجْلِ ٱللهِ ظُلْمًا، وَتَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِغِشٍّ لِأَجْلِهِ؟ BSB BSB: Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
8 GLT أَتُحَابُونَ وَجْهَهُ، أَمْ عَنِ ٱللهِ تُخَاصِمُونَ؟ BSB BSB: Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
9 GLT أَخَيْرٌ لَكُمْ أَنْ يَفْحَصَكُمْ، أَمْ تُخَاتِلُونَهُ كَمَا يُخَاتَلُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ؟ BSB BSB: Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
10 GLT تَوْبِيخًا يُوَبِّخُكُمْ إِنْ حَابَيْتُمُ ٱلْوُجُوهَ خِفْيَةً. BSB BSB: Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
11 GLT فَهَلَّا يُرْهِبُكُمْ جَلَالُهُ، وَيَسْقُطُ عَلَيْكُمْ رُعْبُهُ؟ BSB BSB: Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
12 GLT خُطَبُكُمْ أَمْثَالُ رَمَادٍ، وَحُصُونُكُمْ حُصُونٌ مِنْ طِينٍ. BSB BSB: Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 GLT «اُسْكُتُوا عَنِّي فَأَتَكَلَّمَ أَنَا، وَلْيُصِبْنِي مَهْمَا أَصَابَ. BSB BSB: Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
14 GLT لِمَاذَا آخُذُ لَحْمِي بِأَسْنَانِي، وَأَضَعُ نَفْسِي فِي كَفِّي؟ BSB BSB: Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
15 GLT هُوَذَا يَقْتُلُنِي. لَا أَنْتَظِرُ شَيْئًا. فَقَطْ أُزَكِّي طَرِيقِي قُدَّامَهُ. BSB BSB: Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
16 GLT فَهَذَا يَعُودُ إِلَى خَلَاصِي، أَنَّ ٱلْفَاجِرَ لَا يَأْتِي قُدَّامَهُ. BSB BSB: Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
17 GLT سَمْعًا ٱسْمَعُوا أَقْوَالِي وَتَصْرِيحِي بِمَسَامِعِكُمْ. BSB BSB: Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.
18 GLT هَأَنَذَا قَدْ أَحْسَنْتُ ٱلدَّعْوَى. أَعْلَمُ أَنِّي أَتَبَرَّرُ. BSB BSB: See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
19 GLT مَنْ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُخَاصِمُنِي حَتَّى أَصْمُتَ ٱلْآنَ وَأُسْلِمَ ٱلرُّوحَ؟ BSB BSB: Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
20 GLT إِنَّمَا أَمْرَيْنِ لَا تَفْعَلْ بِي، فَحِينَئِذٍ لَا أَخْتَفِي مِنْ حَضْرَتِكَ. BSB BSB: Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:
21 GLT أَبْعِدْ يَدَيْكَ عَنِّي، وَلَا تَدَعْ هَيْبَتَكَ تُرْعِبُنِي. BSB BSB: Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
22 GLT ثُمَّ ٱدْعُ فَأَنَا أُجِيبُ، أَوْ أَتَكَلَّمُ فَتُجَاوِبُنِي. BSB BSB: Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
23 GLT كَمْ لِي مِنَ ٱلْآثَامِ وَٱلْخَطَايَا؟ أَعْلِمْنِي ذَنْبِي وَخَطِيَّتِي. BSB BSB: How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
24 GLT لِمَاذَا تَحْجُبُ وَجْهَكَ، وَتَحْسِبُنِي عَدُوًّا لَكَ؟ BSB BSB: Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
25 GLT أَتُرْعِبُ وَرَقَةً مُنْدَفَعَةً، وَتُطَارِدُ قَشًّا يَابِسًا؟ BSB BSB: Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
26 GLT لِأَنَّكَ كَتَبْتَ عَلَيَّ أُمُورًا مُرَّةً، وَوَرَّثْتَنِي آثَامَ صِبَايَ، BSB BSB: For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
27 GLT فَجَعَلْتَ رِجْلَيَّ فِي ٱلْمِقْطَرَةِ، وَلَاحَظْتَ جَمِيعَ مَسَالِكِي، وَعَلَى أُصُولِ رِجْلَيَّ نَبَشْتَ. BSB BSB: You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
28 GLT وَأَنَا كَمُتَسَوِّسٍ يَبْلَى، كَثَوْبٍ أَكَلَهُ ٱلْعُثُّ. BSB BSB: So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.