Christian Standard Bible | English Standard Version |
1Look, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood it. | 1“Behold, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it. |
2Everything you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. | 2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. |
3Yet I prefer to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God. | 3But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God. |
4You use lies like plaster; you are all worthless healers. | 4As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all. |
5If only you would shut up and let that be your wisdom! | 5Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom! |
6Hear now my argument, and listen to my defense. | 6Hear now my argument and listen to the pleadings of my lips. |
7Would you testify unjustly on God's behalf or speak deceitfully for him? | 7Will you speak falsely for God and speak deceitfully for him? |
8Would you show partiality to him or argue the case in his defense? | 8Will you show partiality toward him? Will you plead the case for God? |
9Would it go well if he examined you? Could you deceive him as you would deceive a man? | 9Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man? |
10Surely he would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality. | 10He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality. |
11Would God's majesty not terrify you? Would his dread not fall on you? | 11Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you? |
12Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ash; your defenses are made of clay. | 12Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay. |
13Be quiet, and I will speak. Let whatever comes happen to me. | 13“Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may. |
14I will put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands. | 14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand? |
15Even if he kills me, I will hope in him. I will still defend my ways before him. | 15Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face. |
16Yes, this will result in my deliverance, for no godless person can appear before him. | 16This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him. |
17Pay close attention to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears. | 17Keep listening to my words, and let my declaration be in your ears. |
18Now then, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right. | 18Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be in the right. |
19Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die. | 19Who is there who will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die. |
20Only grant these two things to me, God, so that I will not have to hide from your presence: | 20Only grant me two things, then I will not hide myself from your face: |
21remove your hand from me, and do not let your terror frighten me. | 21withdraw your hand far from me, and let not dread of you terrify me. |
22Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you can respond to me. | 22Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you reply to me. |
23How many iniquities and sins have I committed? Reveal to me my transgression and sin. | 23How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin. |
24Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy? | 24Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy? |
25Will you frighten a wind-driven leaf? Will you chase after dry straw? | 25Will you frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff? |
26For you record bitter accusations against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. | 26For you write bitter things against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. |
27You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths, setting a limit for the soles of my feet. | 27You put my feet in the stocks and watch all my paths; you set a limit for the soles of my feet. |
28A person wears out like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment. | 28Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten. |
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