22[THOSE WHO] HATE YOU THEY WILL BE CLOTHED SHAME AND [THE] TENT OF WICKED [PEOPLE] THERE NOT [WILL BE] IT 22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
2TRULY I KNOW THAT THUS AND WHAT? WILL HE BE JUSTIFIED A PERSON WITH GOD 2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
3IF SOMEONE DESIRES TO CONDUCT A CASE WITH HIM NOT HE WILL ANSWER HIM ONE [TIME] FROM A THOUSAND 3If one wished to contend with God,*NoteCloseOr If God wished to contend with someone he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
4WISE OF HEART AND STRONG OF POWER WHO? HAS HE SHOWN STUBBORNNESS TO HIM AND HE HAS REMAINED UNHARMED 4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
5THE [ONE WHO] REMOVES MOUNTAINS AND NOT THEY KNOW [THE ONE] WHO HE OVERTURNS THEM IN ANGER HIS 5He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
6THE [ONE WHO] SHAKES [THE] EARTH FROM PLACE ITS AND PILLARS ITS THEY TREMBLE! 6He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
7THE [ONE WHO] SPEAKS TO THE SUN AND NOT IT SHINES AND BEHIND [THE] STARS HE PUTS A SEAL 7He commands the sun not to shine;*NoteCloseOr rise He seals off the stars.
8[ONE WHO] STRETCHES OUT [THE] HEAVENS TO ONLY HIM AND [ONE WHO] TREADS ON [THE] HIGH PLACES OF [THE] SEA 8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
9[ONE WHO] MAKES [THE] BEAR ORION AND PLEIADES AND [THE] CHAMBERS OF [THE] SOUTH 9He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
10[ONE WHO] DOES GREAT [THINGS] UNTIL THERE NOT [IS] INQUIRY AND WONDERS UNTIL THERE NOT [IS] NUMBER 10He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
11THERE! HE WILL PASS BY AT ME AND NOT I WILL SEE [HIM] AND HE MAY PASS ON AND NOT I WILL PERCEIVE <TO> HIM 11Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
12THERE! HE WILL SNATCH AWAY WHO? WILL HE TURN BACK HIM WHO? WILL HE SAY TO HIM WHAT? ARE YOU DOING 12If He takes away,*NoteCloseOr snatches someone in death who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
13GOD NOT HE WILL TURN BACK ANGER HIS UNDER HIM THEY LAY PROSTRATE [THE] HELPERS OF RAHAB 13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
14INDEED? FOR I I WILL ANSWER HIM I WILL CHOOSE WORDS MY WITH HIM 14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
15[I] WHO THOUGH I AM RIGHTEOUS NOT I WILL ANSWER TO JUDGE MY I WILL SEEK FAVOR 15For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
16IF I CALLED AND HE ANSWERED ME NOT I BELIEVE THAT HE GAVE EAR TO VOICE MY 16If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
17[HE] WHO WITH A STORM HE CRUSHES ME AND HE INCREASES WOUNDS MY WITHOUT CAUSE 17For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
18NOT HE PERMITS ME TO BRING BACK BREATH MY FOR HE SURFEITS ME BITTER THINGS 18He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
19IF TO POWER A STRONG [ONE] THERE! AND IF TO JUSTICE WHO? WILL HE SUMMON ME 19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him*NoteCloseSee LXX; Hebrew me?
20THOUGH I AM RIGHTEOUS OWN MOUTH MY IT WILL CONDEMN AS GUILTY ME [AM] BLAMELESS I AND IT DECLARED GUILTY ME 20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.*NoteCloseOr He would declare me guilty
21[AM] BLAMELESS I NOT I KNOW SELF MY I REJECT LIFE MY 21Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22[IS] ONE IT THERE- -FORE I SAY [THE] BLAMELESS AND [THE] WICKED HE [IS] BRINGING TO AN END 22It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23IF A SCOURGE IT KILLS SUDDENLY <TO> [THE] DESPAIR OF INNOCENT [ONES] HE MOCKS 23When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24A LAND IT HAS BEEN GIVEN IN [THE] HAND OF A WICKED [PERSON] [THE] FACE OF JUDGES ITS HE COVERS IF NOT THEN WHO? [IS] IT 24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
25AND DAYS MY THEY HAVE BEEN SWIFT MORE THAN A RUNNER THEY HAVE FLED NOT THEY HAVE SEEN GOOD 25My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
26THEY HAVE PASSED ON WITH SHIPS OF REED LIKE AN EAGLE [WHICH] IT RUSHES ON FOOD 26They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27IF TO SAY I I WILL FORGET COMPLAINT MY I WILL LET LOOSE FACE MY AND I WILL BE CHEERFUL 27If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
28I DREAD ALL PAINS MY I KNOW THAT NOT YOU WILL ACQUIT ME 28I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
29I I WILL BE GUILTY <TO> WHY? THIS VANITY WILL I LABOR 29Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
30IF I WASHED MYSELF IN WATER OF SNOW AND I CLEANSED WITH POTASH HANDS MY 30If I should wash myself with snow*NoteCloseOr soap and cleanse my hands with lye,
31THEN IN <THE> PIT YOU WILL DIP ME AND THEY WILL ABHOR ME OWN CLOTHES MY 31then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
32FOR NOT [HE IS] A HUMAN LIKE ME I WILL ANSWER HIM WE WILL COME TOGETHER IN <THE> JUDGMENT 32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
33NOT THERE BETWEEN US [IS] AN ARBITER HE MAY PUT HAND HIS ON [THE] TWO OF US 33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
34LET HIM REMOVE FROM ON <THE> ME ROD HIS AND DREAD HIS MAY NOT IT TERRIFY ME 34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
35I WILL SPEAK AND NOT I WILL FEAR HIM FOR NOT [AM] THUS I WITH MYSELF 35Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own. [’’]