1Look, my eye has seen all [this], My ear has heard and understood it. 2What you{+} know, [the same] do I know also: I am not inferior to you{+}. 3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God. 4But you{+} are forgers of lies; You{+} are all physicians of no value. 5Oh that you{+} would altogether hold your{+} peace! And it would be your{+} wisdom. 6Hear now my reasoning, And listen to the pleadings of my lips. 7Will you{+} speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him? 8Will you{+} show partiality to him? Will you{+} contend for God? 9Is it good that he should search you{+} out? Or as one deceives common man, will you{+} deceive him? 10He will surely reprove you{+}, If you{+} secretly show partiality. 11Will not his majesty make you{+} afraid, And his dread fall on you{+}? 12Your{+} memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your{+} defenses are defenses of clay. 13Hold your{+} peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come upon me what will. 14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand? 15Look, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him. 16This also will be my salvation, That a godless man will not come before him. 17Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your{+} ears. 18Look now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous. 19Who is he that will contend with me? For then I would hold my peace and give up the ghost. 20Only don't do two things to me; Then I will not hide myself from your face: 21Withdraw your hand far from me; And don't let your terror make me afraid. 22Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer me. 23How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24Why do you hide your face, And hold me for your enemy? 25Will you harass a driven leaf? And will you pursue the dry stubble? 26For you write bitter things against me, And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth: 27You put my feet also in the stocks, And mark all my paths; You set a bound to the soles of my feet: 28Though I am like a rotten thing that consumes, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.