CPDV - Job - 13

13:1  Behold, my eye has seen all these things, and my ear has heard, and I have understood each one.

13:2  In conformity with your knowledge, I also know. I am not inferior to you.

13:3  Yet I speak this way to the Almighty, and I desire to argue with God,

13:4  having first shown that you fabricate lies and cultivate perverse teachings.

13:5  And I wish that you would remain silent, so that you would be counted among the wise.

13:6  Therefore, listen to my correction, and pay attention to the judgment of my lips.

13:7  Does God require your lie, so that you would speak deceitfully for him?

13:8  Have you taken his place, and do you struggle to give judgment in favor of God?

13:9  Or, will it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? Or, will he be deceived, like a man, by your deceitfulness?

13:10  He will accuse you because in secret you have preempted his presence.

13:11  As soon as he moves himself, he will disturb you, and his dread will fall over you.

13:12  Your remembrance will be compared to ashes, and your necks will be reduced to clay.

13:13  Be silent for a little while, so that I may speak whatever my mind suggests to me.

13:14  Why do I wound my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands?

13:15  And now, if he would kill me, I will hope in him; in this, truly, I will correct my ways in his sight.

13:16  And he will be my savior, for no hypocrite at all will approach in his sight.

13:17  Listen to my words, and perceive an enigma with your ears.

13:18  If I will be judged, I know that I will be found to be just.

13:19  Who is it that will go to judgment with me? Let him approach. Why should I be consumed in silence?

13:20  Do not do such things to me twice, and then I will not hide from your face.

13:21  Take your hand far away from me, and do not let your dread terrify me.

13:22  Call me, and I will answer you, or else I will speak, and you can answer me.

13:23  How many iniquities and sins do I have? Reveal my crimes and offenses to me.

13:24  Why do you conceal your face and consider me to be your enemy?

13:25  Against a leaf, which is carried away by the wind, you reveal your power, and you pursue dry straw.

13:26  For you write bitter things against me, and you want to consume me for the sins of my youth.

13:27  You have put my feet on a tether, and you have observed all my paths, and you have considered the steps of my feet.

13:28  I will be left to decay like something rotten and like a garment that is being eaten by moths.