“But if he strikes him out of hatred or throws something at him intentionally so that he dies,

If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.

But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

But they pay no attention; instead they observe their earlier practices.

“Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?

Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?

“Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!

Is there any falsehood on my lips? Can my mouth not discern evil things?

Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying, ‘I have never seen you!’

Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.

If I summoned him, and he answered me, I would not believe that he would be listening to my voice –

Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.

If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.

If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye,

“Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees?