15 Behold, he is killing me, but I will hope; I would only like to defend my ways before Him!

16 And this is for my justification, for the hypocrite will not go before him.

17 Listen attentively to my word and my explanation with your ears.

E-18 Now, I've brought a lawsuit: I know I'll be right.

19 Who is able to challenge me? For I will soon be silent and give up my spirit.

20 Only do not two things to me, and then I will not hide myself from thy presence.

21 Remove thy hand from me, and let not thy terror shake me.

22 Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you answer me.

23 How many vices and sins do I have? show me my iniquity and my sin.

24 Why dost thou hide thy face, and consider me thy enemy?

25 Do you not break a plucked leaf, and pursue a dry straw?

26 For thou hast written bitter things against me, and hast imputed to me the sins of my youth,

27 And thou hast set my feet in the stock, and hast watched all my paths, and hast pursued in the footsteps of my feet.

28 And he, like rot, disintegrates, like a garment eaten by moths.

Chapter 14

1 A man born of a woman is short of days, and is full of sorrows.

2 Like a flower, it goes out and falls; runs away like a shadow and does not stop.

3 And against him dost thou open thy eyes, and bring me to judgment with thee?

4 Who shall be born clean of uncleanness? None.

5 If the days are fixed for him, and the number of his months are with you, if you have set a limit for him, which he will not pass over,

6 then thou shalt turn away from him, and let him rest until he has finished his day as a hireling.