My righteousness I hold fast, and I do not let it go. My heart does not reproach me as long as I live.
And יהוה said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Iyoḇ
“And in this I exercise myself to have a clear conscience toward Elohim and men always.
I have become a fool – you have compelled me. For I should have been commended by you, for in no respect was I behind the most eminent emissaries, though I am a nobody.
Hold fast to discipline, do not let go; Watch over her, for she is your life.
Relent, please, let there be no unrighteousness. Relent! My righteousness is still in it.
Look, please, I have prepared my case, I know that I am in the right.
Let my enemy be like the wrongdoer, and he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.
I put on righteousness, and it robed me; right-ruling was my cloak and turban.
let Him weigh me in a right scale, and let Eloah know my integrity.
Then these three men ceased to answer Iyoḇ
And the wrath of Elihu, son of Baraḵ
Would you also set aside My judgment? Would you pronounce Me wrong, and you be declared righteous?
And the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands becomes stronger and stronger.
If my step does turn from the way, or my heart has gone after my eyes, or if any spot has clung to my hands,