Am I perfect? Do I not know my own being? I despise my life!
There was a man in the land of Uts, whose name was Iyoḇ
For You know that I am not wrong, and there is no one to deliver from Your hand.
I have become a laughing-stock to my friends – one who has called on Eloah and He answered him! A laughing-stock is the righteous, the perfect one!
Look, please, I have prepared my case, I know that I am in the right.
‘I am clear, without transgression; I am innocent, and I have no crookedness.
That it would please Eloah to crush me, loose His hand and cut me off!
And why do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my crookedness? For now I lie down in the dust, and You shall seek me, but I am not.”
For though I were righteous, I would not answer Him. I pray to Him for my right-ruling.
He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But he who walks wisely is delivered.
For I am not conscious of any matter against myself, yet I am not declared right by this, but He who judges me is יהוה.
that if our heart condemns us, Elohim is greater than our heart, and knows all.
