For He doth not suffer man any more, To go unto God in judgment,
`And after all that hath come upon us for our evil works, and for our great guilt (for Thou, O our God, hast kept back of the rod from our iniquities, and hast given to us an escape like this),
For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider `it'!
And declare to thee secrets of wisdom, For counsel hath foldings. And know thou that God forgetteth for thee, `Some' of thine iniquity.
And he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend.
There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
He breaketh the mighty -- no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.
If he delight to strive with Him -- He doth not answer him one of a thousand.
`Tzade.' Righteous `art' Thou, O Jehovah, And upright `are' Thy judgments.
A bruised reed he breaketh not, And dim flax he quencheth not, To truth he bringeth forth judgment.
Thus said Jehovah: What -- have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,
nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form `it', Why me didst thou make thus?