If you would seek God and plead with Shaddai,
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;
If you will seek God diligently and make your supplication to the Almighty,
If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;
If you will search eagerly for God, plead with the Almighty.
even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.
Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:
“If you devote your heart to Him and spread out your hands to Him,
Behold, happy is the one whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of Shaddai.
But as for me, I would seek God; I would lay my cause before God.
Even if I were right, I would not answer; I would implore the mercy of my Judge.