Therefore listen to me, you that are wise in heart: far be it from me to sin before the Lord, and to pervert righteousness before the Almighty.

And do you think that the Lord will do wrong, or will the Almighty who made the earth pervert judgment?

Then shall He declare to you the power of wisdom, for it shall be double of that which is with you; and then shall you know, that a just recompense of your sins has come to you from the Lord.

And after all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds, and our great trespass, [it is clear] that there is none such as our God, for You have lightly visited our iniquities, and given us deliverance;

Righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments.

A bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench; but he shall bring forth judgment to truth.

To you, O Lord, [belongs] righteousness, and to us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to them that are near, and to them that are far off in all the earth, wherever You have scattered them, for the sin which they have committed.

To you, O Lord our God, [belong] compassion and forgiveness, whereas we have departed [from You.]

For You are not a man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgment.

Would that [He] our mediator were [present], and a reprover, and one who should hear [the cause] between both.

[ 16:22] Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even as the son of man with his neighbor!

for truth and reproof are from Him, and He would bring forth my judgment to an end.

Thus says the Lord, What trespass have your fathers found in Me, that they have revolted far from Me, and gone after vanities, and have become vain?

But indeed, O man, who are you to [be] answering back against God? Surely the thing formed will not say to him who formed it, "Why did you made me like this?"