1. Then Iyov answered and said,
2. How long will ye torment my nefesh, and crush me with words?
3. These ten times have ye reproached me; ye have no bushah that ye cause me astonishment.
4. And be it indeed that I have erred, mine meshugah (error) remaineth with myself.
5. If indeed ye will magnify yourselves above me, and use against me my cherpah (reproach, humiliation),
6. Have da'as now that Eloah hath put me in the wrong, and hath encompassed me with his matzud (net).
7. Behold, when I cry chamas, I am not heard; I cry for help, but there is no mishpat.
8. He hath fenced around my way that I cannot pass, and set choshech in my paths.
9. He hath stripped me of my kavod, and taken the ateret from my rosh.
10. He breaks me down on every side till I am gone, and mine tikveh hath He uprooted like an etz.
11. He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as His tzar (enemy).
12. His forces come together, and raise up their seige ramp against me, and encamp around my ohel.