3. Doth El pervert mishpat (justice)? Or doth Shaddai pervert tzedek?
4. If thy banim have sinned against Him, and He have cast them away for their peysha (transgression);
5. If thou wouldest seek El (G-d) earnestly, and make thy techinnah (supplication) to Shaddai;
6. If thou wert pure and yashar; surely now He would rouse Himself for thee, and restore the habitation of thy tzedek.
7. Though thy reshit (beginning) was small, yet thy acharit (end) shall be exceedingly great.
8. For inquire, now, of the dor rishon (former age), and consider the research of their avot;
9. For we are but of temol (yesterday, etmol) and know nothing, because yameinu (our days) upon earth are a tzel (shadow)--
10. Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and bring forth words out of their lev?
11. Can the papyrus grow up without marsh? Can the reed grow without mayim?
12. Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before kol khatzir (all grass).
13. So are the paths of all that forget El (G-d), and the tikvat chanef (hope of the hypocrite, the irreligious, the secretly wicked profane person) shall perish,