1. Then Iyov answered Hashem, and said,
2. I have da'as that Thou canst do all things, and that no purpose of Thine can be thwarted.
3. Who is this that hideth etzah (counsel) without da'as? Therefore have I judged without understanding things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4. Shema, I beseech Thee, and I will speak; I will ask of Thee, and declare Thou unto me.
5. I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ozen, but now mine eye hath seen Thee.
6. Therefore I abhor myself, and nichamti (I am sorry, I make teshuvah) in dust and ashes.
7. And it was so, that after Hashem had spoken these words unto Iyov, Hashem said to Eliphaz the Temani, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken in reference to Me the thing that is nekhonah (correct), like Avdi Iyov hath.