20   They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
buwsh⁹⁵⁴ batach⁹⁸² bow'⁹³⁵ chapher²⁶⁵⁹

21   For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
ra'ah⁷²⁰⁰ chathath²⁸⁶⁶ yare'³³⁷²

22   Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
'amar⁵⁵⁹ yahab³⁰⁵¹ shachad⁷⁸⁰⁹ koach³⁵⁸¹

23   Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
malat⁴⁴²² tsar⁶⁸⁶² yad³⁰²⁷ padah⁶²⁹⁹ yad³⁰²⁷ `ariyts⁶¹⁸⁴

24   Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
yarah³³⁸⁴ charash²⁷⁹⁰ biyn⁹⁹⁵ shagah⁷⁶⁸⁶

25   How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
marats⁴⁸³⁴ yosher³⁴⁷⁶ 'emer⁵⁶¹ yakach³¹⁹⁸ yakach³¹⁹⁸

26   Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
chashab²⁸⁰³ yakach³¹⁹⁸ millah⁴⁴⁰⁵ 'emer⁵⁶¹ ya'ash²⁹⁷⁶ ruwach⁷³⁰⁷

27   Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
naphal⁵³⁰⁷ yathowm³⁴⁹⁰ karah³⁷³⁸ rea`⁷⁴⁵³

28   Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
ya'al²⁹⁷⁴ panah⁶⁴³⁷ paniym⁶⁴⁴⁰ kazab³⁵⁷⁶