21  I am ^xblameless; I regard not myself;

I ^yloathe my life.

22  It is all one; therefore I say,

‘He ^zdestroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

23  When ^adisaster brings sudden death,

he mocks at the calamity¹ of the innocent.

24  ^bThe earth is given into the hand of the wicked;

he ^ccovers the faces of its judges—

^dif it is not he, who then is it?

25  “My ^edays are swifter than ^fa runner;

they flee away; they see no good.

26  They go by like ^gskiffs of reed,

like ^han eagle swooping on the prey.

27  If I say, ⁱ‘I will forget my complaint,

I will put off my sad face, and ^jbe of good cheer,’

28  I become ^kafraid of all my suffering,

for I know you will not ^lhold me innocent.

29  I shall be ^mcondemned;

why then do I labor in vain?

30  If I wash myself with snow

and ⁿcleanse my hands with lye,

31  yet you will plunge me into a pit,

and my own clothes will ^oabhor me.

32  For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him,

that we should ^pcome to trial together.

33  ^qThere is no² arbiter between us,

who might lay his hand on us both.

34  ^rLet him take his ^srod away from me,

and let ^tnot dread of him terrify me.

35  Then I would speak without fear of him,

for I am not so in myself.

“O Tyre, you have said,

‘I am ^xperfect in beauty.’

4  Your borders are ^yin the heart of the seas;

your builders made perfect your beauty.

5  They made all your planks

of fir trees from ^zSenir;

they took ^aa cedar from Lebanon

to make a mast for you.

6  Of ^boaks of Bashan

they made your oars;

they made your deck of pines

from ^cthe coasts of Cyprus,

inlaid with ivory.

7  ^dOf fine embroidered linen from Egypt

was your sail,

serving as your banner;

blue and purple from ^cthe coasts of Elishah

was your awning.

8  The inhabitants of Sidon and ^eArvad

were your rowers;

your skilled men, O Tyre, were in you;

they were ^fyour pilots.

9  The elders of ^gGebal and her skilled men were in you,

^hcaulking your seams;

all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you

to barter for your wares.

26  “Your rowers have brought you out

into the high seas.

^pThe east wind has wrecked you

in the heart of the seas.

27  Your riches, your wares, your merchandise,

your mariners and ^qyour pilots,

^ryour caulkers, your dealers in merchandise,

and all your men of war who are in you,

with all your crew

that is in your midst,

sink into the heart of the seas

^son the day of your fall.

28  At the sound of the cry of your pilots

^tthe countryside shakes,

29  and down from their ships

^ucome all who handle the oar.

The mariners and all the pilots of the sea

stand on the land

30  ^uand shout aloud over you

and cry out bitterly.

^vThey cast dust on their heads

^wand wallow in ashes;

31  they ^xmake themselves bald for you

and put sackcloth on their waist,

and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,

with bitter mourning.

32  In their wailing they ^yraise a lamentation for you

and lament over you:

^z‘Who is like Tyre,

like one destroyed in the midst of the sea?

33  When your wares came from the seas,

^ayou satisfied many peoples;

with your abundant wealth and merchandise

^ayou enriched the kings of the earth.

34  Now ^byou are wrecked by the seas,

in the depths of the waters;

your merchandise and all your crew in your midst

have sunk with you.

35  ^cAll the inhabitants of the coastlands

are appalled at you,

and ^dthe hair of their kings bristles with horror;

their faces are convulsed.

36  ^eThe merchants among the peoples ^fhiss at you;

^gyou have come to a dreadful end

and shall be no more forever.’”

^j“Because your heart is proud,

and ^kyou have said, ‘I am a god,

I sit in the seat of the gods,

in the heart of the seas,’

yet ^lyou are but a man, and no god,

^mthough you make your heart like the heart of a god—

3  ⁿyou are indeed wiser ^othan ^pDaniel;

no secret is hidden from you;

4  by your wisdom and your understanding

^qyou have made wealth for yourself,

and have gathered gold and silver

into your treasuries;

5  by your great wisdom in your trade

you have increased your wealth,

and ^jyour heart has become proud in your wealth—

6  therefore thus says the Lord God:

^rBecause you make your heart

like the heart of a god,

7  therefore, behold, I will bring ^sforeigners upon you,

the most ruthless of the nations;

and they shall draw their swords against ^tthe beauty of your wisdom

and defile ^tyour splendor.

8  ^uThey shall thrust you down into the pit,

^vand you shall die the death of the slain

in the heart of the seas.

9  ^wWill you still say, ‘I am a god,’

in the presence of those who kill you,

though ^lyou are but a man, and no god,

in the hands of those who slay you?

10  ^xYou shall die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of foreigners;

^yfor I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”

“You were the signet of perfection,⁴

^cfull of wisdom and ^dperfect in beauty.

13  You were in ^eEden, the garden of God;

^fevery precious stone was your covering,

^gsardius, topaz, and diamond,

beryl, onyx, and jasper,

sapphire,^{5 f}emerald, and carbuncle;

and crafted in gold were your settings

and your engravings.⁶

ⁱOn the day that you were created

they were prepared.

14  You were an anointed ^jguardian cherub.

I placed you;⁷ you were on ^kthe holy mountain of God;

in the midst of the stones of fire you walked.

15  You were blameless in your ways

^lfrom the day you were created,

till unrighteousness was found in you.

16  In the abundance of ^myour trade

you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned;

so I cast you as a profane thing from ^kthe mountain of God,

and I destroyed you,^{8 j}O guardian cherub,

from the midst of the stones of fire.

17  ⁿYour heart was proud because of ^oyour beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.

I cast you to the ground;

I exposed you before kings,

to feast their eyes on you.

18  By the multitude of your iniquities,

in the unrighteousness of your trade

you profaned your sanctuaries;

so ^pI brought fire out from your midst;

it consumed you,

and I turned you to ashes on the earth

^qin the sight of all who saw you.

19  All who know you among the peoples

are appalled at you;

^ryou have come to a dreadful end

and shall be no more forever.”

“Behold, ^vI am against you, O Sidon,

and ^wI will manifest my glory in your midst.

And ^xthey shall know that I am the Lord

^ywhen I execute judgments in her

and ^zmanifest my holiness in her;

23  for I will send ^apestilence into her,

and blood into her streets;

and the slain shall fall in her midst,

by the sword that is against her on every side.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.